1Generative Artificial Intelligence Policy

IJIC recognizes that generative artificial intelligence and AI-assisted technologies are increasingly used in academic research and scholarly communication.

The journal supports responsible use of these technologies while maintaining human accountability, transparency, originality, confidentiality, and research integrity.

2AI Cannot Be an Author

Generative AI systems, large language models, chatbots, and other AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors.

Authorship requires accountability for the work, which can only be assumed by human authors.

3AI-Assisted Writing

Authors may use AI-assisted technologies to support activities such as language improvement, readability, grammar correction, or organization of text.

Authors remain fully responsible for:

• Accuracy
• Originality
• Citations
• Arguments
• Conclusions
• Ethical compliance
• Final manuscript content

4Disclosure

Where generative AI has made a substantive contribution to manuscript preparation, data analysis, content generation, or research methodology, authors should transparently disclose its use. A disclosure may include:

• AI tool used
• Purpose of use
• How the output was verified by the authors

5AI-Generated References

Authors must verify every bibliographic reference against reliable scholarly sources.

Fabricated, nonexistent, inaccurate, or misleading references generated by AI tools are unacceptable.

6AI in Research Methodology

When AI-generated data, synthetic data, generative models, LLMs, AI agents, or related systems form part of the actual research methodology, their use should be described sufficiently for readers to understand and, where practicable, reproduce the study.

7AI-Generated Images and Data

Authors must clearly identify AI-generated or synthetically generated research material where relevant.

AI tools must not be used to deceptively alter research data, images, experimental evidence, or results.

8Reviewers and AI

Reviewers should not upload confidential manuscripts into public or third-party generative AI systems where doing so could compromise manuscript confidentiality, intellectual property, or author information.

Reviewers remain personally responsible for their assessments.

9Editors and AI

Editors should protect the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and should not disclose confidential manuscript information to external AI systems in a manner inconsistent with the journal's confidentiality obligations.

Final editorial decisions must remain under human editorial responsibility.