AI Policy

Authorship and Accountability

Generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.) cannot be listed as authors or co-authors. AI lacks legal standing and cannot take responsibility for the validity, integrity, or originality of scientific work. Responsibility for the entire content lies solely with the human authors.

Permitted Use

AI may be used strictly as a tool for:
  • Improving grammar, style, and readability (language editing/proofreading).
  • Assisting in identifying relevant literature (with mandatory manual verification of all citations).

Prohibited Use

It is strictly forbidden to use AI for:
  • Generating scientific hypotheses, drawing conclusions, or interpreting research findings.
  • Creating synthetic raw data or images (graphs, charts) presented as actual research results.

Mandatory Disclosure (Declaration of Generative AI)

If AI was used during the manuscript preparation, authors must include the following statement in the "Declarations" section (before the References):
"During the preparation of this work, the author(s) used [Name of Tool] in order to [Reason, e.g., language editing]. After using this tool, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the publication."