ChatGPT and Generative AI

JAEB acknowledges the advantages of employing generative AI to enhance author productivity during manuscript preparation. While these technologies can be highly useful for brainstorming, organizing content, summarizing, rephrasing, and polishing language, it is vital to recognize their inherent limitations.

Generative AI is increasingly recognized in academic publishing as a valuable tool, but its use is carefully regulated to preserve research integrity and human accountability. AI can support research and writing but cannot replace the intellectual and ethical responsibilities of human authors, reviewers, and editors. AI systems such as ChatGPT are explicitly excluded from authorship because they lack the capacity for accountability, originality, and critical judgment.

Transparency is a cornerstone of these policies. Authors are required to disclose any use of AI tools, specifying the name of the system, the purpose of its use, and the extent of its contribution. This disclosure is often provided in a dedicated section, such as a “Declaration of AI and AI-Assisted Technologies.” Such openness ensures that readers, editors, and reviewers understand the extent of AI involvement and can evaluate the work accordingly. Without clear disclosure, the use of AI may raise concerns about plagiarism, misrepresentation, or hidden bias.

The permitted uses of AI are generally limited to supportive functions. These include improving language clarity, summarizing literature, structuring manuscripts, and generating explanatory diagrams and visualizations that can be independently reproduced or verified. However, AI is strictly prohibited from generating primary research data, figures, or images, as well as from fabricating or manipulating research results. Peer reviewers and editors are also prohibited from uploading confidential manuscripts to AI systems, thereby safeguarding the confidentiality and integrity of the review process.

Ethical safeguards are emphasized across all policies. Authors must verify the accuracy of AI-generated content, ensure that citations are valid, and acknowledge the limitations of AI models, including their tendency to produce biased outputs, factual errors, and knowledge gaps. Plagiarism checks remain essential, and AI cannot be used to circumvent originality standards. Editors and reviewers are reminded that, while AI may assist with language refinement, the critical evaluation of manuscripts must remain a human responsibility.