Policy on the Use of Generative AI

The journal permits limited use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, subject to strict guidelines that ensure transparency and academic integrity.

Permitted Uses

Authors may use GenAI tools to improve the readability of their own writing and to help prepare images, provided that they hold the necessary rights to any images produced and disclose their use of these tools.

Prohibited Uses

  • GenAI must not be used to generate, collect, analyze, or interpret data.
  • GenAI must not be used to write or draft any part of the manuscript.
  • GenAI cannot be listed as an author, as it cannot be held accountable for research and may produce inaccurate content.
  • GenAI output cannot be cited as a source. Authors must consult and cite the original sources.

Disclosure and Verification

Authors must disclose any use of GenAI in their research and in the preparation of their manuscript. This disclosure should appear in the Acknowledgments section and must state the tool used, the purpose of and reason for its use, and the extent to which it was used.

Authors are responsible for verifying the accuracy, originality, and appropriateness of any GenAI-assisted output.

Failure to comply with this policy may result in the rejection of a manuscript or the retraction of a published article. Authors with questions about this policy are encouraged to contact the editorial office before submitting their manuscript.

Use of GenAI in Peer Review

Reviewers must not use GenAI tools to evaluate manuscripts or write reviews. In particular, reviewers must not:

  • upload a manuscript under review to a GenAI tool;
  • ask a GenAI tool to summarize a manuscript;
  • ask a GenAI tool to identify a manuscript's strengths and weaknesses;
  • ask a GenAI tool to assess whether a manuscript is suitable for publication;
  • ask a GenAI tool to write a review.

Reviewers may use GenAI tools only to proofread and edit the language of their own review.

Use of GenAI by Editors and the Editorial Office

Editors must not upload manuscripts under consideration to GenAI tools or use such tools to assess manuscripts or to make editorial decisions. Any routine use of automated tools by the editorial office, such as similarity checking with SIMU Antiplagiat and Sistemantiplagiat.ro, is disclosed in the journal's policies, and the results are always verified by an editor.