Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy
This policy regulates the ethical and technical aspects of the use of AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Claude, DeepL, Copilot, etc.) by authors when preparing manuscripts for publication. It is developed taking into account the standards of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics).
1. General principles and author's responsibility.
AI cannot be the author: According to international standards, AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors, as they do not bear legal and ethical responsibility for the results of the research, cannot guarantee the accuracy of the data, and do not hold intellectual property rights.
Author's responsibility: Authors bear full personal responsibility for the content of the manuscript, including the accuracy of the data, the absence of plagiarism, and the ethics of the conclusions, even if part of the work was performed using AI.
2. Permitted areas of application.
The use of AI is permitted as an auxiliary tool for:
- improving the quality of presentation of the material (correcting grammar, style, and improving the readability of the text, especially for authors who write in a non-native language);
- data analysis (as a tool) for statistical processing of large data sets (for example, in mining or geotechnical engineering) provided that the methodology is described in the "Materials and Methods" section;
- searching for sources to optimize literature searches (however, authors must personally check each reference for validity and make sure that the authors of the relevant publications are not residents of aggressor and occupying states).
3. Prohibited areas of application.
It is prohibited to use AI for actions that undermine scientific integrity:
- generation of scientific content (writing key sections of the article (Abstract, Introduction, Main part, Research results, Conclusions) directly with artificial intelligence;
- creation of manipulative data (generation of fictitious results of experiments, calculations or laboratory indicators (AI "hallucinations").
- image manipulation (creation or significant editing of microphotographs, graphs or technical diagrams thereby distorting the research findings);
- automatic citation: including references to non-existent sources generated by AI.
4. Disclosure requirements.
If the author(s) used AI at any stage of manuscript preparation (except for basic spell checking), they must disclose this in the "Acknowledgements" or "Notes" section after the Conclusions and create a GAIDeT declaration via the provided link https://panbibliotekar.github.io/gaidet-declaration/index-uk.htmlAfter using this tool, the author(s) should review and edit the content as necessary and bear full responsibility for the final content of the publication.
5. Verification procedure and sanctions.
Reviewers are prohibited from uploading manuscripts to AI tools for evaluation, in order not to violate confidentiality and copyright. The Editorial Board uses specialized software to detect AI-generated text. Detection of undisclosed use of AI for generating scientific data is grounds for immediate rejection of the manuscript or retraction of the article if the violation is discovered after publication.