AI and AI-assisted tools have been rapidly adopted in research and publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.

These guidelines aim to provide transparency for authors, reviewers and editors.

Editorial Board will monitor developments in this area and will update guidelines as technologies and standards evolve.

For authors

Authors who use AI or AI-assisted tools on any stage of the process of preparation the manuscript, must be transparent in statement. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, even those parts supported by AI or AI-assisted tools, and are thus liable for any breach of publication ethics. AI or AI-assisted tools cannot be used to create, alter or manipulate original research data and results, such as images, photographs and measurements. AI or AI-assisted tools cannot be credited as an author of a published work.

For reviewers

Reviewers should not use AI or AI-assisted tools during the preparation of review reports and during any part of the reviewing process. In particular, reviewers should not upload a submitted manuscript or any part of it into AI or AI-assisted tools due to the risk of violating the authors’ confidentiality or data privacy rights.

For editors

Journal Editors (Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board Members, Issue Editors) should  not use AI or AI-assisted tools during the editorial review or decision-making process. In particular, editors should not upload a submitted manuscript or any part of it into AI or AI-assisted tools due to the risk of violating the authors’ confidentiality or data privacy rights.