AI Policy

Policy of Generative AI (GenAI) Usage in Jurnal Akademika Kimia (JAK)

For publications submitted to JAK, this policy regulates the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and technology during the research, authoring, review, and editorial stages. It seeks to uphold academic honesty, guarantee openness, and encourage ethical behavior in scholarly writing/communication. JAK allows, to a moderate extent, the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools that respect high standards of copyright protection, confidentiality, and data security.

JAK maintains editorial policies that adhere to internationally recognized ethical standards, including those established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). In line with these guidelines, JAK requires transparency in the use of GenAI tools in research and manuscript preparation.

GenAI may assist in minor aspects of the publishing process (e.g., language editing, visualisation, etc.) but must not replace human intellectual contributions or create fabricated content.

GenAI tools cannot be credited as authors, as they do not meet authorship criteria: substantial intellectual contribution, drafting or revising the work, and accountability for content. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and ethical compliance of their submissions, even if AI tools were used. All work must uphold standards of academic integrity, proper attribution, scientific quality, and originality.

Citing AI-generated texts should adhere to the APA 7th edition guidelines.

Peer review must continue to be a human-led process. While AI technologies can help, they shouldn't take the place of the reviewer's knowledge and intellectual judgment.

These policies reflect evolving best practices and will be regularly reviewed/updated to align with advancements in AI and scholarly publishing.

All authors must provide a clear disclosure statement regarding the use of GenAI if employed in writing the paper. The statement should include: The name(s) of the tool(s) used (e.g., CoPilot, ChatGPT, Gemini); Specific tasks where the tool was applied (e.g., language editing, data visualization, literature synthesis, etc.). Use of GenAI tools Authors must note a statement in the Research Methodology section.

If GenAI was utilized, authors must include a dedicated "Declaration of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies" section at the very end of the manuscript, immediately preceding the References section.

Example Disclosure Statement:

"During the preparation of this manuscript, the author(s) used [Name of Tool/Service, e.g., ChatGPT v4.o] to [Specific Action, e.g., structure the initial literature review outline and optimize the Python data-plotting script]. Following this assistance, the authors reviewed, validated, and edited all outputs to confirm accuracy and assume full responsibility for the overall integrity of the final content."