Generative AI (GenAI) Policy

Generative AI (GenAI) presents both opportunities and challenges in scientific research and academic publishing. At the Journal of Islamic Mubādalah, we recognize the transformative potential of GenAI to enhance the efficiency and creativity of research while addressing the ethical and transparency issues it raises. This policy outlines our principles, expectations, and technical guidelines for the use of GenAI in the preparation, review, and publication of manuscripts, to ensure accountability, integrity, and trust in scholarly publishing.

The Journal of Islamic Mubādalah encourages authors, reviewers, and editors to adhere to this policy in order to uphold the highest ethical and professional standards in academic research and publishing.

1. Transparency in Use of GenAI
The Journal of Islamic Mubādalah requires authors to disclose the use of GenAI tools, such as ChatGPT, GPT-4, Bard, or similar technologies, in any aspect of their manuscript preparation. This includes, but is not limited to, drafting text, improving grammar, performing data analysis, or creating visualizations.

Authors should include a clear statement in the acknowledgements section or as a footnote in the manuscript, stating the tools used and their purpose. For example:
“This manuscript uses ChatGPT (OpenAI) to construct text and improve grammar. All content was reviewed and validated by the author.”

Failure to disclose the use of the GenAI tool may constitute a violation of publishing ethics.

2. Accountability and Authorship
Use of GenAI does not relieve authors of their responsibility for the content of the manuscript. Authors remain solely responsible for the originality, accuracy, and integrity of their submission, including any content created with the assistance of GenAI.

The GenAI tool cannot be listed as an author, as it does not meet the criteria for authorship, including the ability to be accountable for the work. Authors must ensure that all GenAI output is accurate, free from bias, and adheres to ethical standards.

3. Ethical Compliance
The use of GenAI in the preparation of manuscripts must comply with the ethical guidelines of the Journal of Islamic Mubādalah, including:

Prohibiting the creation of fabricated or manipulated data.
Avoiding reliance on GenAI to generate references or citations, as this tool may generate inaccurate or fictitious sources.
Ensure that all content generated with GenAI is verified for accuracy and originality.

Undisclosed or unethical use of GenAI tools will be considered a violation of publishing ethics.

4. Peer Review Process
Journal of Islamic Mubādalah does not use GenAI tools in the peer review process. Manuscripts are evaluated by qualified human reviewers who apply their expertise and judgment to assess the quality and merit of submissions.

Reviewers are also discouraged from using GenAI tools to evaluate manuscripts to ensure that all assessments reflect their professional expertise.

5. Editorial and Publishing Practices
While Journal of Islamic Mubādalah reserves the right to use GenAI tools for additional tasks such as grammar checking, similarity detection, or editorial efficiency, all editorial decisions are made by human editors. Output generated by GenAI is carefully reviewed to ensure that it meets the journal's high standards.

Authors are encouraged to use GenAI-based tools for tasks such as language polishing but must disclose their use during submission.

6. Technical Guidelines for Authors
To ensure compliance with this policy, authors must follow these steps:

Clearly disclose the use of GenAI tools, stating their purpose, in the manuscript.

Verify all GenAI-generated content for accuracy, originality, and adherence to ethical guidelines.

Use plagiarism detection tools to ensure that GenAI output does not inadvertently replicate existing content.

Avoid relying on GenAI for tasks that require critical intellectual contributions, such as hypothesis formulation or complex data interpretation.

Manually verify all references and citations included in the manuscript.

7. Ongoing Review
As GenAI technology evolves, the Journal of Islamic Mubādalah will periodically review and update this policy to reflect advances and align with emerging best practices in academic publishing.