Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI Policy

The Journal of Global Social and Human Research (JGSHR) recognizes that artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI technologies are increasingly used in research, writing, editing, and scholarly communication.

The use of such technologies must not compromise authorship accountability, research integrity, confidentiality, transparency, or the reliability of the scholarly record.

AI Tools Cannot Be Authors

AI systems, language models, chatbots, and other automated tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors because they cannot take responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, originality, or ethical compliance of a scholarly work.

Author Responsibility

Human authors remain fully responsible for all content submitted to the journal, including text, references, data interpretation, analysis, images, tables, and conclusions produced or assisted by AI-based tools.

Disclosure of AI Use

Authors should transparently disclose material use of generative AI or similar technologies when such tools have contributed substantially to the preparation, analysis, translation, generation, or revision of manuscript content.

Simple spelling, grammar, formatting, or routine language-correction tools generally do not require detailed disclosure unless their use has materially affected the scholarly content.

Accuracy and References

Authors must independently verify all factual statements, quotations, references, citations, calculations, and other outputs generated or suggested by AI systems.

Fabricated, inaccurate, unverifiable, or misleading references and statements remain the responsibility of the authors.

Confidentiality in Peer Review

Editors and reviewers must protect the confidentiality of unpublished manuscripts and should not upload confidential manuscript content, reviewer reports, personal information, or unpublished research data into publicly accessible AI systems where doing so may compromise confidentiality or data protection.

AI-Generated or AI-Modified Images

Where AI-generated or substantially AI-modified images, figures, or other visual materials are used, authors must disclose their use and ensure that such materials do not misrepresent research findings or violate applicable ethical, copyright, or research-integrity requirements.

Research Involving AI

Research in which AI systems form part of the methodology should describe the relevant tools, versions, procedures, parameters, and limitations with sufficient transparency to allow readers to understand how the technology influenced the research process.

Editorial Action

Undisclosed or inappropriate use of AI that materially compromises the integrity of a submission may result in editorial action in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policies.