AI & Generative AI Policy

Responsible use of artificial intelligence in scholarly research, manuscript preparation, peer review, and editorial publishing.

Policy Statement

ORASI: Jurnal Dakwah dan Komunikasi recognizes the growing role of artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI technologies in academic research and scholarly publishing. These technologies may support research planning, language improvement, literature organization, and other research-related activities when used responsibly and transparently.

AI tools must not replace human scholarly judgment, originality, critical thinking, or accountability. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, integrity, originality, and ethical compliance of their manuscripts. This policy applies to authors, editors, peer reviewers, and other contributors involved in the journal's publication process.

1. Policy for Authors

1.1. Permitted Use of AI Tools

Authors may use AI-assisted tools for appropriate supporting activities, including brainstorming, outlining, language editing, grammar correction, improving readability, organizing literature, assisting with coding, and supporting data analysis where methodologically justified. Such use must remain under meaningful human supervision.

The intellectual contribution, research interpretation, arguments, conclusions, and final scholarly judgment must remain the responsibility of the human authors. Authors must not submit uncritically generated AI content as if it were independently verified scholarly work.

1.2. Author Responsibility and Verification

Authors are fully responsible for all content submitted to ORASI, including content generated or assisted by AI. They must:

• Verify the accuracy, validity, relevance, and completeness of AI-generated information.
• Check every reference, quotation, citation, statistic, and factual claim against reliable original sources.
• Ensure that the manuscript reflects original scholarly contributions and does not contain fabricated findings or misleading interpretations.
• Review AI-generated content for bias, plagiarism, copyright infringement, and other ethical concerns.
• Protect personal data, research participants' privacy, confidential information, and intellectual property.

1.3. Disclosure of AI Use

Authors must disclose substantive use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in preparing a manuscript or conducting the research. The disclosure should identify the tool or model used, its purpose, and the nature of its contribution. Where AI is part of the research methodology, its use must also be explained in the Methods section in sufficient detail to support transparency and reproducibility.

Routine spelling, grammar, and punctuation checks that do not materially generate or transform scholarly content generally do not require a separate declaration. Authors should disclose more extensive language generation, rewriting, synthesis, analysis, or other substantive AI assistance.

1.4. AI and Authorship

AI tools, chatbots, and generative AI systems must not be listed as authors or co-authors. Authorship requires intellectual contribution, approval of the final manuscript, accountability for the work, and the ability to respond to questions concerning its accuracy and integrity. These responsibilities can only be assigned to human authors.

1.5. AI-Generated Images, Figures, and Research Materials

Authors must not use generative AI to fabricate, manipulate, or misrepresent research data, evidence, images, photographs, figures, or other visual materials. AI-generated or AI-altered visual materials must not be presented as authentic research evidence.

An exception may apply when AI image generation or processing is an integral part of the research design or methodology. In such cases, authors must explain the procedure, tool or model, and relevant settings in the Methods section and ensure that the process is ethically justified, reproducible, and consistent with applicable copyright and research-integrity requirements. The journal may request original files or additional documentation.

1.6. Confidentiality, Copyright, and Data Protection

Authors must assess the terms, privacy settings, and data-handling practices of any AI tool they use. Confidential manuscripts, sensitive personal information, unpublished research data, and materials belonging to third parties must not be entered into AI systems where confidentiality, consent, copyright, or data protection cannot be assured.

2. Policy for Peer Reviewers

Peer reviewers are entrusted with confidential manuscripts and are responsible for providing independent, fair, evidence-based, and expert assessments. Submitted manuscripts, supplementary files, unpublished data, and peer-review reports must not be uploaded to public or third-party generative AI tools without explicit authorization and adequate safeguards from the journal.

Reviewers must not delegate the substantive evaluation of manuscripts, including the assessment of originality, research methods, results, arguments, or scholarly merit, to generative AI. AI-generated assessments may be inaccurate, biased, or incomplete and cannot replace expert judgment.

Reviewers remain personally accountable for the confidentiality, accuracy, fairness, and integrity of their reports. Any AI assistance permitted for limited administrative or language-related purposes must comply with the journal's instructions and applicable confidentiality requirements.

3. Policy for Editors

Editors must safeguard the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts, reviewer identities where applicable, peer-review reports, editorial correspondence, and all unpublished materials. Such materials must not be entered into generative AI tools unless explicitly authorized under a secure and appropriate institutional or journal framework.

Editorial decisions, including decisions on acceptance, revision, rejection, research integrity, and publication ethics, must be based on human editorial judgment. Generative AI must not replace the editor's independent assessment or serve as the sole basis for an editorial decision.

Editors are responsible for applying this policy consistently, assessing disclosed AI use when relevant, and addressing suspected violations through the journal's established publication ethics procedures.

4. AI in the Publishing Process

ORASI may consider the use of AI-assisted technologies for limited administrative and technical purposes, provided that their use is consistent with publication ethics, data protection, confidentiality, and scholarly integrity requirements.

Potential applications may include:

• Checking submission completeness and technical formatting.
• Identifying potential duplicate submissions or inconsistencies for further human investigation.
• Supporting administrative communication and workflow management.
• Assisting with identification of potential integrity concerns that require human verification.

AI-assisted screening does not establish misconduct by itself. Any concerns must be evaluated by authorized editorial personnel using appropriate evidence and established procedures. Human oversight remains essential at every stage.

5. Violations and Consequences

Failure to disclose substantive AI use, submission of fabricated AI-generated references or data, misleading presentation of AI-generated materials, breach of confidentiality, or other misuse of AI may constitute a violation of the journal's ethical standards.

Depending on the nature and seriousness of the violation, ORASI may request clarification, require corrections, suspend editorial processing, reject a manuscript, or initiate a publication ethics investigation. For published articles, appropriate actions may include correction, an expression of concern, or retraction in accordance with the journal's relevant policies and due process.

All cases will be assessed fairly, with consideration of the available evidence, the author's or contributor's explanation, and applicable ethical and editorial guidelines.

6. Policy Review and Updates

This policy will be reviewed periodically to reflect developments in AI technology, scholarly publishing standards, research integrity, and applicable legal and ethical requirements. ORASI reserves the right to revise or update the policy when necessary. The current version published on the journal's official website shall serve as the reference for authors, editors, reviewers, and contributors.

7. References and Ethical Guidance

• Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Guidance and discussion on authorship and AI tools in scholarly publishing. COPE
• Elsevier. Generative AI policies for journals. Elsevier Policies
• World Association of Medical Editors (WAME). Recommendations on chatbots, generative AI, and scholarly manuscripts. WAME
• UNESCO. Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. UNESCO

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