Gen AI Policy

1. Introduction

This policy regulates the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) in the preparation and submission of manuscripts to Jurnal Zarah. The policy is intended to uphold academic integrity, transparency, accountability, and ethical standards in scholarly publishing.

2. Scope and Definition

Generative Artificial Intelligence refers to artificial intelligence systems capable of automatically producing text, images, data, code, or other forms of content. These tools may include large language models, AI-based writing assistants, image generators, and other automated content-generation technologies.

3. General Principles

The use of Gen AI is permitted only as a supporting tool and must not replace the author’s intellectual contribution, scientific reasoning, analysis, or responsibility.

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, validity, and integrity of the manuscript submitted to Jurnal Zarah.

Any use of Gen AI must be transparent, properly disclosed, and ethically justified.

4. Acceptable Use

Authors may use Gen AI for limited supporting purposes, including:

Language editing, such as grammar, clarity, readability, and sentence structure;

Limited paraphrasing without changing the scientific meaning or argument;

Idea exploration or brainstorming during the early stages of writing;

Non-critical technical assistance, such as formatting, coding support, or reference organization.

5. Prohibited Use

Authors are not permitted to:

Generate an entire manuscript using AI without substantial human intellectual contribution;

Fabricate, falsify, manipulate, or misrepresent data using AI tools;

Use AI-generated content without appropriate disclosure;

List AI tools as authors or co-authors;

Use Gen AI in ways that violate plagiarism, publication ethics, or research integrity standards.

6. Disclosure Requirement

Any use of Gen AI must be clearly disclosed in the manuscript, either in the Acknowledgment section or in a dedicated AI Use Statement.

Example statement:

The authors used AI-based tools for language editing purposes. All scientific interpretations, analyses, findings, and conclusions remain the full responsibility of the authors.

7. Author Responsibility

Authors are responsible for verifying all AI-assisted outputs before submission. Authors must ensure that the manuscript remains accurate, original, properly cited, and free from plagiarism, fabricated content, or ethical violations.

The use of Gen AI does not reduce the responsibility of authors for the scientific quality, validity of data, accuracy of citations, and integrity of the submitted work.

8. Editorial and Review Policy

Editors and reviewers of Jurnal Zarah may evaluate whether Gen AI has been used ethically and transparently in a submitted manuscript. The editorial team reserves the right to request clarification from authors regarding the use of AI tools.

Manuscripts may be rejected if the use of Gen AI is found to violate this policy, compromise academic integrity, or misrepresent the author’s scholarly contribution.

9. Compliance and Sanctions

Jurnal Zarah may use plagiarism detection tools, AI-detection tools, and editorial assessment procedures to evaluate manuscript integrity.

Violations of this policy may result in:

Manuscript rejection;

Request for correction or clarification;

Article retraction after publication;

Temporary restriction from future submissions;

Other editorial actions in accordance with publication ethics standards.

10. Final Statement

Jurnal Zarah supports the responsible and ethical use of Generative Artificial Intelligence as a tool to assist academic writing and scholarly communication. However, the journal emphasizes that originality, scientific judgment, data integrity, and ethical accountability must remain under the full responsibility of the authors.