AI and Generative AI Policy

DScholar Press International recognizes that artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI technologies are becoming part of scholarly research and academic writing. The Press permits the responsible use of AI tools during the preparation of manuscripts, provided that their use complies with the principles of research integrity, publication ethics, transparency, and academic accountability. This policy applies to all publications issued by the Press, including peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed books, scholarly monographs, edited volumes, conference proceedings, journals, working papers, research reports, and print and electronic publications.

Authors may use AI and generative AI tools to support language editing, grammar correction, translation, formatting, coding assistance, data organisation, literature discovery, and other activities that improve the presentation of a manuscript. Authors may also use AI tools during research where such use forms part of the research methodology. Any use of AI that has materially assisted the preparation of a manuscript or influenced the research process must be disclosed in the manuscript. The disclosure should identify the AI tool used and describe how it was used.

Authors remain fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, authenticity, and integrity of all submitted and published content, regardless of whether AI tools were used during manuscript preparation. AI-generated text, data, images, tables, figures, references, computer code, or other content must be carefully reviewed and verified by the authors before submission. Authors are responsible for correcting inaccuracies, fabricated citations, misleading statements, biased outputs, copyright infringements, or other errors that may result from the use of AI technologies.

Artificial intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors because they cannot accept responsibility for published work, approve the final manuscript, disclose conflicts of interest, or fulfil the responsibilities associated with authorship. Authorship is limited to individuals who meet the authorship requirements established by the Press.

Authors must not use AI tools in ways that violate confidentiality, privacy, intellectual property rights, or contractual obligations. Unpublished manuscripts, confidential peer review reports, personal information, or proprietary research data must not be uploaded to publicly accessible AI systems unless the authors have obtained the necessary permissions and such use complies with applicable legal and institutional requirements.

Editors and reviewers shall maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts throughout the editorial process. Editors and reviewers must not upload unpublished manuscripts, confidential editorial communications, reviewer reports, or supporting documents to publicly accessible AI platforms where confidentiality cannot be guaranteed. If AI tools are used for editorial or administrative assistance, they must not influence independent editorial judgment or replace human decision-making.

The Press may use AI technologies to support administrative activities such as plagiarism detection, language assessment, metadata generation, workflow management, or technical quality checks. Editorial decisions, peer review decisions, acceptance, rejection, corrections, retractions, and other publication decisions are made by qualified editors and are not delegated to artificial intelligence systems.

Failure to disclose the material use of AI, submission of unverified AI-generated content, fabricated references, manipulated images, misleading information, or other misuse of AI technologies may constitute publication misconduct and may result in rejection of the manuscript, correction, retraction, withdrawal, or other editorial action in accordance with the Press's Publication Ethics and Publication Misconduct policies.

DScholar Press International will review this policy periodically to reflect developments in artificial intelligence, scholarly publishing, and international publication ethics. The Press supports the responsible use of AI technologies while maintaining human accountability, transparency, research integrity, and editorial responsibility throughout the publication process.

Effective date: 25 June 2026
Last updated date: 25 June 2026