GEN AI POLICY

This policy applies solely to the writing stage of manuscript preparation, not to the use of AI tools for analyzing data or generating research insights. 

Authors who use AI or AI-assisted tools in their writing should do so only to improve clarity, readability, and language quality—not to replace essential scholarly responsibilities such as producing scientific, pedagogic, or medical insights, drawing conclusions, or making clinical recommendations. All AI-assisted outputs must be carefully reviewed, edited, and validated under human supervision. Because AI tools can generate confident-sounding but inaccurate, incomplete, or biased information, authors remain fully responsible and accountable for all content in their manuscripts.

Authors are required to transparently report any use of AI or AI-assisted technologies within their manuscripts, and an accompanying statement will appear in the final publication. This transparency helps build trust among all parties—authors, readers, reviewers, editors, and contributors—and ensures adherence to the relevant tools’ terms of use.

AI systems must not be credited as authors or listed as co-authors. Authorship carries responsibilities that only humans can fulfill, including addressing questions about the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work, approving the final version, and agreeing to its submission. Authors are also responsible for ensuring the work’s originality, verifying that all listed authors meet authorship criteria, and confirming that the manuscript does not violate any third-party rights.