Policy on the use of artificial intelligence
The journal bases its activities on the documents of COPE, WAME, JAMA Network, ICMJE recommendations, as well as the requirements of the European Law on Artificial Intelligence, the Concept of the Development of Artificial Intelligence in Ukraine approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated December 2, 2020 No. 1556-r, and the Law of Ukraine “On Academic Integrity”.
Based on this:
Authors: are required to indicate in their article the AI tools that were used during the preparation of the manuscript, the formation of images or graphic elements of the article, during the collection and analysis of data, etc.; AI tools cannot be indicated as the authors of the article (they cannot be responsible for the submitted material, have the presence or absence of a conflict of interest, manage copyright and licensing agreements); the creation of illustrations using AI must be indicated as the name of the tool (source) and the prompts (queries) used; are responsible for the accuracy of the submitted material, in the preparation of which chatbots ChatGPT, etc. were used, as well as for the acknowledgement of all sources in their article; adhere to the principles of academic integrity; manuscripts are checked for plagiarism, including the use of AI.
Reviewers: should express their own expert judgment, but not rely on AI conclusions; should not upload full manuscript texts to publicly available or unsecured AI tools, so as not to violate the confidentiality of the review process.
The editorial board : must check manuscripts submitted to the journal for plagiarism, including if there is content generated by AI; makes decisions on acceptance or rejection of the manuscript primarily based on the scientific value, originality, quality and productivity of the research, but not exclusively on the use of AI during its preparation.