AI Tools Usage Policy

AI Tools and Generative AI Usage Policy

Jurnal Risalah Dakwah (JRD) recognizes that Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may support academic writing and publishing. Their use, however, must remain ethical, transparent, and subject to human oversight. This policy is intended to protect academic integrity, originality, accountability, and confidentiality in all stages of manuscript preparation, review, and publication.

1. Definition of AI Tools

For the purposes of this policy, AI tools include software or systems that use artificial intelligence technologies, such as machine learning or natural language processing, to generate, edit, translate, summarize, analyze, or visualize content. Examples include generative AI tools, writing assistants, translation tools, citation support tools, and AI-assisted data analysis or visualization software.

2. Acceptable Use

Authors may use AI tools in a limited manner for purposes such as:

  • grammar, spelling, and language improvement;
  • translation support, with human verification;
  • improving clarity, readability, and structure;
  • preliminary brainstorming or outlining;
  • reference formatting, with manual checking;
  • technical support for data analysis, coding, or visual presentation.

All AI-assisted output must be carefully reviewed and verified by the author before submission.

3. Prohibited Use

AI tools must not be used to:

  • generate entire manuscripts or substantial scholarly content without meaningful human contribution;
  • fabricate, falsify, or manipulate data, findings, citations, references, or visuals;
  • produce unverified analysis or conclusions;
  • paraphrase or summarize sources in ways that constitute plagiarism;
  • upload confidential, unpublished, or sensitive materials to platforms that may compromise privacy or editorial confidentiality.

4. Author Responsibility

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and final content of their manuscripts, including any content prepared or refined with AI assistance. Authors must ensure that AI-generated or AI-assisted material is free from plagiarism, factual errors, fabricated references, and misleading claims.

5. Authorship

AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors. Authorship is limited to human contributors who can take intellectual and ethical responsibility for the work.

6. Disclosure Requirement

Any substantive use of AI must be disclosed clearly in the manuscript. The disclosure should include the name of the tool, its purpose, and the extent of its use. Disclosure may be placed in the Methods, Acknowledgments, or a separate Declaration of AI Tool Usage section.

Suggested statement:

During the preparation of this manuscript, the author(s) used [name of AI tool] for [state purpose]. All AI-assisted content was reviewed, revised, and verified by the author(s), who take full responsibility for the final content of the manuscript.

7. Editorial and Peer Review Use

Editors and reviewers must not use AI tools in ways that compromise manuscript confidentiality, peer review integrity, or editorial independence. Editorial decisions and peer review assessments must remain the responsibility of human editors and reviewers.

8. Non-Compliance

Failure to comply with this policy may result in rejection, revision requests, withdrawal, or retraction, depending on the nature and seriousness of the violation.

9. Policy Basis

This policy is aligned with the journal’s commitment to ethical publishing and is informed by internationally recognized standards of publication ethics, including guidance associated with COPE.