Generative AI Policy

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy

The Journal of Islamic Economics and Business (JIEB) recognizes that generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted tools may support certain research, writing, language-editing, and administrative tasks. However, their use must not compromise academic integrity, research reliability, authorship accountability, confidentiality, or the independence of editorial decisions.

This policy establishes principles for the responsible and transparent use of generative AI and AI-assisted tools by authors, reviewers, editors, and other participants in the journal's publication process. It should be read together with JIEB's publication ethics and related editorial policies.

1. General Principles

The use of generative AI and AI-assisted tools in work submitted to or handled by JIEB must follow these principles:

  • Human accountability: Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and scholarly content of their manuscripts.
  • Transparency: Substantive use of generative AI must be disclosed as required by this policy.
  • Verification: AI-generated information, references, quotations, data, calculations, and interpretations must be checked against reliable sources or appropriate research evidence.
  • Confidentiality: AI tools must not be used in ways that expose confidential manuscripts, personal information, research data, or editorial communications without appropriate authorization and safeguards.
  • Research integrity: AI must not be used to fabricate or falsify research evidence, misrepresent contributions, manipulate peer review, or conceal misconduct.

2. Permitted Uses by Authors

Authors may use AI-assisted tools for appropriate purposes, provided that their use does not compromise the integrity or originality of the research and that the authors remain responsible for the submitted work.

Examples of potentially acceptable uses include:

  • Checking grammar, spelling, punctuation, and language clarity.
  • Improving readability or translating text, subject to careful human review.
  • Supporting preliminary brainstorming, outlining, or organization of ideas.
  • Assisting with coding, data processing, or analytical workflows when the methods and outputs are independently checked and appropriately described.
  • Supporting literature exploration, provided that all cited sources are independently located, read as appropriate, and verified.

These examples do not constitute blanket approval for every use. Authors must consider whether a particular tool or use is appropriate for the research, complies with applicable ethical and legal requirements, and preserves the reliability of the manuscript.

3. Prohibited and Unacceptable Uses

Authors must not use AI tools in ways that undermine research integrity, mislead readers or editors, or violate the journal's policies. Unacceptable practices include:

  • Listing an AI system or tool as an author or co-author.
  • Presenting AI-generated text, analysis, or other substantive contributions as fully verified scholarly work without the required disclosure.
  • Inventing or altering research data, results, participants, citations, quotations, or references and presenting them as genuine.
  • Using AI-generated references without verifying that the cited works exist and support the statements attributed to them.
  • Using AI to fabricate images, evidence, research records, or results in a misleading manner.
  • Using AI to conceal plagiarism, duplicate publication, authorship misconduct, or other breaches of publication ethics.
  • Uploading confidential, sensitive, or personally identifiable information to AI services without appropriate authorization and safeguards.
  • Making false or misleading declarations about whether or how AI tools were used.

Any suspected breach will be assessed in context and may be handled under the journal's relevant publication ethics policies.

4. Disclosure of AI Use by Authors

Authors must disclose substantive use of generative AI or AI-assisted tools that contribute to the creation or revision of manuscript content, the development of research arguments, the generation or interpretation of analytical outputs, or other material aspects of the submitted work.

Routine technical assistance, such as basic spelling correction or standard word-processing functions, generally does not require a separate disclosure unless it materially affects the content or the journal requests further information.

Where disclosure is required, authors should identify, as applicable:

  • The name of the AI tool or system used.
  • The purpose and nature of its use.
  • The relevant part of the research or manuscript in which it was used.
  • The extent to which the output was reviewed, verified, or revised by the authors.

Authors should place the disclosure in an appropriate statement within the manuscript, such as an AI-use declaration or acknowledgments section, and provide any additional information requested during submission.

Disclosure does not transfer responsibility to the AI tool. Authors remain accountable for all content submitted for publication, including content initially generated or revised with AI assistance.

5. AI and Authorship

Generative AI tools cannot qualify as authors or co-authors of a JIEB submission. Authorship requires human accountability, intellectual contribution, approval of the final manuscript, and the ability to take responsibility for the work.

Human authors must meet the journal's authorship requirements and ensure that all listed authors have made appropriate contributions. The use of AI does not replace the need to acknowledge human contributions, obtain necessary permissions, or disclose relevant information. Further details are provided in the Authorship and Contributorship Policy.

6. Responsibilities of Reviewers

Reviewers must protect the confidentiality of manuscripts, unpublished findings, and all information obtained through peer review. They must not upload or disclose a manuscript, its substantial contents, or confidential review materials to external AI tools where doing so could breach confidentiality, data protection requirements, or the journal's instructions.

Reviewers must not delegate their substantive evaluation of a manuscript to an AI system. If AI-assisted tools are permitted for a limited supporting task, reviewers remain responsible for the accuracy, fairness, and independence of their assessment and must follow any applicable disclosure requirements.

Reviewers must not rely on AI-generated assessments without independent verification, nor use confidential information from a manuscript to obtain personal, professional, or research advantage.

7. Responsibilities of Editors

Editors must maintain independent editorial judgment and protect confidential submission and review materials. They must not upload confidential manuscripts, reviewer reports, author correspondence, or unpublished research information to external AI tools unless the use is expressly authorized and appropriate confidentiality and data-protection safeguards are in place.

AI tools must not replace the editor's responsibility for evaluating a manuscript, assessing reviewer reports, managing conflicts of interest, or making editorial decisions. Any permitted use of AI for supporting editorial tasks must be subject to human oversight and appropriate verification.

Editors are responsible for ensuring that editorial decisions remain fair, independent, and based on scholarly merit, evidence, and the journal's policies. AI-generated recommendations must not be treated as a substitute for informed editorial judgment.

8. Research Data, Images, and References

Authors remain responsible for the authenticity, accuracy, provenance, and appropriate use of research data, images, tables, quotations, and references, whether or not AI tools have been used in their preparation.

AI-assisted analysis must be described accurately where relevant to the research methods or interpretation of findings. Authors should retain sufficient records to explain and, where appropriate, reproduce the analytical procedures and verify the reported results.

AI-generated or AI-modified images and other visual materials must not misrepresent research evidence or mislead readers. Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions where required and for complying with applicable legal, ethical, and journal requirements concerning third-party material.

9. Assessment of Suspected Non-Compliance

If the journal identifies possible non-compliance with this policy, the editorial team may request clarification, disclosure, supporting documentation, or an explanation from the relevant authors or other participants.

Depending on the circumstances and available evidence, the journal may:

  • Request clarification or a corrected AI-use declaration.
  • Require appropriate revision or additional verification of the manuscript.
  • Reject a submission when significant concerns cannot be satisfactorily resolved.
  • Pause editorial processing while a concern is being assessed.
  • Consider a correction, expression of concern, or retraction for a published article where warranted.
  • Refer serious concerns to an appropriate institution or body when justified.

Actions will be proportionate to the nature and seriousness of the concern. The journal will consider the evidence and the explanation provided before deciding on appropriate measures. Suspected breaches may also be assessed under the journal's Research Misconduct Policy and Plagiarism Policy.

10. Relationship to Other JIEB Policies

This policy should be read together with the following related JIEB policies:

Commitment to Responsible AI Use

JIEB supports the responsible use of appropriate tools where they assist scholarly work without compromising transparency, confidentiality, originality, or research integrity. Human authors, reviewers, and editors remain accountable for their respective contributions and decisions throughout the publication process.

Contact Information

Questions regarding this policy may be directed to:

Editorial Office — Journal of Islamic Economics and Business (JIEB)
Email: jieb@uinsgd.ac.id
Publisher: Faculty of Islamic Economics and Business, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung, Indonesia