AI policy

AI policy

AI Usage Policy

This policy establishes guidelines regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the production of scientific documents, aiming to ensure academic integrity, transparency, and authors’ responsibility.

FOR AUTHORS:

Authorship: Artificial intelligence tools do not qualify for authorship and must not be listed as co-authors.

Responsibility and Integrity: The use of AI must be carefully supervised by the authors, who are responsible for critically verifying the accuracy and reliability of any content generated by AI. Eclética Química understands that full responsibility for the article’s content rests with the individuals who sign it.

Authenticity and Originality: Authors who employ AI tools to generate or analyze content must ensure that their work makes a substantial and original contribution to the field of study. Authors are fully responsible for the originality and accuracy of the submitted content.

Declaration and Transparency of AI Use: All authors of manuscripts that use AI tools, regardless of the research stage or during the writing of results, must declare their use in the methodology section or at the end of it, specifying:

  • The name and version of the AI tool or system used;

  • The specific purpose of its use (e.g., abstract generation, language revision, assistance in text structuring);

  • The extent of its use, including an estimated percentage of content generated or modified by AI.

Limitations: When AI is used as a research or analytical tool, authors must explicitly discuss its limitations and potential biases in the manuscript.

FOR REVIEWERS:
Uploading a manuscript received for peer review, in whole or in part, to generative AI tools is strictly prohibited, as this practice may violate confidentiality, copyright, and data protection rights.

AI tools lack critical judgment and may generate fabrications—defined as information that appears plausible but does not correspond to factual reality. Consequently, the use of such tools poses a risk of producing erroneous conclusions, which may compromise a fair and reliable editorial decision regarding manuscript acceptance.