Use of generative AI by authors.
Authors must disclose the use of generative AI tools in the preparation of the manuscript or the research it reports on. This includes, but is not limited to generating or editing text, images or figures, collecting, processing or analyzing data, generating or editing code, conducting literature searches, or informing research design. The listing of these uses does not imply endorsement by the journal of particular uses of generative AI. Authors should provide an AI disclosure statement at the end of the manuscript stating either that no generative AI was used or briefly describing how it was used. Authors remain fully responsible for all content in the manuscript, including the accuracy of text, analyses, citations, and other material produced or modified with the assistance of generative AI. AI tools cannot be listed as authors.
Use of generative AI by editors and reviewers.
Editors and reviewers must not upload manuscript content to external AI services where the submitted material is accessible to the provider or may be retained or used for model training or other secondary purposes. This includes consumer-facing AI services that do not provide contractual or trchnical guarantees protecting the confidentiality of submitted material. Disabling the use of submitted content for model training does not make an AI service permissible if the content may still be retained by or accessible to the provider. Use of locally hosted or institutionally managed AI systems is permitted where the confidentiality of submitted material is protected. Reviewers should disclose to the editors any use of generative AI to generate portions of their review or to evaluate the manuscript’s arguments, methods, analyses or conclusions.