Artificial Intelligence Usage Policy

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE POLICY

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in academia is becoming increasingly common, particularly in the form of what has been generically termed generative AI. The RPCC has a specific policy regarding the use of these tools. A basic principle is that, regardless of the circumstances, human beings are responsible for AI-assisted activities and decisions in any research or publishing context.

Following our editorial ethics, we recognize three main actors:

Authors:

• Regarding authorship, the RPCC adheres to the COPE statement (https://publicationethics.org/guidance/cope-position/authorship-and-ai-tools) that AI should not be considered an author of any contribution.
• AI may be used without explicit declaration in the text when used for tasks such as spelling or grammar checking.
• AI may be used, explicitly declared in the text, for activities such as identifying and compiling relevant literature, assisting in data analysis and code generation and/or improvement, as well as manuscript translations.
• It is recommended to specifically declare its use in the methods section of the work, or in a separate AI usage statement.
• AI should not be used for data fabrication of any kind (numerical, statistical, textual, narrative, etc.), reference fabrication, or, in general, any form of information fabrication/falsification.

Editorial Team:

• The editorial team will not use generative AI in the editorial review process. Comments on manuscripts and decisions regarding them will be made by the editor, section editors, and members of the editorial team.

Reviewers:

• Reviewers may not use AI tools when reviewing manuscripts. Each reviewer must preserve the confidentiality of the works in question and ensure that they conduct a responsible and thorough review of the proposals made by the authors.