Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy

Syifa Medika: Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan is committed to maintaining transparency, confidentiality, academic integrity, scientific integrity, and accountability in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies throughout the publication process.

1. Use of AI by Authors

Authors are required to disclose any use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools or AI-assisted technologies in the preparation of their manuscripts.

The disclosure must clearly state the name of the AI tool and the specific purpose for which it was used, such as language improvement, translation, data analysis assistance, or other relevant functions.

AI tools must not be listed as authors or co-authors because they cannot take responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, originality, validity, or ethical compliance of scholarly work.

Authors remain fully responsible for all content submitted to and published in Syifa Medika, including any content generated or assisted by AI. Authors are responsible for verifying the accuracy, originality, references, data, interpretations, and conclusions of AI-assisted content.

Authors must not use AI-generated or AI-assisted content in any manner that constitutes fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, inappropriate data manipulation, citation manipulation, image manipulation, or other forms of research or publication misconduct.

For clinical photographs, radiological images, histopathological images, figures, and other research images, the use of AI must not alter, fabricate, obscure, or misrepresent scientifically or clinically relevant information.

If AI or AI-assisted technology forms part of the research methodology, its use must be described transparently and sufficiently in the manuscript to allow readers to understand how the technology was applied.

2. Use of AI by Editors

Editors may use AI-assisted technologies only for limited administrative or technical purposes that do not compromise the confidentiality, integrity, independence, objectivity, or fairness of the editorial process.

Editors must not upload unpublished manuscripts, manuscript excerpts, reviewer reports, personal data, supplementary files, or other confidential editorial materials into publicly accessible generative AI systems.

AI must not replace the professional and academic judgment of editors in manuscript evaluation, editorial decision-making, or decisions regarding acceptance, revision, or rejection.

Editors remain fully responsible for all editorial decisions and for maintaining the confidentiality and integrity of the editorial process.

3. Use of AI by Peer Reviewers

Peer reviewers are prohibited from using Artificial Intelligence tools to conduct, generate, summarize, evaluate, or assist in the peer-review assessment of manuscripts.

Reviewers must not upload manuscripts, manuscript excerpts, tables, figures, supplementary files, author information, review reports, or any other confidential materials into AI systems.

The peer-review process must be conducted independently by the appointed reviewer based on the reviewer's own expertise, scientific judgment, critical assessment, and ethical responsibility.

Reviewers remain fully responsible for maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, independence, and quality of the peer-review process.

4. AI Disclosure Statement

Authors who use AI or AI-assisted technologies in preparing their manuscript must provide an AI-use disclosure statement.

If AI tools were used, authors should provide a statement such as:

“The authors used [name of AI tool] for [specific purpose]. All AI-assisted content was reviewed and verified by the authors, who take full responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, and final content of the manuscript.”

If no generative AI tools were used, authors may state:

“The authors declare that no generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools were used in the preparation of this manuscript.”

5. Non-Compliance and Accountability

Failure to disclose the use of AI, inappropriate use of AI, or use of AI that compromises scientific integrity, confidentiality, authorship responsibility, or the peer-review process may be considered a breach of publication ethics.

Any suspected inappropriate use of AI will be evaluated by the Editorial Team and may result in manuscript rejection, correction, retraction, or other appropriate editorial actions in accordance with the journal's publication ethics and research misconduct policies.

Syifa Medika reserves the right to update this policy in response to developments in Artificial Intelligence technologies, publication ethics standards, and applicable journal accreditation requirements.