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Reviewers

—  Do not upload a manuscript, a supplementary file, or any part of them to a generative AI tool.

—  Do not use AI to carry out the review. You are fully accountable for your report.

—  AI may be used only to polish a review that you wrote yourself, without entering any content of the manuscript.

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Editors

—  Do not upload submitted manuscripts, reviews, author details, decision letters, or correspondence to a generative AI tool.

—  Do not use AI to evaluate a manuscript or to decide on it. Editors are responsible for the process, the decision, and what is said to authors.

—  Similarity screening and other technical checks that the journal uses are tools that support the editor. The result is read and judged by a person.

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Why

Manuscripts are confidential and unpublished. Uploading them to an external AI system can disclose them to a third party and may lead to their use for other purposes. AI outputs can also be wrong, biased, or invented, and a score or a suggestion is not a judgement.

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If you think AI was misused

An author who thinks that an AI tool or an automated process influenced a decision improperly can use the appeal or complaints route. Suspected breaches are handled as described in the Generative AI Policy.

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Related

Generative AI Policy  ·  Peer Review Confidentiality  ·  Reviewer Guidelines

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Sources

This policy is based on the guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE):