Artificial Intelligence Policy

As part of our ongoing commitment to research integrity, transparency, and alignment with international editorial standards, the Economics, Business, Management, & Accounting Journal (Ebisma) has formally adopted a policy regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in manuscript preparation, in accordance with the guidance issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and other recognized editorial bodies.

Authors are required to disclose the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in scientific writing when submitting a manuscript. AI may only be used in the writing process to improve the readability and linguistic quality of the manuscript.

Such technologies must be applied under human supervision and control, and authors must carefully review and edit the results, as AI can generate output that sounds authoritative but is actually incorrect, incomplete, or biased. Authors are ultimately responsible and may be held accountable for the content of the work.

Authors are prohibited from listing or citing AI and AI-supported technologies as authors or co-authors in the manuscript, as authorship entails responsibilities and tasks that can only be attributed to and performed by humans.

Permissible Uses {with Disclosure}
AI tools may be used to assist authors in the following ways, provided full disclosure is made:

  • Language and Grammar Refinement: Improving readability, spelling, grammar, and sentence structure.
  • Drafting Support: Assisting in the generation of initial drafts of specific, non-research-critical sections {e.g., parts of the Introduction or Discussion for stylistic purposes}, which must then be thoroughly reviewed and revised by the authors.
  • Brainstorming and Idea Generation: Assisting in conceptualizing ideas or outlining the structure of the manuscript.
  • Data Analysis and Visualization Assistance: {Only if verified and reproducible by human authors}. If AI is used in data processing, analysis, or generating figures/tables, the specific methods, tools, and validation steps must be clearly described in the Methods section.

Prohibited Uses
The use of AI and AI-assisted technologies is strictly prohibited for:

  • Generating Fictitious Content: Creating false data, fabricated research results, or non-existent references/citations.
  • Plagiarism: Using AI-generated content without proper attribution {i.e., treating it as original work when it is not fully human-generated or verified}. All AI-generated content must be treated as any other source and properly attributed if it relies on existing intellectual property or specific datasets.
  • Substituting for Human Intellectual Contribution: AI cannot perform the core intellectual work of research, such as formulating original hypotheses, designing experiments, interpreting novel findings, or drawing original conclusions.
    Violating Confidentiality: Reviewers and editors are strictly prohibited from using AI tools with confidential manuscript content {e.g., uploading the manuscript to publicly available AI models}, as this may breach confidentiality, copyright, and the integrity of the peer-review process.
  • Misrepresenting Research: Using AI to intentionally mislead readers about the methods, results, or conclusions of the research.

Consequences of Misuse
Failure to adhere to this policy regarding the ethical use of AI and AI-assisted technologies will be considered a serious breach of publication ethics. Such breaches may result in:

  • Rejection of the submitted manuscript.
  • Retraction of the published article.
  • Banning of the author{s} from future submissions to the journal.
  • Notification to the authors' institution and relevant ethics committees.

All articles published from Volume 6, Issue 3 (2026) onward must include a formal declaration regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI). The use of AI in scientific writing must be disclosed by adding a statement at the end of the manuscript. This statement will appear in the published work and must be placed in a new section before the reference list. Authors are required to declare either:

that no generative AI tools were used in the preparation, analysis, or writing of the manuscript; or

that AI tools were used exclusively for language editing and/or grammatical improvement, without influencing the scientific content, study design, data analysis, interpretation of results, or conclusions.

If the use of AI does not fit these statements, authors must clearly and transparently describe how AI tools were used, for what purpose, and at which stage of the manuscript preparation.

Please note that the AI declaration is mandatory before final online publication. Manuscripts that do not include this information may have their publication delayed until full compliance with the journal’s ethical policy is ensured.

This measure aims to strengthen transparency, maintain ethical standards, and ensure consistency with current best practices in scholarly publishing.

This policy will be periodically reviewed and updated to reflect advancements in AI technology and evolving ethical guidelines in scholarly publishing.