1. General Provisions
The Editorial Board reaffirms its commitment to the principles of academic integrity, publication ethics, and transparency.
For the purposes of this policy, artificial intelligence (AI) refers to digital systems capable of generating text, images, code or other scholarly content, performing analytical data processing, automatically reviewing manuscripts, or producing conclusions that would normally require human participation.
2. Policy on the Use of AI
2.1. Authors
Authors may use generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, Gemini, etc.) only as auxiliary instruments for language editing, stylistic refinement, or preparation of technical descriptions.
The use of AI to generate scientific statements, results, hypotheses or citations without author verification and critical oversight is prohibited.
The fact that AI has been used must be clearly disclosed in the manuscript — for example, in the Materials and Methods section.
Example statement:
The authors used the ChatGPT tool (version GPT-5, OpenAI) for language editing. All outputs were reviewed and manually revised by the authors.
Authors bear full responsibility for the content, accuracy of data, and compliance with ethical standards, regardless of the use of AI.
AI systems must not be listed as co-authors of any publication.
2.2. Reviewers
Reviewers must not upload the manuscript, any part of it, supplementary materials, or any confidential information obtained during the peer-review process to publicly accessible or external artificial intelligence systems.
The use of artificial intelligence tools in preparing a review is permitted only for auxiliary tasks and provided that such tools are private and secure, do not retain the data entered, do not use such data for model training, and do not disclose it to third parties.
The reviewer remains fully responsible for the content, justification, accuracy, and impartiality of the review. Decisions concerning the evaluation of the manuscript must not be delegated to an artificial intelligence system.
Where permitted artificial intelligence tools have been used, the reviewer must inform the editorial office in the review comments or accompanying letter and specify the nature of such use.
2.3. Editorial Board
The Editorial Board may use AI tools solely for auxiliary purposes, such as:
Automated systems do not make decisions on the acceptance or rejection of manuscripts — this remains the exclusive responsibility of editors and reviewers.
3. Ethical Principles
The use of AI must not violate academic integrity, copyright, confidentiality, or principles of impartiality.
AI tools must not be used for:
Any instance of concealed or improper use of AI may be treated as a violation of publication ethics.
4. Policy Updates
This policy shall be periodically reviewed in accordance with international standards (COPE, Elsevier, Springer Nature) and the current regulations of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.