Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence

Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools in Scientific Research

Faculty of Arts Journal – University of Misurata

1. Introduction

With the rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and the emergence of tools that assist in writing, editing, and data analysis, the Faculty of Arts Journal is committed to outlining ethical and scientific standards for the use of such tools to ensure academic integrity and the quality of published scientific content.

This policy has been developed based on internationally recognized best practices adopted by leading academic publishers such as Elsevier, Springer Nature, and Wiley, and in accordance with the requirements of global indexing databases like Scopus and Web of Science.

2. General Principles
3. AI tools must not be listed as authors or co-authors of any scientific work.
4. Authors must disclose the use of any AI tools involved in writing or editing the manuscript, in a separate section titled: 'Disclosure of AI Tool Use', placed before the reference list.
5. Authors bear full responsibility for the accuracy and reliability of any content generated with the assistance of AI tools.
6. Permissible Use of AI Tools

Disclosure Requirement	Accepted	Type of Use
Not required	Allowed	Proofreading and grammar correction
Disclosure preferred with tools named	Allowed	Rewording or linguistic reorganization
Disclosure required with tools named	Accepted	Assistance in generating initial ideas
Disclosure required with tools named	Accepted	Support in writing the literature review or introduction
Not required	Accepted	Machine translation with human review
Disclosure required with tools named	Accepted	Programming or coding assistance

4. Prohibited Use of AI Tools

Statement	Type of Use
Strictly prohibited	Generating research results or data
Prohibited	Analyzing results, diagnosing, or clinical data in medical and engineering research
Unacceptable	Analyzing statistical or scientific data using AI tools without expert supervision
Prohibited	Writing discussions or conclusions entirely using AI tools
Unacceptable	Relying on AI to generate scientific text without human review

5. Suggested Disclosure Statement

AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT) were used to assist with proofreading and initial rewording of some sections of this research. All text was reviewed for accuracy and authenticity by the authors themselves.

6. Procedures

• The editorial board reserves the right to reject or reevaluate any manuscript found to have undisclosed AI tool usage.
• Authors may be asked to provide further clarification on how AI tools were used.
• Reviewers and editors are prohibited from using AI tools during the peer review process to preserve objectivity and integrity.