Generative AI Policy

1. Purpose

DAAR EL-TAMKIN: Journal of Community Empowerment recognizes that Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) technologies, such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, and similar tools, can assist authors, reviewers, and editors in academic activities. However, the use of AI must uphold the principles of academic integrity, transparency, accountability, and research ethics.

This policy aims to ensure that the use of Generative AI supports scholarly communication without compromising the originality, reliability, and ethical standards of published research.

2. Policy for Authors

Permitted Uses

Authors may use Generative AI tools for the following purposes:

  • Improving grammar, spelling, and language clarity.
  • Assisting with translation and proofreading.
  • Organizing manuscript structure and formatting.
  • Generating ideas or outlines for writing.
  • Supporting coding, data visualization, and programming tasks.
  • Assisting in literature searches and information retrieval, provided that all sources are independently verified.

Prohibited Uses

Authors are prohibited from:

  • Listing AI tools as authors or co-authors.
  • Fabricating, manipulating, or falsifying research data, images, or results using AI.
  • Generating references or citations without verifying their existence and accuracy.
  • Using AI to create fictitious respondents, interviews, or empirical findings.
  • Using AI-generated content that contains plagiarism or infringes copyright.

Author Responsibility

Authors remain fully responsible for:

  • The accuracy and integrity of all manuscript content.
  • Verifying all facts, citations, and references generated with AI assistance.
  • Ensuring that AI-assisted writing complies with ethical and scientific standards.

3. Disclosure Requirement

If Generative AI tools have been used in preparing the manuscript, authors must disclose this information in a separate section before the References entitled "Declaration of Generative AI Use."

Example Statement

Declaration of Generative AI Use

The authors used ChatGPT (OpenAI) solely to improve language clarity and grammar during manuscript preparation. The authors reviewed and edited the generated output and take full responsibility for the content of this publication.

If no AI tools are used, no declaration is required.

4. AI and Authorship

Generative AI tools:

  • Cannot be listed as authors or co-authors.
  • Cannot assume responsibility for published work.
  • Cannot hold copyright or intellectual responsibility.

Authorship must be limited to human contributors who meet the journal's authorship criteria.

5. Policy on Data and Research Integrity

Authors must not use Generative AI to:

  • Create fabricated datasets.
  • Generate false community empowerment activities or outcomes.
  • Manipulate research findings.
  • Produce fake interviews, surveys, or participant information.
  • Alter images, figures, or evidence in a misleading manner.

Any evidence of fabrication or falsification constitutes research misconduct and may result in rejection, retraction, or reporting to the authors' institutions.

6. Policy for Reviewers

Reviewers may use Generative AI only for:

  • Language assistance.
  • Improving readability of review comments.
  • Summarizing non-confidential information.

Reviewers must not:

  • Upload confidential manuscripts to public AI systems.
  • Share manuscript content with third-party AI tools that retain user data.
  • Use AI to generate review decisions without independent evaluation.

All review recommendations must be made solely by the reviewer.

7. Policy for Editors

Editors may use AI tools to assist with:

  • Language editing.
  • Detecting plagiarism or inconsistencies.
  • Administrative and editorial tasks.

However, editorial decisions regarding:

  • Acceptance,
  • Revision,
  • Rejection, and
  • Ethical investigations

must always be made by human editors.

8. AI Detection

The journal may use AI-detection software and editorial screening procedures to identify undisclosed AI-generated content. However, AI detection results will not be used as the sole basis for editorial decisions and will be combined with human assessment.

9. Ethical Principles

The use of Generative AI in scholarly publishing should adhere to the following principles:

  1. Transparency – disclose AI use appropriately.
  2. Accountability – authors remain responsible for all content.
  3. Integrity – research findings must be genuine and verifiable.
  4. Confidentiality – protect manuscript and participant data.
  5. Fairness – avoid bias, misinformation, and plagiarism.

10. Compliance with International Standards

This policy aligns with recommendations from: