AI Policy

Policy on the Use of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies

Al-Khwarizmi: Jurnal Pendidikan Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam allows the responsible use of generative AI and AI-assisted tools. AI may support the work of authors, reviewers, and editors, but it must never replace their own thinking, judgment, and responsibility. This policy applies to all three roles.

1. Use of AI by Authors

Authors may use AI to improve language, organize text, search literature, generate ideas, or support coding and data analysis. AI must not replace the authors' own reasoning, analysis, and interpretation.

Authors are fully responsible for the whole manuscript, whether or not AI was used. Authors must:

  • check all AI-generated content, including facts, numbers, formulas, proofs, and scientific concepts;
  • make sure every reference is real, can be found, and supports the statement it is cited for (AI can invent references);
  • give DOIs for references when available; and
  • protect confidential and personal data, and follow copyright and research ethics rules.

The Editorial Office may check references at any stage. Manuscripts with fake or unverifiable references may be rejected, withdrawn, or acted on after publication.

2. Disclosure of AI Use

Authors must state any important use of AI, including the tool name, the purpose, and confirmation that the authors checked the result. Put the statement before the References:

Declaration of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies

During the preparation of this manuscript, the author(s) used [NAME OF TOOL/SERVICE] for [PURPOSE]. The author(s) then reviewed, verified, and edited the content and take full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and final content of the manuscript.

No statement is needed if AI was not used in a significant way. Basic spelling and grammar checkers do not need to be declared.

3. AI Cannot Be an Author

AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors. Authorship needs accountability and the ability to answer questions about the work, which only humans can do.

4. AI in Research Methods and Figures

If AI is part of the research method (for example, to develop learning media, create test items or questionnaires, or analyze data), authors must describe it in the Methods section so others can repeat it. Report the tool name, version, provider, purpose, prompts if needed, and how humans validated the results.

AI must never be used to invent, change, or misrepresent data or results. AI-assisted charts are acceptable only if made from real data with repeatable steps. If AI is used to create explanatory figures or illustrations, authors must say so and check that the mathematical and scientific content is correct.

5. Use of AI by Reviewers

Submitted manuscripts are confidential. Reviewers must not upload or paste a manuscript, or any part of it (text, tables, figures, datasets, supplementary files), into a public or non-private AI tool.

Reviewers must make their own judgment on quality, originality, methodology, and recommendations. AI may be used only to improve the language of a review the reviewer wrote, or for background reading that does not reveal manuscript content.

6. Use of AI by Editors

Editors must follow the same confidentiality rule and must not share manuscripts with public or non-private AI tools. AI may support limited tasks such as editing correspondence, non-confidential literature searches, technical checks, or finding reviewers. AI must never make or replace the final editorial decision.

7. Confidentiality and Data Protection

Before entering research information into any AI tool, read its privacy policy and terms of service. Protect personal data, unpublished research, and participant data, including data from students, teachers, and schools.

8. Unacceptable Uses

The following are unacceptable:

  • creating large parts of a manuscript with AI without real human contribution or checking;
  • inventing references, quotations, data, or results, or changing data with AI;
  • using AI to hide plagiarism or other misconduct;
  • listing AI as an author or not disclosing significant AI use;
  • uploading confidential manuscripts to non-private AI tools; and
  • using AI instead of a reviewer's or editor's own judgment.

Serious or repeated violations may lead to rejection, withdrawal, retraction, or other action under Al-Khwarizmi's publication ethics policy.

9. Policy Updates

Al-Khwarizmi : Jurnal Pendidikan Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam may update this policy as AI technology and publishing standards change. Please check the latest version on the journal website.