Generative AI Policy

سياسة استخدام الذكاء الاصطناعي التوليدي

Al Ibrah: Journal of Arabic Language Education follows the position of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) on authorship and AI tools. Generative AI tools can support research and writing, but they cannot replace the judgment and responsibility of authors, reviewers, and editors. This policy explains how AI may and may not be used at each stage of publication, including how the journal itself uses AI in initial screening.

Allowed, with human oversight

  • Language editing and proofreading
  • Technical help (formatting, code)
  • Substantive use that is disclosed in the article

Not allowed

  • Listing AI as an author
  • Undisclosed substantive use of AI
  • AI-generated data, results, or references
  • Reviewers uploading manuscripts to AI tools
  • AI making editorial decisions

Responsibilities

01Authorsالمؤلفون
  • AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors, because they cannot take responsibility for the work.
  • Authors may use AI tools for language editing and similar technical help, under their own supervision. Authors remain fully responsible for the content of the article.
  • Any substantive use of AI, such as drafting or rewriting text, translating, analysing data, or creating figures, must be disclosed in the Method section or the Acknowledgments, naming the tool and how it was used. Routine spelling and grammar checks do not need to be disclosed.
  • AI must not be used to generate data, results, images, or citations presented as research evidence, unless this is part of the research design and is fully described in the method.
  • Authors must check every reference. AI tools can produce sources that do not exist, and citing them is treated as misconduct.
  • Translations of Arabic texts produced with AI must be checked by the authors against the original.
02Reviewersالمحكّمون
  • Reviewers must not upload a manuscript, or any part of it, to an AI tool. This would break the confidentiality of the review.
  • Reviewers must not use AI to write their assessment or decide their recommendation. The review must reflect their own expert judgment.
  • Reviewers may use AI only to improve the language of their own comments, without sharing any content from the manuscript.
03Editorsهيئة التحرير
  • The journal uses AI-assisted tools to support the initial screening of new submissions, for example to check whether a manuscript fits the focus and scope, follows the template and structure, and meets basic language requirements.
  • AI-assisted screening only supports the editors. Every result is checked by an editor, and no manuscript is rejected by an AI tool alone. All editorial decisions are made by the editors.
  • For screening, the journal uses only tools whose terms do not allow submitted content to be stored or used to train AI models, so that manuscripts remain confidential.
  • Editors must not upload review reports to AI tools or use AI to make decisions on acceptance or rejection. Similarity is checked with Turnitin and assessed by the editors.

Example Disclosure

AcknowledgmentsDuring the preparation of this article, the authors used [name of tool] to [purpose, e.g. improve the readability of the English text]. The authors reviewed and edited the output and take full responsibility for the content of the article.

Undisclosed or misleading use of AI is handled under the journal's Publication Ethics and may lead to rejection, correction, or retraction. This policy will be updated as practice in scholarly publishing develops. Questions: alibrah@uinpalopo.ac.id.