Generative AI Policy
1. Purpose
Averroes: Journal of Science and Religious Studies recognizes that generative artificial intelligence and AI-assisted tools may support some aspects of scholarly writing and research. This policy explains how authors, reviewers, and editors may use such tools responsibly while protecting originality, confidentiality, source accuracy, and human accountability in Science and Religious scholarship.
The journal treats AI as a tool, not as a scholarly authority. AI output may be inaccurate, incomplete, biased, fabricated, or unsuitable for sensitive religious, textual, historical, or community-based research. Human authors remain responsible for the accuracy and integrity of the final work.
2. General Principle
Authors remain fully responsible for every statement, citation, translation, transliteration, interpretation, reference, manuscript description, data presentation, and conclusion in their work. AI tools may assist with limited tasks, but they must not replace the author's scholarly competence, the reviewer's expert judgment, or the editor's editorial responsibility.
AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors. Authorship is limited to human contributors who can approve the final manuscript, accept responsibility for the work, respond to editorial questions, disclose conflicts of interest, and be accountable for the integrity of the publication.
3. Permitted Uses by Authors
Authors may use AI tools for limited support such as improving readability, checking grammar, organizing notes, assisting transcription, formatting tables, or supporting data organization. Any AI-assisted output must be carefully reviewed, corrected, and verified by the author before submission.
The use of basic spelling checkers, grammar tools, reference managers, or formatting tools does not require formal disclosure unless the tool generates or substantially rewrites scholarly content.
4. Unacceptable Uses
Authors must not use AI tools to fabricate references, quotations, hadith citations, manuscript shelfmarks, archival data, interview data, field notes, or historical evidence. AI must not be used to generate interpretation without scholarly verification, create misleading images or data, conceal plagiarism, or produce literature reviews based on sources the author has not checked.
Because the journal publishes scholarship involving Arabic, Indonesian, Malay, Javanese, and other languages relevant to Islamic studies, authors must be especially careful when using AI for translation or transliteration. AI-assisted translation may be used only as a preliminary aid. Authors must verify the final wording against the original source and should not rely on AI to determine the meaning without expert review.
5. Disclosure Requirement
Authors must disclose any substantive use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies when such tools have shaped the manuscript's drafting, rewriting, summarizing, translating, coding, analysis, figures, tables, or research presentation. The disclosure should identify the tool or service used, the purpose of use, the part of the manuscript or research process affected, and confirmation that the authors reviewed and approved the final content.
A suitable statement is: 'During the preparation of this manuscript, the author(s) used [name of tool/service] for [purpose]. The author(s) reviewed, verified, edited, and approved all AI-assisted output and take full responsibility for the final content.'
Artificial Intelligence Statement
If AI is not used at all
The authors declare that no artificial intelligence (AI) tools were used in the preparation, writing, editing, analysis, or revision of this article. All aspects of the research and manuscript preparation were conducted by the authors.
If AI is used solely for proofreading or language checks
The authors acknowledge the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools .....(Please list the AI tools used) for language editing, grammar checking, and improving the clarity of the manuscript. AI tools were not used to generate research findings, data, analysis, or scholarly arguments. The authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the content.
If AI is used to a limited extent in writing
During the preparation of this article, the authors used artificial intelligence (AI) tools .....(Please list the AI tools used) to assist with language refinement, grammar correction, and improving the readability of the manuscript. AI was not used to generate or fabricate data, research findings, citations, or substantive scholarly arguments. All AI-assisted content was reviewed, verified, and critically evaluated by the authors, who take full responsibility for the final content of the article.
6. Reviewers and Editors
Reviewers, editors, and editorial staff must not upload submitted manuscripts, review reports, editorial correspondence, unpublished data, or confidential author information into public or third-party AI systems unless the journal has explicitly approved the tool and confidentiality is protected.
Reviewers may not use AI to produce a review in place of their own expert evaluation. Editors are responsible for ensuring that any use of digital tools in editorial work does not compromise confidentiality, reviewer anonymity, author privacy, intellectual property, or editorial independence.
7. Handling Problematic AI Use
If the journal suspects undisclosed or improper AI use, the editor may request clarification from the author. Depending on the case, the journal may require revision, request a disclosure statement, reject the manuscript, issue a correction, or investigate the matter as possible publication misconduct. Questions about this policy should be sent to averroes@grahakaromah.com.
Last updated: 1 September 2026