Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies Policy

Khazanah Pendidikan Islam recognizes the increasing use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in academic research and scholarly publishing. The journal permits responsible use of such technologies while maintaining the principles of research integrity, transparency, authorship, accountability, confidentiality, and academic originality.

This policy applies to authors, reviewers, editors, and other participants in the editorial and publication process.

1. Use of Generative AI by Authors

Authors may use generative AI and AI-assisted technologies to support limited aspects of manuscript preparation, such as improving language, grammar, spelling, readability, or formatting. The use of such technologies must not replace the authors' responsibility for the intellectual content and scholarly integrity of the manuscript.

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, validity, interpretation, and integrity of all content submitted to Khazanah Pendidikan Islam.

2. Disclosure of AI Use

Authors must disclose the use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies when such tools have been used in the preparation of the manuscript in a way that goes beyond routine spelling, grammar, or formatting assistance.

The disclosure should identify the AI tool used and briefly explain how it was used. The disclosure should be included in the manuscript in an appropriate section, such as an AI Use Declaration.

3. AI Cannot Be Listed as an Author

Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies cannot be listed as authors, co-authors, or contributors who meet authorship criteria. Authorship requires human responsibility and accountability for the work.

Authors must ensure that all individuals listed as authors have made appropriate intellectual contributions to the research and manuscript and accept responsibility for the published work.

4. Responsibility for AI-Generated Content

Authors are responsible for verifying any information, references, quotations, data, interpretations, or other content produced or assisted by generative AI. AI systems may produce inaccurate, fabricated, incomplete, or misleading information, including references that do not exist.

Authors must therefore independently verify the accuracy and authenticity of all AI-assisted content before submission.

5. Originality, Plagiarism, and Attribution

The use of generative AI does not exempt authors from the journal's requirements concerning originality, plagiarism, copyright, citation, attribution, and publication ethics. Authors remain responsible for ensuring that AI-assisted text or other materials do not result in plagiarism, inappropriate reproduction, copyright infringement, or misrepresentation of sources.

AI-generated references or citations must not be included unless they have been independently verified by the authors.

6. AI and Research Data

Authors must not upload confidential, sensitive, proprietary, unpublished, or personally identifiable research data to publicly accessible generative AI systems when doing so would violate applicable ethical, legal, institutional, contractual, or confidentiality requirements.

The use of AI must not compromise research participants' privacy, data protection, or ethical safeguards.

7. Use of AI by Peer Reviewers

Peer reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and all associated materials. Reviewers must not upload manuscripts, unpublished data, confidential information, or other materials received for peer review into generative AI systems when doing so could compromise confidentiality or intellectual property.

Reviewers remain responsible for the content and recommendations of their review reports. Generative AI must not replace the reviewer's independent scholarly judgment.

8. Use of AI by Editors

Editors may use AI-assisted technologies for limited administrative or language-support purposes where appropriate, provided that confidentiality, editorial independence, research integrity, and data protection are maintained.

Editorial decisions must remain under human responsibility. AI systems must not independently determine whether a manuscript should be accepted, rejected, or otherwise processed.

9. AI-Generated Images, Data, and Other Materials

Authors must disclose the use of generative AI to create or substantially modify images, figures, data representations, or other research materials where such use is relevant to the interpretation or integrity of the work.

The use of AI-generated materials must comply with applicable copyright, licensing, research ethics, and journal requirements.

10. Editorial Assessment and Misconduct

Failure to disclose relevant AI use, submission of fabricated or unverifiable AI-generated information, misuse of AI to manipulate research content, or other inappropriate use of AI may be considered in accordance with the journal's publication ethics and research integrity procedures.

Where concerns arise, the editors may request clarification, supporting information, or additional documentation from the authors.

11. Human Accountability

The use of generative AI does not transfer responsibility for scholarly work from the authors, reviewers, or editors to an AI system. Human participants in the publication process remain accountable for their respective contributions, decisions, and responsibilities.

This policy is applied together with the journal's Publication Ethics, Peer-Review Process, Copyright and License, and Author Guidelines.