Artificial Intelligence (AI) Content Policy

The International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences (IJELS) recognizes the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI technologies in academic research and scholarly writing. The journal supports responsible use of such technologies while maintaining the principles of originality, transparency, research integrity, and author accountability.

The use of AI tools does not transfer responsibility for the submitted manuscript from the authors to the technology used. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, ethical compliance, and scholarly quality of their work.

Permitted Use of AI

Authors may use AI-assisted tools for legitimate research and editorial purposes, provided that their use does not compromise academic integrity and that the authors exercise appropriate human oversight.

Examples of acceptable uses may include:

• Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and language improvement.
• Improving readability and clarity of author-written content.
• Translation and language-support assistance.
• Assistance with programming or code development, subject to verification.
• Research-related data analysis or visualization support, where appropriately verified.
• Other editorial or research-support activities that do not replace the authors' intellectual contribution.

Disclosure of AI Use

Authors should transparently disclose the use of AI or Generative AI tools when such tools have made a substantive contribution to the preparation, analysis, generation, or presentation of the manuscript.

The disclosure should identify the AI tool used and briefly explain how it contributed to the work. Depending on the nature of the use, the disclosure may be included in the Acknowledgements, Methods, or another appropriate section of the manuscript.

A suitable disclosure may be stated as follows:

"The authors used [name of AI tool] for language and editorial assistance during the preparation of this manuscript. All AI-assisted content was reviewed and revised by the authors, who take full responsibility for the final content of the article."

Unacceptable Use of AI

AI tools must not be used in a manner that compromises the authenticity, reliability, or integrity of scholarly research. The following practices are considered unacceptable:

• Submitting substantial AI-generated material as original scholarly work without appropriate disclosure.
• Using AI to fabricate or manipulate research data, results, observations, or conclusions.
• Generating fictitious or unverifiable references and citations.
• Using AI to conceal plagiarism or circumvent originality checks.
• Presenting AI-generated analysis or ideas as the authors' original intellectual contribution without appropriate disclosure.
• Using AI to create misleading research evidence or representations.
• Listing an AI system or chatbot as an author or co-author.

AI-Generated Images, Figures, and Data

Any substantive use of AI for generating or modifying images, figures, tables, datasets, graphical materials, or other research outputs must be appropriately disclosed where relevant to the scholarly work.

AI-generated content must not be presented as genuine experimental evidence, research observations, participant information, statistical results, or other research findings when such material has not been independently established and verified.

Author Responsibility

Authors are responsible for carefully checking all AI-assisted material before submission. This includes verifying factual claims, citations, references, quotations, calculations, interpretations, and other scholarly statements.

Authors must also ensure that AI-assisted content does not introduce plagiarism, copyright concerns, fabricated information, or misleading claims into the manuscript.

AI Detection and Editorial Assessment

IJELS may use appropriate technological tools as part of its editorial assessment to identify potential plagiarism, manipulated content, or inappropriate use of AI-generated material. However, an automated AI-detection result alone will not necessarily constitute proof of academic misconduct.

Where concerns arise, the editorial team may consider the manuscript as a whole, request clarification from the authors, examine supporting research materials, and take appropriate editorial action based on the available evidence.

AI Use by Reviewers and Editors

Reviewers and editors must protect the confidentiality of unpublished manuscripts and research information. Confidential manuscript content, reviewer reports, unpublished data, or other sensitive editorial material should not be submitted to AI systems where confidentiality and data protection cannot be adequately assured.

AI tools must not replace the independent scholarly judgment of reviewers or editors. Editorial and peer-review decisions remain the responsibility of human reviewers and editorial personnel.