Gen AI Policy

Generative Artificial Intelligence Policy

Responsible, transparent, and accountable use of AI in scholarly publishing

Jurnal Pengabdian dan Pengembangan Masyarakat Indonesia (JPPMI) recognizes that generative artificial intelligence tools may support certain aspects of writing, translation, data processing, and content preparation. Their use must remain transparent, responsible, verifiable, and subject to full human oversight.

Authors remain fully responsible for every part of the submitted manuscript, including its originality, factual accuracy, citations, data, analysis, interpretation, ethical compliance, and conclusions.

Artificial Intelligence Is Not an Author

AI systems cannot be listed as authors or contributors because they cannot provide consent, accept responsibility, disclose conflicts of interest, transfer rights, or respond to questions about the integrity of the work.

1. Permitted Uses

Subject to verification and disclosure, AI may be used for:

  • Language improvement and grammar checking;
  • Translation assistance;
  • Improving readability or document organization;
  • Supporting non-substantive coding or analytical tasks;
  • Generating preliminary search terms or organizational ideas; and
  • Preparing non-data illustrative material with editorial permission and disclosure.

2. Author Verification

Authors must critically review and verify all AI-assisted content. AI output may contain factual errors, inappropriate language, fabricated references, biased representations, or misleading interpretations. Authors must check all citations against the original sources and ensure that the final manuscript reflects their own scholarly judgment.

3. Prohibited Uses

AI must not be used to:

  • Fabricate or alter participants, data, results, quotations, or observations;
  • Create false or unverifiable references;
  • Generate or modify ethics approval letters, consent records, or institutional documents;
  • Create misleading scientific images, tables, or figures;
  • Conceal plagiarism or duplicate publication;
  • Replace the authors' interpretation and scholarly judgment;
  • Identify, imitate, or infer reviewer identities;
  • Generate deceptive content or evidence presented as an actual program outcome.

4. AI-Generated or AI-Modified Images

Generative AI must not be used to create or modify images presented as scientific or documentary evidence. AI-generated illustrative graphics may be considered for non-data visual summaries when they do not misrepresent participants, program activities, results, or community conditions. Such use requires disclosure and may be rejected by the editor.

5. Required AI Declaration

Authors must include a Generative Artificial Intelligence Declaration after the conclusion. The declaration should identify the tool, purpose, and extent of use.

AI was used

“The authors used [tool and version] for [specific purpose]. All AI-assisted content was reviewed and verified by the authors, who take full responsibility for the final manuscript.”

AI was not used

“The authors declare that no generative artificial intelligence tool was used in the preparation of this manuscript.”

Confidentiality in Peer Review

Editors and reviewers must not upload manuscripts, figures, data, supplementary files, or review reports to external AI systems that cannot guarantee confidentiality. AI must not independently evaluate a manuscript, write the substantive peer-review report, recommend a decision, or replace editorial judgment.

6. Undisclosed or Inappropriate AI Use

Suspected inappropriate use is evaluated according to the journal's Publication Ethics Policy. The journal may request original data, source files, prompts, output records, or an explanation from the authors. Depending on the severity, action may include revision, rejection, correction, expression of concern, retraction, or referral to the authors' institution.

Policy Application

The mandatory AI declaration applies to manuscripts submitted on or after 1 September 2026. Earlier articles are not automatically considered non-compliant solely because they do not contain a dedicated AI declaration.