Human responsibility
This policy addresses generative AI and AI-assisted tools used in manuscript preparation, research reporting, peer review and editorial work. Human authors, reviewers and editors remain accountable for accuracy, originality, confidentiality and their decisions. AI systems cannot qualify as authors because they cannot approve the final work or take responsibility for it.
Author use and disclosure
Authors should disclose substantive use of generative AI in preparing text, translations, code, images or other content. The disclosure should identify the tool and version where available, explain what it was used for and describe how its output was checked. Routine spelling or formatting assistance need not be described unless it materially changes the content. AI used as a research method should be reported in the methods with enough detail to assess and reproduce the work where feasible.
Authors must verify facts, quotations, references and analyses themselves. Generated references, invented evidence or misleadingly altered research images are unacceptable. The use of a tool does not excuse plagiarism, misrepresentation or infringement of another person’s rights. Relevant limitations and potential biases should be acknowledged.
Reviewers and editors
Unpublished manuscripts, review reports and identifying submission information must not be entered into public AI tools. Any proposed use within a secure, approved workflow requires prior editorial authorisation and appropriate confidentiality protections. Reviewers must conduct their own critical evaluation rather than delegate the review or recommendation to a system. Editors remain responsible for assessment, reviewer selection and the final decision.
Any authorised substantive assistance in a review or editorial process must be disclosed to the responsible editor. A journal-wide use that affects authors must be described transparently. Authors and reviewers can ask about permitted workflows at submissions@gretajournal.com.
Concerns and reuse of published content
Possible misuse should be assessed under the ethics policy, giving the affected person an opportunity to respond. An AI-detection score alone should not determine an allegation or editorial outcome.
Authors retain copyright, and relaunch articles will be published under CC BY 4.0 as explained in the Copyright and Licensing Policy. Reuse, including text and data mining or AI-related purposes, is governed by the applicable licence and any expressly identified third-party material. This policy does not add restrictions to rights granted by that licence or extend the licence to unpublished submissions.