Generative artificial intelligence policy

Generative artificial intelligence technologies (for example, chatbots or large language models with artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT) cannot under any circumstances be indicated as the author of an article or a co-author who contributed to the preparation of the manuscript. Programs, services, tools based on generative artificial intelligence do not meet the authorship requirements, since they do not bear (and cannot bear) responsibility for the submitted work, cannot declare the presence or absence of a conflict of interests, and also manage copyrights.

Using of chatbots or other programs, services, tools based on artificial intelligence is not prohibited when preparing a manuscript. In some cases, such programs, services, tools can be used to edit text, search for sources of literature, collect and analyze data. Authors should take into account that chatbots often transmit unreliable or false information, which requires additional and ongoing verification of information.

If a program based on artificial intelligence was used in preparing the manuscript, it is necessary to indicate the name and version of the program, the request criteria, and describe in detail the method of its use (in the Material and Methods section). A detailed description of the use of tools, technologies, programs, and services of generative artificial intelligence can also be provided in the cover letter.

The author alone is responsible for the manuscript submitted to the editorial board of the journal, regardless of what programs, services, and tools based on artificial intelligence were used and to what extent. At the same time, the author also bears full responsibility for violating the rules for using the specified programs, services, and tools, as well as for using the results of their work.

When checking manuscripts, the editors use the appropriate module of the Antiplagiat system, which allows detecting text generated by artificial intelligence. The final decision in each specific case is made by the editorial board in interaction with the author of the publication.

The editorial board of the Urolofiia journal and reviewers should not process the manuscript received for review or its part using generative artificial intelligence tools, as this may violate the confidentiality and intellectual property rights of the authors, and if the article contains personal information, then also the rights to data privacy. This requirement also applies to the text of the review itself, since it may contain confidential information about the manuscript and / or authors.

The editorial board of the Clinical Nephrology journal shares the position of the international publishing community regarding the use of artificial intelligence in the preparation of scientific articles, set out in the documents:

• COPE (Authorship and AI tools);
• WAME (Chatbots, Generative AI, and Scholarly Manuscripts);
• ICMJE (Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Assisted Technology);
• International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM, Generative AI in scholarly communications).