Generative Ai Policy

Generative AI Policy
Rules for the use of generative AI tools by authors, reviewers, and editors of JPK (Jurnal Pendidikan Khusus).
1Purpose

Generative AI tools (for example, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and similar tools) can help with language and organization, but they can also produce errors, invented references, and biased or copied text. JPK allows limited use of these tools when it is open, honest, and checked by people. This is especially important for research about learners with disabilities, where accuracy and respect matter.

2For Authors
Allowed with disclosure
Generative AI may be used to improve language, grammar, or translation, or to support literature searching or data analysis. The use must be disclosed (see section 5).
Not allowed as author
AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors, because they cannot take responsibility for the work. See Authorship Criteria.
Authors remain responsible
Authors must check every statement, citation, and number produced with AI. References must be real and verified. Errors, invented sources, or copied text remain the authors' responsibility.
No fabricated content
AI must not be used to create or change research data, results, images, or participant quotations.
  • Do not enter personal or confidential data of participants, especially children and persons with disabilities, into AI tools.
  • Text produced with AI is included in the similarity check like any other text.
  • Figures or images created with AI must be labeled as such and must not present false evidence.
3For Reviewers
  • Manuscripts under review are confidential. Do not upload a manuscript, or parts of it, into a generative AI tool.
  • The review must be written by the reviewer. AI may be used only to improve the language of the reviewer's own comments, without including manuscript content.
  • Reviewers remain responsible for the accuracy and fairness of their review. See Peer Review Process.
4For Editors
  • Editors do not upload submitted manuscripts or reviewer reports into generative AI tools.
  • Decisions on manuscripts are made by editors, not by AI tools.
  • Editors may use AI for routine tasks that do not involve confidential content, such as correcting the language of general messages.
5How to Disclose

Authors state the use of generative AI in a short statement placed before the References, in the declarations section of the manuscript. If no AI tool was used, state this too.

Example: "During the preparation of this work, the author(s) used [tool name, version] to [purpose, for example improve the language]. The author(s) reviewed and edited the content and take full responsibility for the final manuscript."
If not used: "No generative AI tools were used in the preparation of this manuscript."
6If the Policy Is Not Followed

Undisclosed use, invented references, or fabricated content may lead to a request for correction, rejection of the manuscript, or, for published articles, action under Correction, Retraction & Withdrawal. See also Research Misconduct.

This policy may be updated as technology and publishing standards develop.