The International Journal of English Language, Education and Literature Studies (IJEEL) recognizes that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI technologies are increasingly being used in academic research, writing, editing, translation, programming, and data analysis. IJEEL supports responsible and transparent use of such technologies while preserving the principles of originality, academic integrity, research transparency, and author accountability.
The use of an AI tool does not transfer responsibility for a manuscript from the authors to the technology. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, ethical compliance, and final content of their submission.
Authors may use AI-assisted technologies for legitimate research and editorial purposes, provided that such use does not compromise the originality or integrity of the scholarly work and that the authors exercise appropriate human oversight.
Examples of potentially acceptable uses include:
Authors should 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 tool used and briefly describe its purpose. 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. The authors reviewed and revised all AI-assisted material and take full responsibility for the final content of the manuscript."
AI technologies must not be used in a manner that compromises research integrity, originality, transparency, or scholarly accountability. The following practices are considered unacceptable:
Any substantive use of AI for generating or modifying images, figures, tables, datasets, graphical materials, or other research outputs should be appropriately disclosed where relevant to the manuscript.
AI-generated material must not be presented as genuine research evidence, experimental observations, participant information, statistical results, or other research findings when such material has not been independently established and verified.
Authors must independently verify AI-assisted content before submission. This includes checking factual statements, references, citations, quotations, calculations, interpretations, and research claims.
Authors remain responsible for ensuring that AI-assisted material does not introduce plagiarism, fabricated information, copyright concerns, misleading statements, or other ethical problems into the manuscript.
IJEEL may use appropriate technological tools to identify potential plagiarism, manipulated content, or possible inappropriate use of AI-generated material. However, an automated AI-detection result alone will not necessarily constitute conclusive evidence of academic misconduct.
Where concerns arise, the editorial team may consider the manuscript as a whole, request clarification or supporting information from the authors, and take appropriate action based on the available evidence.
Reviewers and editors must protect the confidentiality of unpublished manuscripts, reviewer reports, research data, and other editorial information. Confidential material should not be uploaded 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 qualified human reviewers and editorial personnel.
