Hasanah in Economics (HIEC) recognizes that generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies can support academic research, scholarly writing, data analysis, and editorial workflows. However, their use must remain consistent with academic integrity, research transparency, confidentiality, and responsible scholarly communication.
This policy establishes the requirements for the use of generative AI by authors, reviewers, editors, and other contributors involved in the publication process of HIEC.
The policy applies to all manuscript submissions, including original research articles, review articles, conceptual papers, and other scholarly contributions considered for publication.
HIEC applies the following principles to the use of generative AI:
Human accountability: Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and content of their manuscripts.
Transparency: Substantive use of generative AI must be disclosed appropriately.
Accuracy and verification: AI-generated information, references, calculations, and interpretations must be independently checked.
Research integrity: AI must not be used to fabricate, falsify, manipulate, or misrepresent research findings.
Confidentiality: Unpublished manuscripts and confidential editorial materials must not be disclosed to unauthorized AI systems.
Fairness and originality: AI use must not violate copyright, research ethics, authorship standards, or the rights of other individuals.
Authors may use generative AI and AI-assisted tools for appropriate purposes, including:
Improving grammar, spelling, punctuation, and language clarity.
Translating or improving the readability of scholarly text.
Assisting with brainstorming, outlining, or organizing ideas.
Supporting preliminary literature exploration.
Assisting with coding, statistical workflows, or data visualization.
Supporting the development of tables, figures, or other research materials, where appropriate and ethically permissible.
The use of these tools must not replace the authors' critical judgment, scholarly expertise, or responsibility for the research.
Authors must not use generative AI to:
Fabricate or falsify research data, results, evidence, or experimental procedures.
Generate fictitious references, citations, quotations, or bibliographic information.
Present AI-generated analysis as verified empirical evidence without appropriate validation.
Plagiarize or reproduce copyrighted material without appropriate permission or attribution where required.
Conceal substantive AI-generated contributions when disclosure is required under this policy.
Manipulate images, figures, tables, or research outputs in ways that misrepresent the underlying evidence.
Misrepresent authorship, research contributions, qualifications, or the origin of scholarly work.
Produce misleading, discriminatory, defamatory, or otherwise unethical content.
Authors must verify all AI-assisted content before submission. AI-generated references must be checked against reliable sources to confirm that the cited works exist and accurately support the claims made.
Authors must disclose the use of generative AI when it has contributed substantively to the development of the manuscript, including the generation or substantial rewriting of scholarly text, interpretation of findings, development of analytical arguments, or creation of research materials.
Routine spelling, punctuation, and basic grammar corrections generally do not require a separate disclosure, provided that they do not substantially alter the intellectual content of the manuscript.
The disclosure should identify:
The name of the AI tool or system used.
The purpose for which it was used.
The sections, tasks, or stages of the research process in which it was used.
The nature of the contribution and the verification undertaken by the authors.
The disclosure should be included in an AI Use Statement before the References section or in another appropriate section specified by the journal.
Suggested wording:
Example 1: Substantive AI assistance
“The authors used [name of AI tool] to assist with [specific purpose, such as language refinement, preliminary coding, or organization of the literature review]. All AI-assisted outputs were critically reviewed and verified by the authors, who take full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the final manuscript.”
Example 2: No substantive AI use
“The authors declare that no generative AI tools were used to generate or substantially develop the intellectual content of this manuscript.”
Authors should adapt these statements to reflect their actual use of AI. They must not make inaccurate or misleading declarations.
Generative AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors of manuscripts submitted to HIEC. AI systems cannot assume responsibility for research integrity, approve the final manuscript, or respond independently to editorial inquiries.
Authorship must be limited to individuals who meet appropriate scholarly authorship criteria and accept responsibility for their contributions. Any AI-assisted contribution must be reviewed and accepted by the responsible human authors.
Authors must disclose substantive use of generative AI to create or modify images, figures, tables, illustrations, or other materials presented as part of the research.
AI-generated or synthetic data must not be presented as observed empirical data. Where synthetic data are methodologically appropriate, their artificial origin, generation procedure, and limitations must be clearly explained.
AI-assisted statistical analysis, coding, or data processing must be validated using appropriate methods. Authors remain responsible for the reproducibility and reliability of their analytical procedures.
HIEC requires reviewers to maintain confidentiality, independence, and professional integrity throughout the peer-review process.
Reviewers must not upload or share unpublished manuscripts, confidential supplementary materials, reviewer reports, author information, or editorial correspondence with public or third-party generative AI tools unless the journal has explicitly authorized the specific use and appropriate confidentiality and data-protection safeguards are in place.
Reviewers must not delegate the substantive evaluation of a manuscript to generative AI. In particular, AI-generated assessments must not replace the reviewer's own evaluation of the research question, methodology, evidence, originality, contribution, and conclusions.
Reviewers remain personally responsible for the accuracy, fairness, and confidentiality of their reports. They must disclose any authorized AI assistance to the editor when it is relevant to the preparation of the review.
Editors must exercise independent academic judgment when screening submissions, selecting reviewers, evaluating recommendations, and making publication decisions.
Generative AI must not replace the editor's professional judgment or serve as the sole basis for acceptance, revision, rejection, or other editorial decisions.
Editors must not upload confidential manuscripts or identifiable editorial materials to external AI systems unless the use has been explicitly authorized and appropriate confidentiality safeguards are in place.
Editors are responsible for ensuring that disclosed AI use is assessed fairly and consistently. They must also protect the identities of authors and reviewers and maintain the confidentiality of editorial communications.
The use of generative AI does not exempt authors from HIEC's requirements concerning plagiarism, originality, research ethics, citation accuracy, authorship, and data integrity.
AI-generated content may contain inaccurate information, fabricated references, biased interpretations, or material that closely resembles existing publications. Authors must therefore conduct appropriate checks before submitting their manuscripts.
If the editorial team identifies suspected undisclosed or unethical AI use, it may request clarification, supporting documentation, or revisions from the authors.
Where a potential breach of publication ethics is identified, HIEC will investigate the matter fairly and may take appropriate action, including rejection, suspension of editorial processing, correction, retraction, or other measures proportionate to the findings. Serious concerns will be handled in accordance with applicable publication-ethics guidance.
HIEC may consider information from AI-detection tools as part of an editorial assessment, where appropriate. However, AI-detection results alone will not be treated as conclusive evidence of misconduct.
Because automated detection systems may produce false positives or false negatives, any concern must be assessed alongside the manuscript, the author's explanation, relevant evidence, and the circumstances of the submission.
Authors will not be penalized solely on the basis of an AI-detection score without appropriate human assessment.
Authors must ensure that their use of AI complies with applicable copyright, licensing, confidentiality, and data-protection requirements.
Authors should not submit confidential, personal, sensitive, or restricted research information to AI platforms unless they have appropriate authorization and safeguards.
The responsibility for securing permission to use third-party materials and ensuring that the manuscript complies with relevant legal and ethical requirements remains with the authors.
HIEC reserves the right to request additional information about the use of AI in a manuscript when necessary to assess its originality, accuracy, methodology, or ethical compliance.
This policy may be updated to reflect developments in AI technologies, scholarly publishing standards, and publication-ethics guidance. The latest version will be made available on the HIEC website.
For questions concerning this policy or the disclosure of generative AI use, please contact:
Editorial Office
Hasanah in Economics (HIEC)
Website: https://hasanah.gerakanedukasi.com/index.php/HIEC
Email: hasanahineconomiceditor@gmail.com
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