AI Policy

Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies

Islamic Studies Review recognises that artificial intelligence and AI-assisted technologies may be used in research and scholarly communication. Their use must remain consistent with the principles of academic integrity, transparency, confidentiality, accountability, and responsible human oversight.

Use of AI by Authors

Generative AI systems do not qualify for authorship and must not be listed as authors or co-authors. Authorship entails intellectual responsibility and accountability that cannot be assigned to an AI system.

Authors who use generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in preparing a manuscript must disclose the relevant use, including the name of the tool, its version where identifiable, and the purpose for which it was employed.

This includes generative AI assistance in drafting, rewriting, summarising literature, translation, analytical interpretation, generating figures, or preparing other substantive manuscript content. Generative AI used for language editing must also be disclosed.

Routine spelling and grammar checking that does not generate substantive content need not be individually identified.

Authors remain fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, integrity, and ethical compliance of all submitted material, including any AI-assisted content.

AI-generated references, quotations, translations, interpretations, or factual claims must be independently verified against reliable sources. Authors must not present fabricated or unverifiable material as scholarly evidence.

Declaration of Generative AI Use

Every research article and review essay must include a statement headed Declaration of Generative AI Use in the final accepted manuscript.

Where generative AI has been used, the declaration must identify the tool and explain its role in manuscript preparation.

Where no generative AI has been used, authors should state:

The authors declare that no generative AI tools were used in the preparation of this manuscript.

Use of AI by Editors

Editors may use appropriate AI-assisted technologies for limited administrative or technical purposes, provided that confidentiality, data protection, transparency, and editorial independence are maintained.

AI must not replace independent editorial judgement, determine the scholarly quality of a manuscript, or make decisions concerning acceptance, revision, or rejection.

Editors must not upload confidential manuscripts or unpublished research materials to external AI services in ways that compromise confidentiality, intellectual property, or author rights.

Any material use of AI in editorial work must be appropriately disclosed in accordance with the journal's transparency requirements.

Prohibition of AI Use in Peer Review

Peer reviewers are prohibited from using generative AI tools to perform manuscript evaluation or prepare peer-review reports.

This prohibition includes using AI to analyse or summarise manuscript content, assess scholarly quality, generate review comments, formulate recommendations, or prepare reviewer reports.

Reviewers must not upload submitted manuscripts, excerpts, figures, tables, unpublished data, or other confidential materials to generative AI systems.

Peer-review reports must reflect the reviewer's own independent reading, scholarly expertise, and professional judgement. All manuscripts under review must be treated as confidential.

Suspected violations of this policy may be investigated by the editorial office in accordance with the journal's Publication Ethics.