AI Policy

AI Policy

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY
JURNAL PERIKANAN TERPADU (JP-TERPADU)


1 Use of AI by Authors
1.1 General Principles
Jurnal Perikanan Terpadu (JP-Terpadu) recognizes that artificial intelligence (AI), when used responsibly, can help researchers improve their efficiency, understand scientific information, and enhance the quality of manuscript preparation.
AI tools, including AI agents and deep research tools, may assist authors in summarizing literature, mapping research areas, identifying research gaps, developing ideas, organizing content, and improving language and readability. However, these tools must not replace authors’ critical thinking, expertise, or scientific judgment.
All AI use must remain under human supervision and control. Authors retain full responsibility for the content of submitted and published manuscripts. Their responsibilities include:
1. Checking the accuracy, completeness, and impartiality of AI outputs, including verifying references, as AI-generated citations may be incorrect or nonexistent.
2. Reviewing and adapting AI-assisted material to ensure that the manuscript reflects the authors’ original contributions, analyses, interpretations, and ideas.
3. Transparently reporting AI use through a disclosure statement provided at submission.
4. Protecting data privacy, intellectual property, and the rights of others by understanding the terms of use of each tool employed.
1.2 Responsible Use of AI
Before using an AI tool, authors must review its terms of service to ensure that the confidentiality of all data and materials entered into the tool is protected. This requirement also applies to unpublished manuscripts. Particular care must be taken with personally identifiable information.
Authors must ensure that any permission granted to the AI provider is limited to processing the materials to deliver the requested service. Use of the tool must not grant additional rights over those materials, including the right to use them for AI training.
Authors must also ensure that the conditions governing AI outputs do not restrict subsequent publication of the article. All outputs must be reviewed for factual errors and potential bias.
1.3 Disclosure of AI Use
The use of AI in manuscript preparation must be disclosed in a separate statement included in the manuscript at submission. This statement will appear in the published article to ensure transparency.
The disclosure must specify, at a minimum:
1.    The name of the AI tool or service used.
2.    The purpose of its use.
3.    The nature and extent of the authors’ review and editing.
Basic spelling, grammar, and punctuation checks do not require disclosure. However, AI use that introduces substantive changes to sentence structure or the organization of any section of the manuscript must be declared.
AI features within disability-related assistive technologies do not require disclosure when used solely for accessibility purposes.
When AI is used in conducting the research, its use must be described in detail in the Methods section, rather than reported only in the manuscript preparation declaration.
1.4 AI and Authorship
AI tools must not be listed as authors or co-authors, nor identified as authors in citations. Authorship involves duties and accountability that can only be fulfilled by humans.
Each author must be able to approve the final manuscript and its submission and must ensure that any concerns regarding the accuracy or integrity of the work are appropriately examined and resolved.
Authors are also responsible for ensuring that the work is original, has not been previously published, includes only individuals who meet the authorship criteria, and does not infringe third-party rights. Before submission, authors should familiarize themselves with and comply with JP-Terpadu’s publication ethics requirements.
2 Use of AI for Figures Illustrations and Artwork
AI may be used to create or process visual materials only under specific circumstances. The applicable requirements depend on the purpose and type of visual material, as outlined below.
2.1 Explanatory Images
Explanatory images illustrate concepts, processes, or relationships. Examples include flowcharts, decision trees, timelines, conceptual illustrations, and experimental workflow diagrams.
Authors may use AI to assist in preparing these images, provided that they follow the principles of responsibility, human oversight, transparency, and authorship established in this policy.
AI use must be disclosed in the caption of each affected image, specifying the tool, its version, and how it was used. This information must also be included in the article’s general AI disclosure statement.
2.2 Research and Data Images
Research and data images present research evidence or findings. This category includes data visualizations and primary images obtained through observation or experimentation.
a. Data visualizations
Data visualizations present results derived from datasets through analytical, computational, or statistical procedures, such as charts, graphs, and heatmaps.
AI must not be used to fabricate results, invent data, alter underlying data, or produce visualizations that do not accurately reflect the research data and methods.
AI may assist in creating visualizations when the outputs are derived directly from research data through reproducible procedures. These procedures must be described in the Methods section.
When AI is used, authors must report the model or tool name, version, and developer or manufacturer in the Methods section. Authors must also comply with the tool’s terms of use and provide attribution where required.
For editorial assessment, the editorial team may request documentation of AI use and original, unprocessed image files.
b. Primary research images
Primary research images record data obtained directly through observation or experimentation, such as microscopy images, histological images, and western blots.
AI must not be used to create or modify images in ways that depict observational or experimental data that were not actually obtained in the research.
Adjustments to brightness, contrast, or color balance must be performed using established image-processing software and must comply with scientific image preparation requirements.
c. AI as part of research methods
This policy does not prohibit the use of AI as part of the research design or methodology, including image data collection and interpretation or predictive modeling.
When AI forms part of the methodology, authors must describe its use in sufficient detail in the Methods section to allow the procedures to be reproduced. The description must include the model or tool name, version, and developer or manufacturer, where applicable.
The tool’s terms of use and attribution requirements must also be followed.
2.3 Graphical Abstracts and Cover Art
Graphical abstracts and cover art visually summarize or represent an article rather than present primary scientific data.
a. Graphical abstracts
General-purpose generative AI image tools must not be used to create graphical abstracts.
Authors are encouraged to use dedicated scientific illustration tools with clear licensing terms that support the responsible use of copyrighted materials and intellectual property.
b. Cover art
The use of AI to create cover art may be considered under certain circumstances. Authors must obtain approval from the editor and publisher of JP-Terpadu before submitting AI-generated cover art.
Authors must demonstrate that all necessary permissions for third-party materials have been obtained and that the required attribution has been provided.
2.4 Authors’ Responsibilities for Visual Materials
Authors are responsible for the accuracy and originality of all visual materials submitted. Each image must accurately communicate the relevant concepts and reflect the authors’ own work and ideas.
Where an image is developed from existing artwork, the source must be acknowledged, and permission from the rights holder must be obtained before submission where required.
AI must not be used to generate images that duplicate or imitate copyrighted images, depict the likeness of real individuals, or reproduce identifiable third-party products or brands. This prohibition also extends to imitating an individual’s voice.
The responsible AI use requirements outlined above apply to all visual materials.
The form for authors can be downloaded by clicking here


3 Use of AI by Reviewers
3.1 Manuscript Confidentiality
JP-Terpadu upholds integrity and confidentiality throughout the peer review process. Every manuscript received by a reviewer must be treated as a confidential document.
Reviewers must not upload an entire manuscript or any part of it to an AI tool. Doing so may violate confidentiality, authors’ proprietary rights, and privacy rights where the manuscript contains personally identifiable information.
3.2 Limits on AI Use in Peer Review
Reviewers are responsible for the scientific assessment of manuscripts and judgments regarding their suitability for publication. AI cannot replace critical thinking or independent evaluation because its outputs may contain errors, omissions, or bias.
Reviewers retain full responsibility for the content and conclusions of their review reports.
AI may be used only in a supporting role, such as improving the language and organization of a review report or assisting with background literature searches. Such use must preserve confidentiality and remain under the reviewer’s control and supervision.
AI assistance in peer review is permitted only through private tools that protect the confidentiality of inputs. This permission does not override the prohibition on uploading manuscripts or any part of them.
3.3 Disclosure by Reviewers
Reviewers must disclose AI use in their review reports, identifying the tool used and the purpose of its use.
Basic spelling and grammar checks do not require disclosure.
The form for reviewers can be downloaded by clicking here