Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

OnBoard Knowledge Journal recognizes that artificial intelligence (AI) tools can assist in various stages of preparing scientific manuscripts, particularly in improving formal aspects such as writing, translation, grammatical correction, text clarity, organization of ideas, or style review.

However, their use must be conducted ethically, transparently, and under the direct supervision of the authors. AI does not replace the intellectual, methodological, or scientific responsibility of the manuscript authors.

Authors are responsible for carefully reviewing any content generated or assisted by AI, including texts, translations, codes, images, tables, graphics, analysis, references, or any other part of the article. The inclusion of incorrect, inaccurate, false, biased, unverifiable information, or content that infringes third-party rights will be the sole responsibility of the authors.

The use of AI tools is not permitted for creating, modifying, manipulating, fabricating, or concealing data, results, images, evidence, citations, references, links, analysis, or conclusions. Additionally, it should not replace the academic judgment of the authors or present AI-generated content without proper review, validation, and attribution.

AI tools cannot be recognized as authors or co-authors of manuscripts, as they cannot assume ethical, academic, or legal responsibility for the published content. Authorship is limited to those who have made verifiable intellectual contributions and can answer for the integrity of the work.

When AI tools are used during manuscript preparation, authors must explicitly declare this in the article, specifying the tool used, its purpose, and the parts of the manuscript in which it was applied. This declaration must confirm that the content was reviewed and approved by the authors, who take full responsibility for the final version of the article.

Example of declaration:

The authors declare that they used [name of the tool] to assist with [indicate purpose: style review, translation, writing improvement, etc.] in [indicate sections or parts of the manuscript]. The content was reviewed, verified, and approved by the authors, who take full responsibility for the final version of the article.

During the editorial process, editors and reviewers must ensure the confidentiality of the manuscripts and avoid uploading documents, data, supplementary files, images, codes, or unpublished information to external AI platforms that may store, reuse, or expose such information.

Failure to comply with this policy, as well as undeclared or misleading use of AI tools, may result in requests for clarification, manuscript adjustments, editorial rejection, or post-publication actions, as appropriate and in accordance with the journal's ethical policies.