Artificial Intelligence Policy
The ethic@ recognizes the growing impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies on scholarly communication.
To ensure the integrity, transparency, and reproducibility of publications, the use of AI is permitted solely as a support tool and never as an author, provided that it is subject to human validation and properly disclosed.
Authors
The use of AI does not exempt authors from responsibility for the generated content. Authors are responsible for critically evaluating the outputs produced by AI tools, ensuring their accuracy, originality, and methodological appropriateness.
Authors must also consider and disclose the associated risks, including algorithmic bias, technical limitations, and any ethical implications related to the use of sensitive data.
AI tools may be used for:
- Grammatical and stylistic revision (spelling, grammar, and textual clarity).
- Assisted translation of the abstract, subject to human review.
- Assisted translation of the full text, subject to human review conducted by a professional translator.
- Initial organization of manuscript sections and structuring of previously developed ideas.
- Methodological support through the suggestion of computational code, scripts, or protocols, provided that these are validated and described in the Methods section of the article.
- Literature search and inclusion of references, provided that the original sources are verified, as references generated by AI may be inaccurate or fabricated.
Human review is mandatory to prevent bias, misinterpretations, linguistic flaws, and unnecessary repetition.
The use of AI must be disclosed in the publication data template submitted together with the manuscript at the time of submission, in accordance with the author guidelines. The declaration must specify which tool was used, its version, its intended purpose, and the extent of the human supervision and verification performed. This declaration will appear in the published article to ensure transparency.
The use of AI tools is not permitted for:
- Generation of substantive content (arguments, analyses, or philosophical interpretations).
- Replacement of human authorship in the development of central ideas and the writing of the manuscript.
- Paraphrasing third-party works to avoid plagiarism detection, generating data, citations, or fictitious references, incorporating hidden instructions or “hidden prompts,” or engaging in any other form of manipulation through artificial intelligence.
Improper or undisclosed use of AI may result in rejection or retraction of the article.
Reviewers
The ethic@ does not permit reviewers to upload manuscripts or enter any part of them into AI tools for the preparation of peer review reports.
AI cannot replace human judgment in the peer review process. The critical and original evaluation of the manuscript must be carried out exclusively by humans, and reviewers assume responsibility for the integrity of their review reports.
The use of AI is permitted only for grammatical and stylistic revision (spelling, grammar, and textual clarity), improvement of fluency and readability, and organization of the review report after it has been drafted in its entirety by the reviewer. Even in these cases, caution is recommended to avoid bias, misinterpretations, linguistic flaws, and unnecessary repetition.
Editors
The ethic@ does not permit editors to upload manuscripts or enter any part of them into AI tools at any stage of the editorial process.
The editorial team is responsible for the decision-making process following the peer review reports issued by reviewers. AI cannot replace the critical and independent assessment or the final decision made by the editors.
AI tools may be used for support purposes, such as identifying and searching for suitable reviewers, as well as for grammatical and stylistic revision (spelling, grammar, and textual clarity) and improving the fluency, readability, and structure of editorial decisions communicated to authors, provided that human oversight is maintained.
Other
Questions regarding the use of AI tools accepted by the journal or reports of suspected misconduct may be submitted at any time by any individual to the official email address of the journal ethic@. It is recommended that as much information as possible be provided so that the editorial team can verify the matter and take the most appropriate course of action.
References
COPE - Focus on artificial intelligence
COPE - Authorship and AI tools
Policy updated in July 2026.
