Artificial Intelligence Policy

AI-assisted work must be transparent, verifiable and subject to human responsibility. AI tools cannot qualify as authors or assume accountability for a manuscript.

Disclosure by authors

Declare substantive use of generative AI in writing, coding, analysis, image creation or other research tasks. Identify the tool and version where available, explain its purpose and describe human checking. Report research-related AI methods in the Methods section with enough information for evaluation. Disclose writing assistance in an appropriate acknowledgement or declaration. Routine spelling and grammar checks need not be declared unless they generate substantive content.

Accuracy and integrity

Authors must independently verify all statements, calculations, references and outputs. Fabricated citations, invented participants or results and misleading image alterations are prohibited. Synthetic or simulated data must be clearly labelled and must never be presented as observations from real participants. Explain validation, limitations and bias where AI forms part of the research.

Confidentiality

Do not enter identifiable participant data, confidential information or material you are not authorised to share into external AI services. Authors must respect consent, licences and applicable data-protection requirements.

Reviewers and editors

Unpublished manuscripts and review correspondence are confidential. Reviewers and editors must not upload them to public or external generative-AI tools without explicit journal authorisation and adequate confidentiality protections. Evaluation and decisions must remain human-led; an automated score alone is not grounds for acceptance, rejection or a misconduct finding.

Policy enquiries: editor@jmhmr.com · Updated 1 October 2026.