AI Use Policy

The Journal of Kyrgyzstan Studies takes note of the growing use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools in academic publishing and adopts a policy grounded in the principles of transparency, accountability, and academic integrity. This policy contains separate provisions for authors, reviewers, and editors.

Principles for authors. Authors who use AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and similar large language models) in preparing their work must openly declare such use in their submission. The declaration should specify at what stage the tool was used (idea generation, literature review, language editing, code generation, table or figure preparation, etc.) and to what extent. The declaration may appear in the Methods section of the work or in a separate acknowledgment or disclosure block.

AI tools may not be listed as authors under any circumstances. This principle reflects the joint position of Nature, Science, Elsevier, Springer Nature, and leading publisher communities. Authorship entails accountability and responsibility for the content and conclusions of the work; current AI systems cannot bear this responsibility.

Authors bear full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, and ethical suitability of all content produced with AI tools. Generative models are known to produce non-existent sources (hallucinations), to present incorrect factual information, and to generate biased output; authors must exercise the necessary diligence to eliminate such problems from their work.

AI-generated images and tables are also subject to the disclosure requirement. Figure captions must indicate the tool used to produce the image. The prohibition on the use of fake or manipulated images applies to AI tools as well.

Principles for reviewers. Reviewers may not enter the content (text, tables, data, figures) of the manuscripts they are reviewing into AI tools. This is required to preserve manuscript confidentiality and to prevent unpublished data from leaking into third-party models. Limited use of AI tools to improve the language quality of the review report is acceptable; however, the substantive scholarly assessment in the report must be produced by the reviewer.

Principles for editors. Editors may use AI-output detection tools (GPTZero, Turnitin AI, and similar) as a supplementary resource when assessing the integrity of submitted work. However, it must be recognized that such tools can produce both false positives and false negatives; they cannot serve as the sole basis for a decision. In cases of doubt, the editor contacts the author and requests an explanation.

Policy updates. AI technologies are evolving rapidly. This policy will be reviewed periodically in line with the shared position of the international academic publishing community and the guidance of organizations such as COPE and WAME.