Ai Policy

The International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunication Systems  recognizes the growing role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in academic research and scholarly publishing. The journal supports the responsible and transparent use of AI while maintaining high standards of originality, accuracy, research integrity, and author accountability.

1. Responsible Use of AI

Authors may use AI-assisted tools for appropriate purposes such as:

  • Grammar and language improvement
  • Translation
  • Formatting and editing
  • Brainstorming and idea development
  • Assistance with literature exploration
  • Other appropriate research-support activities

The use of AI must not compromise the originality, accuracy, or integrity of the manuscript.

2. Author Responsibility

AI tools cannot be listed as authors. Human authors remain fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, including any material produced or modified with AI assistance.

Authors are responsible for verifying the accuracy, originality, references, data, interpretations, and conclusions presented in their work.

3. Disclosure of AI Use

Authors should disclose the use of AI tools when AI has made a substantive contribution to the preparation, analysis, interpretation, or generation of manuscript content.

The disclosure should identify the AI tool used and briefly explain how it was used.

4. Accuracy and Verification

AI-generated content must be carefully reviewed and verified by the authors. AI systems may generate:

  • Incorrect information
  • Fabricated references
  • Inaccurate technical explanations
  • Misleading interpretations
  • Non-existent sources

Authors remain responsible for correcting and verifying such content before submission.

5. Plagiarism and Originality

The use of AI does not exempt authors from the journal's plagiarism policy. Authors must properly cite sources and must not present another person's work, ideas, or intellectual contribution as their own.

6. Confidentiality

Authors and reviewers should not enter confidential, unpublished, proprietary, or personally identifiable information into external AI tools when doing so could compromise confidentiality, privacy, or research security.

7. AI in Peer Review

Reviewers should not upload confidential manuscripts or peer-review materials to external AI systems unless such use is expressly permitted and appropriate confidentiality protections are available.

Reviewers remain responsible for providing independent, objective, and confidential assessments.

8. Research Data and AI

AI tools should not be used to fabricate, manipulate, or falsify research data, images, results, or conclusions. Any use of AI in data analysis should be appropriately documented and scientifically justified.

9. Misuse of AI

The journal may investigate manuscripts involving:

  • Fabricated data or results
  • Fabricated or incorrect references
  • Plagiarism
  • Undisclosed substantive AI-generated content
  • Manipulated figures or images
  • Misleading AI-assisted analysis
  • Other forms of research or publication misconduct

Appropriate editorial action may be taken where misconduct is established.

10. Commitment to Responsible AI

IJETS supports the ethical, transparent, and responsible use of AI technologies in scholarly communication. AI should serve as a supporting tool rather than replace human academic judgment, and authors remain ultimately accountable for everything they submit for publication.