Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technology

Forschungsforum Law Journal recognizes the growing use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in academic writing and research. This policy establishes clear guidelines for the acceptable and transparent use of AI tools in manuscripts submitted to this journal.

1. Definition

Generative AI refers to AI-powered tools that produce text, images, data analysis, or other content based on user prompts. This includes, but is not limited to, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Claude, and similar large language model (LLM)-based applications.

2. Permitted Use

Authors may use Generative AI tools for the following purposes:

  • Grammar checking, proofreading, and language editing to improve readability.
  • Paraphrasing or summarizing content that the author has already written.
  • Generating initial outlines or structural suggestions that the author substantially revises.
  • Literature search assistance, provided all cited sources are independently verified by the author.

3. Prohibited Use

The following uses of Generative AI are strictly prohibited:

  • Using AI-generated text as the primary or substantial content of a manuscript without significant intellectual contribution from the author.
  • Listing an AI tool as a co-author or contributor. AI tools cannot hold authorship because they cannot take responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the work.
  • Using AI to fabricate, falsify, or manipulate research data, citations, or references.
  • Submitting AI-generated content without disclosure to the editorial team.

4. Disclosure Requirement

Authors who use Generative AI tools in any part of their manuscript preparation must disclose this use. The disclosure must be included in the manuscript as a separate statement under the heading AI Use Disclosure, placed before the References section. The statement must specify:

  • The name of the AI tool used.
  • The purpose for which the tool was used.
  • The section(s) of the manuscript where the tool was applied.

Example disclosure statement:
"During the preparation of this manuscript, the author used ChatGPT (OpenAI, GPT-4) for grammar checking and language editing of the discussion section. The author reviewed and revised all AI-assisted content and takes full responsibility for the final manuscript."

5. AI Detection

Forschungsforum Law Journal reserves the right to use AI content detection tools to screen submitted manuscripts. Detection of undisclosed AI-generated content may result in immediate rejection of the manuscript or, if detected post-publication, retraction of the article in accordance with the journal's Retraction Policy.

6. Use of Generative AI in Peer Review

The use of generative AI tools is prohibited at every stage of the manuscript review process at Forschungsforum Law Journal. This follows Kepdirjen 374/DST/D.D1/HM.01.01/2026 on journal accreditation, which bars Mitra Bestari (peer reviewers) from using artificial intelligence in the manuscript appraisal process, without exception.

Reviewers evaluating a manuscript for this journal must not use any generative AI tool at any point during the review process, whether to read, summarize, translate, or draft any part of their assessment, and must not upload the manuscript, or any part of it, into a generative AI tool. A reviewer's evaluation and written review report must be the product of the reviewer's own independent reading and scholarly judgment, without AI assistance of any kind.

A reviewer found to have used a generative AI tool during the review process will be removed from that review assignment, and the manuscript will be reassigned to another reviewer. Repeated violations may result in removal from the journal's reviewer database.

7. Author Responsibility

Regardless of the use of AI tools, the author bears full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the submitted work. The use of AI does not exempt authors from adhering to the journal's Publication Ethics and Plagiarism Policy.