Use of AI

Use of AI

This policy sets out how artificial intelligence (AI) tools, including generative AI and large language models, may and may not be used in writing, editing, and peer reviewing manuscripts for Jurnal Penelitian Kebijakan Pendidikan. It applies to authors, members of the Editorial Team, and reviewers, and should be read together with the journal's Publication Ethics and Peer Review Process.

Principles

  • AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors, because they cannot take responsibility for the work.
  • AI must not replace scientific judgement, the interpretation of findings, or editorial decisions.
  • Any use of AI must be disclosed according to each person's role, as described below.
  • Using AI does not reduce anyone's responsibility for the originality, confidentiality, and integrity of the article or for the editorial decisions taken.

Authors

Authors may use AI tools to support the preparation of a manuscript, for example to improve language and readability, provided that the authors review and edit the output and remain fully responsible for the content.

Authors must not use AI tools to:

  • generate, fabricate, or alter research data, results, or images;
  • produce the analysis, interpretation, conclusions, or policy recommendations in place of the authors;
  • create citations or references that the authors have not read and verified.

If AI is used as part of the research method (for example, for data processing or analysis), the tool, its version, and how it was used must be described in the Research Methods section.

Disclosure. Every manuscript must contain a Declaration of AI Use in the Declarations section before the References, stating whether AI tools were used. If they were used, the declaration names the tool, states the purpose and the parts of the manuscript involved, and confirms that the authors reviewed the output. This declaration is required even when no AI tool was used, and it is published with the article.

Editorial Team

Editors are responsible for every editorial decision. Editors must not use AI tools to assess the scientific quality of a manuscript, to select reviewers, or to make or justify an editorial decision.

  • Editors must not upload unpublished manuscripts, or any part of them, to AI tools that do not guarantee the confidentiality of the content.
  • Editors may use AI tools only for limited supporting tasks, such as checking the language of the journal's own correspondence or formatting metadata, and must review the result.
  • Any use of AI in handling a manuscript must be disclosed to the Editor in Chief and recorded in the manuscript's file in the journal system.

Similarity checking with Turnitin, as described in the journal's Plagiarism policy, is part of the editorial screening and is not affected by this policy.

Reviewers

Reviewers are not permitted to use AI tools at any stage of the peer review. This includes:

  • using AI to analyse or assess a manuscript;
  • using AI to draft, write, or rephrase review comments or recommendations;
  • entering, uploading, or pasting a manuscript, or any part of it, into an AI application.

Manuscripts under review are confidential documents. Reviewers who cannot complete a review without assistance should inform the editor rather than use an AI tool.

Handling of violations

If the editors have reason to believe that AI has been used in a way that breaches this policy, they will ask the persons concerned for clarification and will handle the case in line with the journal's Publication Ethics and the guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

  • Before publication: the manuscript may be returned for correction of the declaration, or rejected.
  • After publication: the journal may publish a correction or retract the article.
  • Reviewers: a review prepared with AI will not be used, and the reviewer may be removed from the journal's reviewer list.

Example declarations

Authors may adapt the following examples.

Declaration of AI Use. The authors did not use any generative AI tools in the preparation of this manuscript.

Declaration of AI Use. During the preparation of this manuscript, the authors used [name and version of the tool] to [purpose, e.g., improve the language of the Introduction and Discussion]. The authors reviewed and edited the output and take full responsibility for the content of the article.

Effective date

This policy applies to all manuscripts submitted from 9 November 2026. Authors of manuscripts already accepted for Vol. 19 No. 2 (2026) will be asked to add a Declaration of AI Use during copyediting.

This policy follows the national guidelines for scientific journal accreditation in Indonesia (2026) and will be reviewed as regulations and AI tools change.