Generative AI Policy

SCALE recognizes that generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and similar large language models, can support research and writing. To protect the integrity of scholarly publishing, SCALE sets the following principles for authors, editors, and reviewers:

  1. Human accountability: people, not AI tools, are responsible for all content. AI tools cannot be listed as authors or cited as authors.
  2. Transparency: any substantive use of GenAI must be disclosed.
  3. Confidentiality: unpublished manuscripts and review reports must never be uploaded to GenAI tools.
  4. Integrity: GenAI must not be used to fabricate data, images, references, or findings.

This policy is reviewed regularly as the technology and international guidance (COPE, STM) evolve. See also the policies for authors, for editors, and for reviewers.