AI Policy
AI Policy for INVEST: Journal Inovasi Bisnis dan Akuntansi
1. Introduction
INVEST: Journal Inovasi Bisnis dan Akuntansi is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Lembaga Riset dan Inovasi Al-Matani. The journal was first published in May 2020 and serves as a scientific platform for researchers, academics, practitioners, and professionals in the fields of Business, Management, Accounting, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Economics, Islamic Business, and related disciplines.
INVEST recognizes the growing role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in supporting scholarly research and scientific writing. AI-powered tools can assist authors throughout the research and publication process by facilitating idea generation, improving language quality, organizing references, summarizing literature, analyzing data, and enhancing manuscript readability.
Recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI provide valuable opportunities to improve research productivity and dissemination. However, AI systems cannot replace human creativity, critical thinking, scientific judgment, ethical responsibility, or accountability for scholarly work. Therefore, INVEST has established this policy to provide guidance for authors, reviewers, and editors regarding the responsible, transparent, and ethical use of AI technologies in scientific publishing.
2. Permitted Use of Artificial Intelligence
INVEST permits the responsible use of AI technologies to support manuscript preparation, including but not limited to the following activities:
Language editing and proofreading
AI tools may be used to improve grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, readability, and overall language quality.
Reference management
AI-assisted reference management software may be used to organize citations, generate bibliographies, and format references according to the journal's style.
Literature discovery and summarization
AI tools may assist authors in identifying relevant literature, summarizing published research, and supporting literature reviews. Authors remain responsible for verifying the accuracy of all cited information.
Data analysis and visualization
AI algorithms may be used for statistical analysis, econometric modeling, business analytics, machine learning applications, qualitative coding assistance, visualization, and interpretation of research data, provided that the methods are fully described and scientifically justified.
Plagiarism screening
Authors are encouraged to use AI-supported plagiarism detection software to ensure originality before submission.
3. Prohibited Use of Artificial Intelligence
The following uses of AI are not permitted:
Generation of original scientific content
AI must not be used as the primary creator of the manuscript, including the research hypotheses, literature review, theoretical framework, methodology, interpretation of results, discussion, conclusions, policy recommendations, or scientific claims. These remain the sole responsibility of the authors.
Fabrication or falsification of research
AI must never be used to fabricate data, manipulate figures, generate fictitious references, create fraudulent research findings, or engage in any form of scientific misconduct.
Authorship
AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors because they cannot assume responsibility for the accuracy, originality, integrity, or ethical standards of scholarly publications.
Peer review confidentiality
Editors and reviewers must not upload confidential manuscripts, unpublished data, reviewer reports, or editorial communications into public AI systems unless explicitly authorized by INVEST and the manuscript owners.
4. Recommendations for Responsible AI Use
Authors who utilize AI during manuscript preparation should adhere to the following principles:
Human oversight
All AI-generated outputs must be carefully reviewed, verified, critically evaluated, edited, and approved by the authors.
Accuracy verification
Authors must independently verify all references, facts, statistical outputs, numerical values, interpretations, and scientific statements generated by AI systems.
Transparency
The use of AI must be transparently disclosed during manuscript submission.
Appropriate acknowledgment
AI-assisted tools used for language editing, writing assistance, statistical analysis, coding, image generation, literature review, or reference management should be acknowledged appropriately within the manuscript.
An example of disclosure is:
"The authors used ChatGPT (OpenAI) to assist with language editing and manuscript refinement. All scientific content, analysis, interpretation, and conclusions were independently developed, verified, and approved by the authors."
5. Ethical Considerations
Authors remain fully responsible for the originality, integrity, and scientific validity of their manuscripts, regardless of any AI assistance used during manuscript preparation.
The use of AI must comply with internationally accepted publication ethics and academic integrity standards. Any misuse of AI resulting in plagiarism, copyright infringement, data fabrication, falsification, citation manipulation, misleading analyses, or other unethical practices will constitute a violation of INVEST publication ethics and may result in manuscript rejection, publication withdrawal, retraction, or additional editorial actions.
6. Editorial and Peer Review Process
All manuscripts submitted to INVEST: Journal Inovasi Bisnis dan Akuntansi, whether prepared with or without AI assistance, undergo the same rigorous editorial screening and double-blind peer-review process.
The editorial board reserves the right to request clarification regarding the use of AI technologies during manuscript preparation. Editors may require revisions or reject manuscripts if AI-generated content compromises scientific quality, originality, research integrity, ethical compliance, or publication standards.
7. Policy Review
INVEST may periodically review and update this AI policy to accommodate technological developments, international publishing standards, recommendations from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and evolving best practices in scholarly communication.
Authors, reviewers, and editors are encouraged to consult the latest version of this policy before submitting, reviewing, or editing manuscripts.
8. Contact
For questions regarding this policy or the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in manuscript preparation, please contact the Editorial Office of INVEST: Journal Inovasi Bisnis dan Akuntansi.
Publisher: Lembaga Riset dan Inovasi Al-Matani
Email: astri.ayu@lecturer.pelitaindonesia.ac.id
