Brieflands AI Policy

Brieflands maintains a clear and rigorous policy on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in manuscript preparation, peer review, and editorial communication. According to the “AI Authorship Policy,” generative AI tools may be used only to assist with certain tasks — for example, non-generative editing, image/figure enhancement, or improving language clarity — and their use must be transparently disclosed in the relevant figure captions or in the manuscript’s AI usage declaration. 

For peer reviewers, the policy emphasizes confidentiality and integrity: Reviewers are asked not to upload submitted manuscripts into public AI tools, and any AI assistance in writing reviewer reports must be clearly declared. 

Moreover, Brieflands allows the use of AI-assisted tools to help edit or reformat reviewer comments, as long as the structured peer-review workflow is preserved and the final feedback remains the thoughtful work of human reviewers. 

Overall, Brieflands’ AI policy aims to balance the legitimate benefits of AI for language polish or formatting convenience with ethical responsibilities — ensuring transparency, protecting confidentiality, and guarding the integrity of scholarly work.

• AI Authorship Policy → Outlines how authors may use AI tools, what types of AI assistance are permitted, and what must be transparently disclosed in the manuscript.
• Guidelines for AI Use by Peer Reviewers → Provides rules for reviewers on using AI, including confidentiality requirements, prohibitions on uploading manuscripts to public AI tools, and the need to disclose any AI assistance in review reports.
• Editing Reviewers’ Comments Using AI Assistant → Explains how AI tools may be used to edit or format reviewer comments, while ensuring that the content, judgment, and responsibility remain entirely with the human reviewer.
• Brieflands’ Artificial Intelligence Policy for Authors in Manuscript Submission → Authors must fully disclose any AI use in idea development, figures, text, or references—specifying the tool and extent—otherwise the manuscript may be rejected or retracted.
• Artificial Intelligence Disclosure in Published Articles → All published articles will include a footnote transparently disclosing which AI tools were used, in which parts of the manuscript, and to what extent.