Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy
Acording technological advances and their impact on academic production, and in line with the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Guide for the Use of Generative AI in Education and Research, both issued by UNESCO, and the Heredia Declaration, Revista Información Científica (RIC) establishes clear guidelines on the use of AI tools in the preparation and review of manuscripts:
- All use of AI (text generation, image processing, or statistical analysis) must be explicitly declared in the Method section, as a sign of transparency that contributes to good practices for scientific reproducibility. The following must be specified: the AI model, its version, and the date of use; how it was used, identifying the interactions and combinations that can be articulated between the models; which of those generated products and formats were integrated into the publication of results; and the model used must be cited and referenced.
- All manuscripts received will be subjected to an analysis to detect the use of AI resources using Turnitin before being evaluated. Manuscripts generated in whole or in part by AI without critical oversight or expert validation, as well as those that do not declare its use, will be immediately rejected without the right to resubmission.
- Authors are reaffirmed responsibility for the scientific rigor, integrity, and originality of their documents.
- AI should be used as a support tool for research and writing, not as a replacement for human authorship. AI is not permitted as an author, as it cannot assume legal responsibility (it cannot provide consent, assert the presence or absence of a conflict of interest, or manage license and copyright agreements).
- Its use for interpreting data or drawing conclusions is not permitted.
- Authors must provide a list of sources, verifying the accuracy, completeness, validity, and relevance of the text and its citations, as their results may be incorrect, incomplete, or biased with the use of AI.
- Editors and reviewers will evaluate manuscripts using traditional academic criteria, verifying sources, consistency, and original intellectual contribution. If these tasks were supported by the use of AI, the authors and readers must be notified.
RIC is committed to adapting these policies as international ethical standards evolve, always ensuring the quality and reliability of published medical knowledge.
