Business & IT

This policy sets out how authors and reviewers may use generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in connection with work submitted to or published in Business & IT. It is intended to support transparency while preserving human responsibility for scholarly content.

For authors

• AI cannot be an author. Generative AI tools do not satisfy the requirements for authorship and cannot be listed as authors or co-authors, because they cannot take responsibility or accountability for the work.
• Disclosure is required. Where authors have used generative AI or AI-assisted tools in the writing or production of a manuscript (for example, to improve language and readability), they must disclose this in the manuscript, naming the tool and describing how it was used.
• Authors remain responsible. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, including any part produced with the help of an AI tool, and must check it carefully for accuracy, bias and the inadvertent use of others' work.
• Routine assistive tools that do not generate content (for example, spelling and grammar checkers, reference managers) do not need to be disclosed.

For reviewers

• Reviewers must keep the manuscripts they assess confidential and must not upload a manuscript, in whole or in part, to a generative AI tool, as this may breach the confidentiality and the rights of the authors.
• The critical assessment that underpins peer review is the responsibility of the reviewer and must not be delegated to an AI tool.

The journal keeps this policy under review as practice and guidance in this area develop. It is informed by guidance from COPE and from major publishers and editor associations.