1. AI-Generated Content

All articles are produced by LLMs from contributor prompts. While editors and reviewers aim for accuracy and clarity, AI-generated text may include errors, omissions, or hallucinations. Articles are published with explicit limitations and verification notes where relevant.

2. Prompt Standards

Contributors must ensure prompts are lawful, non-infringing, non-defamatory, non-harmful, and do not request disallowed or unethical content. Prompts should include necessary ethical clearances where applicable and must not contain proprietary or confidential information without permission.

3. Human Review

Human reviewers evaluate AI-generated articles for accuracy, clarity, and scientific rigor. Reviewers must provide objective assessments and disclose any potential conflicts of interest.

4. Authorship & attribution

• “Prompt Contributor(s)” are credited for the design of the research question/task.
• The generated text is attributed to the named model(s) and version(s) (e.g., “Generated by [Model, Version] under editorial protocol”).
• Editors are credited for curation and protocol.
• Reviewers are credited per the journal’s open-review policy.
• No individual may claim traditional authorship over unedited model-generated prose unless substantial human intellectual contribution meeting standard authorship criteria is documented and disclosed.

5. Conflicts of interest

Prompt contributors, editors, and reviewers must disclose all relevant financial, personal, or professional interests. Reviews will not be assigned where conflicts cannot be managed.

6. Data, materials, and code

Where the review depends on datasets, code, or simulations, availability statements are required. Contributors must have rights to share any third-party materials and must respect privacy and data-protection laws (e.g., de-identification, consent).

7. Review involving humans/animals

Submissions requiring ethics approval must include evidence of IRB/IACUC (or equivalent) authorization and compliance with applicable regulations and institutional policies. Without such proof, the submission will be declined.

8. Misconduct, corrections, and retractions

Allegations of plagiarism, fabrication/falsification, undisclosed conflicts, unethical prompt content, or reviewer/editorial misconduct are investigated. Proven issues lead to corrections, expressions of concern, retractions, or bans, as appropriate.