AI Tool Policy

Pijar Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance (PJIEF) acknowledges the role of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in academic writing. To maintain the integrity of the scholarly record, the journal adopts the following policy aligned with international publication ethics (COPE):

1. AI and Authorship

• AI is Not an Author: AI tools strictly cannot be listed as an author or co-author on any manuscript. AI tools cannot take responsibility for the submitted work, cannot assert the presence or absence of conflicts of interest, and do not hold legal standing.
• Accountability: Authors are fully responsible and accountable for the content of their manuscript, including any parts produced by an AI tool. Authors are liable for any breach of publication ethics (e.g., plagiarism, hallucination, or bias) caused by AI.

2. Disclosure and Transparency

Authors who use AI tools in the writing of a manuscript, production of images or graphical elements of the paper, or in the collection and analysis of data, must disclose this use transparently.

• Declaration: A specific section titled "Declaration of Generative AI in Scientific Writing" should be included at the end of the manuscript (before References).
• Details: Authors must specify the tool used (e.g., ChatGPT, Mendeley AI) and the specific reason for its use (e.g., "to improve language readability" or "to summarize literature").

3. Prohibitions

• Generative AI should not be used to create or alter raw research data.
• In the context of Islamic Economics, translations or interpretations of sacred texts (Quran/Hadith) must be verified by human scholars and authoritative sources, not solely generated by AI.

4. Policy for Peer Reviewers

• Confidentiality: Reviewers are strictly prohibited from uploading manuscripts (or parts thereof) into generative AI tools. Uploading unpublished work to public AI platforms violates the author's confidentiality and proprietary rights.
• Human Judgment: Critical assessment and final recommendations must be the result of human intellectual engagement.