Policy on the use of AI and AI-supported technologies

The Journal of the Ukrainian Society of Geneticists and Breeders supports innovative technologies, including the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the preparation of scientific publications. However, we emphasise the importance of adhering to the principles of academic integrity, transparency, and responsibility when using AI tools.

Permissible areas of AI application

Authors may use AI technologies as an auxiliary tool in the preparation of manuscripts, in particular for:

• searching for literature and analytical materials (with subsequent verification of sources);
• improving the style and linguistic accuracy of the text;
• creating illustrative materials (e.g. diagrams, charts, visualisations), provided they do not distort the scientific content;
• assisting in the translation or editing of the text;
• preparing technical elements of the manuscript (e.g. spell checking, formatting).

Unacceptable areas of AI application

The use of AI is strictly prohibited where it may call the originality, authenticity or scientific integrity of the work into question, particularly in the following cases:

• generation of scientific content (setting objectives, describing methods, analysing results) that has not been verified and confirmed by the authors;
• automatic creation of references or bibliographies, which may lead to fictitious or incorrect sources;
• masking plagiarism by paraphrasing or automatically rewriting other researcher's texts;
• use of AI as a co-author of an article – artificial intelligence systems cannot be recognised as authors or held responsible for scientific results.

Reviewers must not:

• use AI conclusions to determine the scientific value of articles; they must provide their own expert assessment in the review;
• upload full texts of manuscripts to publicly available or unprotected AI tools, as this violates the confidentiality of the review process.

Disclosure requirements

Authors must clearly indicate in the Acknowledgements section or in a special note which AI tools were used and for what purpose.

This information should be as transparent as possible (for example, 'During the preparation of the article, the authors used the Grammarly tool to check the language style', or 'The MATLAB system with elements of AI analytics was used to create graphs').

Concealing the use of AI is considered a violation of the principles of academic integrity.