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Adoption of Artificial Intelligence Tools and Resources Policy

 

 

Mbalenhle Mpanza^I; Sarisha Perumal^II; Gregor T Feig^{III, IV}; Rebecca M Garland^IV; Kristy E Langerman^V

^IDepartment of Mining Engineering and Mine Surveying, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
^IICSIR, Pretoria, South Africa
^IIISouth African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Pretoria, South Africa
^IVDepartment of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
^VDepartment of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

 

 

The Clean Air Journal has adopted a new policy on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and resources for all submissions to Clean Air Journal. This policy was written with the view that transparency about the use of AI is necessary to ensure trust between authors, reviewers, editors and readers. In addition, we believe that appropriate use of AI can support authors and research and be a great resource. The policy is available online at Artificial Intelligence tools and resources policy and is detailed below.

 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools and Resources Policy

The purpose of this policy is to guide Clean Air Journal authors on the use of content generated by AI applications in research publication.

Appropriate use of AI

The CAJ supports the appropriate use of AI tools and resources in the preparation of manuscripts, provided ethics and scientific integrity are upheld. The appropriate uses are detailed in Table 1.

How to declare use of AI

The use of AI and the extent thereof must be declared at the time of submission in the cover letter.

In addition, the use of AI that was used in the methods of the study have to be detailed in the methods section of the manuscript.

The use of AI not included in the methods should be declared at the end of the manuscript.

The declaration of AI usage in the cover letter and the manuscript should include the name, version, and manufacturer of the tool used, and the date on which it was accessed, for example: (JenniAI, Version 02 July 2022, Open AI, accessed 16 May 2024)

If authors declare their use of AI, it creates transparency and trust between them and their reviewers, editors and readers.

Any submission found to include inappropriate use of AI will be declined [or retracted if already published] and the Clean Air Journal's Ethics and Malpractice Statement will come into effect.