GenAI and AI-Assisted Policy
British Research Review (BRR) recognises that generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies can support research communication and manuscript preparation. The journal permits the responsible use of such tools, provided that their use is transparent, ethical, and consistent with accepted standards of scholarly publishing.
Author Responsibilities
Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and scholarly quality of all submitted work, regardless of whether AI-assisted technologies have been used during manuscript preparation. The use of AI does not diminish an author's responsibility for the content of a manuscript.
Authors must carefully review and verify any content generated or assisted by AI tools, including text, data summaries, references, images, tables, or other materials. Authors are responsible for ensuring that AI-generated content does not contain inaccuracies, fabricated information, misleading statements, biased outputs, or improperly attributed material.
Disclosure of AI Use
Any significant use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in the preparation of a manuscript must be disclosed by the authors at the time of submission. The disclosure should briefly describe the tool used and the nature of its contribution.
Examples of acceptable uses may include:
- Language editing and grammar improvement.
- Improving readability and manuscript structure.
- Generating summaries or draft text that is subsequently reviewed and revised by the authors.
- Administrative or organisational support during manuscript preparation.
Authorship
Generative AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors. Authorship requires accountability, intellectual contribution, and responsibility for the published work, which AI systems cannot assume.
Research Integrity
Authors must not use AI tools to fabricate, falsify, manipulate, or misrepresent research data, results, citations, peer reviews, or other scholarly content. The use of AI does not exempt authors from complying with BRR's publication ethics requirements.
Editors and Reviewers
Editors and reviewers may use AI-assisted tools for limited administrative purposes. However, they must maintain the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and should not upload unpublished or confidential manuscript content to public AI systems where such content may be retained, used for training, or disclosed to third parties.
Editorial Oversight
BRR reserves the right to request additional information regarding the use of AI-assisted technologies and may take appropriate editorial action where the use of AI is inconsistent with the journal's ethical standards or publication policies.
Further Guidance
This policy is informed by guidance issued by recognised scholarly publishing organisations, including: