AI Policy

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Usage Policy

For Authors

Indian Journal Mental Health and Neurosciences (IJMHNS)  follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) position that artificial intelligence (AI) tools cannot be recognized as authors, as they cannot take responsibility for the submitted manuscript.

If authors use AI tools such as ChatGPT or other large language models in the writing of a manuscript, in the production of images, or in the collection and analysis of data, they must transparently disclose how and which tool was used in the section of the manuscript to which use of AI pertains, with an additional disclosure statement in the paper’s Acknowledgments.

In addition, this must be disclosed in the manuscript submission form. Tools that are used to improve spelling, grammar, and general editing are excluded from the scope of these guidelines. Authors are responsible for all content generated by AI tools.

For Editors and Reviewers

Editors and reviewers will treat manuscripts under review as confidential, recognizing them as intellectual property of the author(s).” Accordingly, editors and reviewers must not upload any part of a manuscript—including its figures and tables—to an AI tool, as this violates the confidentiality of the peer review process, the copyright of the manuscript under review, and the privacy of the authors and reviewers.. The individuals who accept a peer review invitation from this journal are responsible and accountable for submitting a peer review report, in line with a journal’s editorial policies. This process may not be delegated to a generative AI (GenAI) tool.