The use of AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process, editing, and the editorial workflow is generally not encouraged by the editorial team of KOME. Permitted and prohibited uses, as well as requirements for disclosure are listed below.

For Authors

Authors shall not use Large Language Models (LLM), such as ChatGPT, or other General-Purpose AI systems (GPAI) (together: AI systems) for autonomous content creation or generative editorial work. Using AI for research design, conceptualisation, theoretical or data interpretation, and drawing conclusions is prohibited – these core parts or the research must originate entirely from human effort. AI-generated or modified images, charts, and primary data figures are prohibited. AI tools must not be used to generate references. Citing non-existent or hallucinated sources is treated as academic misconduct.

AI may be used to assist with coding, data processing, or summarising background literature. Authors must manually verify all AI-generated literature summaries to prevent bias, omissions, or hallucinations, and AI can not take the role of a (second, or additional) human coder. Authors may use AI systems, such as Grammarly, for AI-assisted copyediting with a view to improving the human-generated text in terms of readability and style and to ensuring that the text is free of errors in grammar, punctuation, or spelling. Applying these technologies shall, however, be done with human oversight and control, and authors shall carefully review and edit the results, and they shall take full responsibility and accountability for the final result.

If generative AI was used for any of the above mentioned occasions, authors must include an ‘Artificial Intelligence Statement’ section at the end of the manuscript. The disclosure shall specify both the AI technologies used and the scope of their application, and it shall be disclosed upon the manuscript’s submission, without any delay If AI was used in coding and/or data processing; details of the AI tool name, version, provider, and specific date/sections used must be acknowledged in the Methods section.

Authors making use of AI systems just for the purpose of AI-assisted copyediting do not need to declare and disclose their employment or the technologies used.

For Peer Reviewers

Peer reviewers shall not use any AI and AI-assisted technologies in the course of the peer review process. Reviewers are strictly prohibited from uploading confidential manuscript drafts, peer-review text, or identifiable human-subject data into external or third-party generative AI platforms.

For Editors

Editors shall not use any AI or AI-assisted technologies in any stage of the editorial workflow. Editors are strictly prohibited from uploading confidential manuscript drafts, peer-review text, or identifiable human-subject data into external or third-party generative AI platforms. If any claims have been made by any participant of the manuscript’s evaluation (editors, reviewers, or authors) that AI systems were used in a manner incompatible with the journal’s AI Policy, the editor-in-charge, or if the editor-in-charge is affected by the claim, the editor-in-chief, after having the participants heard and their statements duly considered, decides whether any measures should be taken. These measures include the rejection of the manuscript under consideration, the unassignment of the reviewer, or the unassignment of the editor-in-charge.

This policy is applicable from 29 October 2026.