Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Scientific Manuscripts

CESTA recognizes that artificial intelligence (AI) tools may support certain tasks involved in the preparation of scientific manuscripts. Their use may be accepted when they contribute to improving formal aspects of the text, such as writing, translation, grammar checking, language clarity, organization of ideas, or style revision.

However, these tools must be used ethically, transparently, and under the direct supervision of the authors. AI does not replace the intellectual, methodological, or scientific responsibility of those who sign the manuscript.

Authors are responsible for carefully verifying any AI-generated or AI-assisted content, including text, translations, code, images, tables, figures, analyses, references, or any other element incorporated into the article. The inclusion of incorrect, inaccurate, false, biased, unverifiable information, or content that infringes third-party rights, is the sole responsibility of the authors.

AI must not be used to create, modify, manipulate, fabricate, or conceal data, results, images, evidence, citations, bibliographic references, DOI identifiers, links, analyses, or conclusions. It must also not be used to replace the authors’ academic judgment or to present generated content as original without proper review, validation, and attribution.

Artificial intelligence tools may not be recognized as authors or co-authors of manuscripts, as they cannot assume ethical, academic, or legal responsibility for published content. Authorship is limited to individuals who have made verifiable intellectual contributions and who can be held accountable for the integrity of the work.

When AI tools are used during manuscript preparation, authors must explicitly disclose this within the article, indicating the tool used, the purpose of use, and the parts of the manuscript in which it was applied. This statement must confirm that all content was reviewed and approved by the authors.

Disclosure example:

The authors declare that they used [name of the tool] to support [indicate purpose: style revision, translation, writing improvement, etc.] in [indicate sections or parts of the manuscript]. The content was reviewed, verified, and approved by the authors, who assume full responsibility for the final version of the article.

During the editorial process, editors and reviewers must protect manuscript confidentiality and must not upload documents, data, supplementary files, images, code, or unpublished information to external AI platforms that may store, reuse, or expose such information.

Failure to comply with this policy, as well as undisclosed, inappropriate, or misleading use of AI tools, may result in requests for clarification, manuscript revisions, editorial rejection, or post-publication actions, as appropriate and in accordance with the journal’s ethical policies.