Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy for authors, reviewers and editors

Journal of Financial Management Perspective, neither accepts nor allows the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in preparing, writing, modifying the content, and reviewing essays. Therefore, authors, editors, and reviewers are advised against using such generative tools. The only exception is using Generative AI tools to improve the general language fluency of the submitted text, henceforth, essay.

Authors are accountable for the originality, validity, and integrity of the content of their essays. Any research material submitted to Financial Management Perspective for publication consideration must be the result of an incremental research effort and writing pattern of its author(s). If authors intend to use an AI tool to improve the language fluency of their essay, they should fully and clearly state the instance of use in a separate section titled “Acknowledging the use of Generative AI” that appears at the end of their essay before “References”. 

The authors are required to use the following format and statement:

Acknowledging the use of Generative AI:

Statement: In preparing this essay author(s) used [NAME of the TOOL / SERVICE, VERSION OF THE TOOL] in order to [REASON]. The author(s) take(s) full responsibility for the content of the publication.

If there is nothing to disclose in terms of using AI tools to polish the language of the essay, authors may simply state, “None.”

Rejected submission on the grounds of forbidden use of Generative AI:

- Content / Data generation to substitute authors’ contribution absent data, or that which has not yet imagined/created by the author

- Generation of any type of content including abstracts, supplemental materials, analytical sections or paragraphs or shorter sections of the essay.

- Text/image generation, manipulation, distortion, editing.

Reviewers and Editors responsibility:

Using any form of Generative AI tool is forbidden by Editors and Reviewers since it may pose a risk to confidentiality, proprietary rights and data, personally identifiable information, and unpublished research material. Therefore, editors and peer reviewers must not upload files, images or information from unpublished manuscripts into any Generative AI tools and/or platforms.