AI Ethics

POLICY AND ETHICS ON THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
LENTERA: JURNAL ILMU DAKWAH DAN KOMUNIKASI
This policy regulates the boundaries, responsibilities, and transparency obligations for authors utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted technologies in the preparation and writing process of manuscripts submitted to Lentera: Jurnal Ilmu Dakwah dan Komunikasi.
 
1. Main Principles of AI Usage
  • Non-Author Status: AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc.) do not meet the criteria for authorship. AI cannot hold copyright, lacks moral awareness, and cannot be held legally accountable for the content of the article.
  • Human Accountability: The human author(s) retain full academic and legal control and responsibility for the validity of the data, the accuracy of references, the interpretation of results, and the originality of the manuscript.
2. Permitted AI Usage
Authors are allowed to use AI solely as a supportive tool during the pre-writing and technical editing stages, which include:
  • Language Enhancement: Improving grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and enhancing text readability.
  • Idea & Framework Development: Assisting in creating the manuscript outline or stimulating initial research ideas.
  • Technical Analysis Processing: Assisting in writing programming code for research data analysis (e.g., R or Python scripts), provided that the logic verification process remains the sole responsibility of the researcher.
3. Prohibited AI Usage (Academic Misconduct)
Lentera Journal strictly prohibits the use of generative AI technologies for the following actions:
  • Data Fabrication and Falsification: Using AI to generate fictitious data or manipulate experimental results/research questionnaires.
  • Fake Citations (Hallucinated Citations): Including references or bibliographies automatically generated by AI without verifying the authenticity of the source articles.
  • Plagiarism & Total Automated Writing: Generating substantive paragraphs, discussion analysis, or the entire manuscript automatically without original intellectual contributions from the author.
4. Transparency Obligations (AI Disclosure)
Authors who utilize AI technology in the writing process must:
  • Make an honest, written disclosure statement within the manuscript.
  • Place the statement in the Acknowledgment section prior to the References/Bibliography section.
  • Specify the exact name of the AI tool used and the purpose of its deployment.
5. Evaluation Procedure by the Editorial Board
  • All manuscripts submitted to Lentera Journal will undergo a screening process using standard Plagiarism & AI Detector Tools.
  • If strong indications of excessive AI-based writing (high AI-generated probability) are found, or if the submission is not accompanied by a transparency declaration, the Editorial Board reserves the right to reject the manuscript (desk rejection) or request a formal clarification from the author.