Use of AI tools in publications

The Editorial Board recognises the responsible and transparent use of generative artificial intelligence (hereinafter ‘AI’) as an auxiliary tool in the preparation of manuscripts.

Policy on AI use for authors

Authors are permitted to use AI technologies as an auxiliary research tool aimed at accelerating the processes of searching for and analysing information and/or improving the linguistic quality and readability of texts. However, the use of such technologies must remain under full human control: authors are required to carefully verify and edit the outputs generated.

It is prohibited to present as one’s own original work any text, data, analytical results or interpretations that have been generated wholly or in part by AI.

Any incorrect or misleading result arising from the improper use of AI will be regarded as a breach of the principles of research integrity.

The use of AI to create, edit or modify images in manuscripts is prohibited. Only standard image adjustments (brightness, contrast, colour balance) are permitted, provided that they do not distort the data presented.

Authors bear full responsibility for the accuracy of the material submitted. Any use of AI must be disclosed. The relevant information should be included in the text of the article.

AI tools may not be listed as authors or co-authors. Authors must also guarantee the originality of the text, compliance with ethical standards, and the absence of copyright infringement.

Disclosure of AI use by authors

Authors must clearly and in detail report any use of AI tools and, for the period from submission of the manuscript until its publication, retain: the name(s) and version(s) of the AI tool(s); the tool provider/manufacturer (where applicable); all prompts (queries) that had a material impact on the generated content; and logs of interactions with the AI tools, including prompts, generation parameters and outputs, so that these may be provided upon request by the Editorial Board or reviewers.

Consequences of non-compliance with the AI use policy

Where AI has been used in a manuscript without disclosure and without completion of the relevant information, the Editorial Board reserves the right to reject the manuscript.

Manuscripts rejected for breaches of the AI use rules may not be resubmitted to the journal.

Policy on AI use for reviewers

Manuscripts submitted for peer review are confidential and must not be uploaded, in whole or in part, to AI tools, as this may result in data leakage and infringement of authors’ intellectual property rights. This rule also applies to reviewers’ comments containing analysis of the manuscript’s content and information about its authors.

The use of AI in preparing reviews is not permitted. Scholarly peer review requires critical thinking, expert analysis and independent judgement, which lie beyond the capabilities of AI. Reviewers bear full responsibility for the content of their reports.

Policy on AI use for editors

All manuscripts submitted to the journal are confidential and may not, under any circumstances, be uploaded to AI tools, as this could jeopardise copyright and data confidentiality. Editors bear full responsibility for assessing manuscripts, making decisions on them, and communicating with authors.

All manuscripts are screened using plagiarism-detection software (Antiplagiat) to identify textual borrowing and potential AI-generated content. The Editorial Board evaluates the screening results.

Identification of an already published article written using AI

If, in an article already published in the journal, the author’s use of AI is identified, this may lead to retraction (withdrawal of the article from publication).

Compliance with international standards and adherence to best practice

The Editorial Board of the journal “Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia” supports the provisions of Russian regulatory acts, the position of the international publishing community, and the best practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the European Association of Science Editors (EASE).