The Project Management Research Symposium Team recognise that Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can assist in the research and writing process. However, the use of AI must be transparent, ethical, and compliant with academic integrity standards. This policy applies to all authors, co-authors, and peer reviewers.
For Authors
- Permitted Uses
- AI tools may be used for assistance in language editing, grammar checking, data analysis, idea generation, or formatting.
- AI may not be used to fabricate, falsify, or inappropriately manipulate data, references, or quotations.
- Disclosure Requirements
- All use of AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Bard, Copilot, Claude) must be disclosed in the Acknowledgements section of the paper.
- The disclosure must specify the tool’s name, version, and a brief description of how it was used (e.g., “ChatGPT (GPT-5) was used to rephrase sections for clarity and check grammar.”).
- Authorship
- The corresponding author takes full responsibility for the integrity, originality, and accuracy of the submitted work, regardless of AI assistance.
- Intellectual Property and Copyright
- Authors are responsible for ensuring that AI-generated text or images do not infringe copyright, breach confidentiality, or contain proprietary material without permission.
- AI tools cannot be listed as authors.
- Academic Integrity
- Submissions found to contain AI-generated or AI-assisted work that is undisclosed, plagiarised, fabricated, or misleading will be rejected or retracted.
- Misuse of AI may be referred to the author’s institution for investigation.
For Reviewers
- Use of AI in Reviewing
- Reviewers must not submit reviews that are wholly or predominantly generated by AI without substantial personal assessment and judgement.
- AI tools may be used to assist in summarising, language checking, or clarifying complex text, but the reviewer is fully responsible for the evaluation’s content and fairness.
- Confidentiality
- Reviewers must not upload or share any part of the manuscript to public AI platforms without explicit consent from the journal, as this may breach confidentiality.
- If AI is used locally or through a secure enterprise platform, reviewers must ensure data is not retained or used to train models inappropriately.
- Disclosure
- If AI tools are used to support the review process, this should be briefly disclosed in the confidential “Comments to the Editor” section.
Breach of Policy
Failure to comply with this policy may result in:
- Manuscript rejection or retraction.
- Removal from the reviewer pool.
- Notification of the author’s or reviewer’s institution.
The Project Management Research Symposium Team reserves the right to amend this policy in response to evolving AI capabilities and ethical standards.
AI Usage Disclosure
The authors affirm that any use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in the preparation of this manuscript was limited to [brief description — e.g., “grammar checking and clarity improvements” / “assistance in formatting references”]. No AI tool was used to generate substantive content, conduct analysis, or interpret findings. All research design, data analysis, and conclusions are the sole work of the authors.