Innovative Journal of Medical Imaging
Official Journal of AARAIS
Open Access Journal
Open Access Journal
The Innovative Journal of Medical Imaging recognizes that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) can support research and manuscript preparation. The journal permits their responsible use while maintaining the principles of transparency, accountability, scientific integrity, and ethical publishing. Authors, reviewers, and editors must ensure that AI-assisted content complies with internationally accepted publishing standards and ethical guidelines.
Authors may use AI tools for language editing, grammar correction, manuscript formatting, translation, literature organization, coding assistance, and other supportive tasks. Any content generated with AI must be carefully reviewed, verified, and approved by the authors before submission.
AI systems and language models cannot be listed as authors or co-authors because they cannot take responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, or originality of scholarly work. All authors remain fully accountable for the content, data, analyses, conclusions, and ethical compliance of their manuscript.
Authors must disclose any significant use of AI or LLM tools during manuscript preparation. A brief statement describing how AI was used should be included in the manuscript's declaration section. Failure to disclose substantial AI assistance may result in editorial review or corrective action.
When AI, machine learning, or related technologies are part of the research methodology, authors must clearly describe the tools, models, software, datasets, and validation methods used. Sufficient information should be provided to allow transparency, evaluation, and reproducibility of the research.
The use of AI-generated or AI-enhanced images, figures, illustrations, or graphical content must be clearly disclosed. Authors must ensure that such content accurately represents the research findings and does not mislead readers or violate copyright regulations.
Confidential information, including patient data, unpublished manuscripts, reviewer reports, and proprietary research materials, must not be uploaded to public AI platforms without appropriate authorization and safeguards. Authors, reviewers, and editors are responsible for protecting privacy and confidentiality at all times.
Reviewers and editors may use AI tools for limited administrative or language-support purposes; however, all editorial assessments, peer-review evaluations, and publication decisions must be performed by qualified human experts. AI must not replace independent scientific judgment.
The journal does not permit the use of AI for data fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, creation of fake references, manipulation of research findings, or any activity that compromises research integrity. Suspected misuse of AI will be investigated according to the journal's ethical policies and may result in manuscript rejection, correction, or retraction.
All authors, reviewers, editors, and editorial board members are expected to comply with this policy. The journal supports the responsible use of AI technologies while ensuring that human accountability, scientific rigor, and ethical publishing remain central to the scholarly communication process.
Last Updated: 04 April 2026.