AI Ethics

Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Jurnal SENI MUSIK recognizes the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in academic research and scholarly publishing. The journal permits the responsible use of such technologies where they support, rather than replace, the intellectual and scholarly contribution of the author(s).

This policy applies to generative AI and AI-assisted technologies, including but not limited to Large Language Models (LLMs), AI writing assistants, AI image-generation tools, and other systems capable of generating or substantially modifying scholarly content.

1. Human Authorship and Responsibility

AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors of manuscripts submitted to Jurnal SENI MUSIK.

Authorship requires intellectual responsibility, accountability for the integrity and accuracy of the work, and the ability to approve the final version of the manuscript. These responsibilities can only be assumed by human authors.

Authors remain fully responsible for all content submitted to and published in the journal, including any material produced or modified with the assistance of AI.

2. Permitted Uses of AI

Authors may use AI-assisted technologies as supporting tools in the preparation of a manuscript. Appropriate uses may include:

  • improving grammar, spelling, readability, or linguistic clarity;

  • assisting with translation;

  • supporting the organization or restructuring of text;

  • assisting with brainstorming or preliminary exploration of ideas;

  • supporting coding, data processing, or other technical research tasks, where appropriate.

AI tools must not replace the author's own scholarly judgment, critical analysis, interpretation, or original intellectual contribution.

In particular, arguments concerning musical works, analytical interpretations, theoretical claims, historical interpretations, and conclusions presented as the author's scholarly contribution must remain the intellectual responsibility of the author(s).

3. Disclosure of AI Use

Authors must disclose the use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies when such tools have contributed substantively to the preparation or content of the manuscript.

The declaration should identify:

  1. the AI tool or service used;

  2. the purpose for which it was used; and

  3. the nature or extent of its contribution.

Routine tools limited to spelling, grammar, punctuation, or basic formatting do not normally require disclosure.

Where AI is used as part of the research methodology—for example, for data analysis, computational analysis, coding, corpus processing, or other methodological procedures—the use of AI must be described appropriately in the methodology section to allow readers to understand and, where applicable, evaluate or reproduce the procedure.

Authors may use the following declaration:

Declaration of AI-Assisted Technologies

During the preparation of this manuscript, the author(s) used [name of AI tool/service] for [purpose]. All AI-assisted outputs were critically reviewed, verified, and edited by the author(s). The author(s) take full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, arguments, interpretations, and final content of the manuscript.

If no substantive AI assistance was used, no declaration is required unless requested by the editorial team.

4. Accuracy, Sources, and Citations

Authors are responsible for independently verifying all information produced or suggested by AI tools.

AI-generated information must not be assumed to be accurate. In particular, authors must verify bibliographic references, quotations, historical information, theoretical concepts, musical examples, analytical observations, and factual claims against reliable primary or scholarly sources.

Fabricated, inaccurate, or unverifiable references generated by AI constitute a serious breach of scholarly standards.

AI-generated responses should not normally be treated as substitutes for the original scholarly sources on which academic claims are based.

5. Originality, Plagiarism, and Intellectual Property

The use of AI does not reduce the author's responsibility to ensure the originality of the submitted work.

Authors must ensure that AI-assisted material does not:

  • reproduce copyrighted material without appropriate permission;

  • constitute plagiarism or inappropriate paraphrasing;

  • infringe intellectual property rights;

  • misrepresent the work or ideas of other scholars, composers, performers, or creators.

Where manuscripts contain musical scores, musical examples, images, illustrations, transcriptions, or other copyrighted materials, authors remain responsible for determining the copyright status of such materials and obtaining any necessary permissions.

6. AI-Generated Images, Musical Materials, and Creative Content

Where AI-generated or AI-assisted images, musical materials, notation, transcriptions, audio, or other creative content form part of the research object or methodology, their use must be clearly identified and methodologically justified.

Authors must provide sufficient information about how such materials were generated or modified when this information is relevant to understanding or evaluating the research.

AI-generated material must not be presented as authentic historical evidence, an original source, or the work of a human creator where this is not the case.

The editorial team reserves the right to request additional information concerning the provenance, generation process, copyright status, or research relevance of AI-generated materials.

7. AI and Musical Analysis

AI may be used to assist exploratory or computational aspects of musical analysis. However, AI-generated analytical interpretations must not be presented uncritically as scholarly conclusions.

Authors are expected to evaluate analytical results independently and remain responsible for the theoretical reasoning, interpretation, and evidential basis of their analyses.

Where AI plays a significant methodological role in producing an analysis, authors should provide sufficient information about the tool, procedure, and relevant parameters or prompts, where appropriate, to ensure scholarly transparency.

8. Use of AI by Reviewers

Manuscripts submitted to Jurnal SENI MUSIK are confidential scholarly documents.

Reviewers must not upload an unpublished manuscript, substantial portions of a manuscript, supplementary materials, or confidential information concerning a submission to publicly accessible AI systems or any AI service for which confidentiality and data protection cannot be assured.

AI must not replace the reviewer's independent scholarly judgment. Reviewers remain personally responsible for the accuracy, fairness, integrity, and substance of their review.

If AI has been used substantively to assist in preparing a review, such use should be disclosed to the editorial team.

9. Use of AI by Editors

Editors must protect the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts and must not upload unpublished manuscripts or confidential submission materials to AI systems where confidentiality, intellectual property protection, and data security cannot be assured.

AI-assisted technologies may be used for limited administrative or editorial support where appropriate, but editorial judgments—including decisions concerning peer review, revision, acceptance, and rejection—must remain under human responsibility and oversight.

10. Undisclosed or Inappropriate Use of AI

Failure to disclose substantive AI use, fabrication of references or research materials through AI, misrepresentation of AI-generated material, or other uses of AI that compromise academic integrity may result in editorial action.

Depending on the nature and severity of the issue, such action may include requests for clarification or correction, manuscript revision, rejection, or post-publication correction or retraction in accordance with the journal's publication ethics procedures.

11. Policy Development

Because AI technologies and standards for their use in scholarly publishing continue to develop, Jurnal SENI MUSIK reserves the right to revise this policy periodically. Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to comply with the version of the policy applicable at the relevant stage of submission or review.