Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI Policy

TAMILIYAL recognises the increasing use of artificial intelligence and generative AI tools in scholarly communication.

Authors

Authors may use AI-assisted tools responsibly for limited purposes such as language correction, formatting or accessibility.

Where generative AI is used substantively in preparing the manuscript, authors should disclose:

The name of the tool;
The purpose for which it was used; and
The relevant stage of manuscript preparation.

Authors remain fully responsible for:

Accuracy
Originality
Citations
Interpretation
Copyright
Research integrity
The final published content

AI tools cannot be listed as authors.

Generative AI tools should not be cited as scholarly sources.

Reviewers

Reviewers must not upload confidential manuscripts or unpublished material to generative AI systems.

Reviewers must not use generative AI to generate substantive peer-review assessments.

Editors

Editors must protect manuscript confidentiality and should not use generative AI to generate substantive editorial assessments.

Automated Integrity Tools

Where automated tools are used for similarity checking, image analysis, duplicate detection or other integrity screening, the results should be subject to human editorial verification.

The journal will disclose routine use of automated tools where applicable.