Generative AI Policy

Tadarus Tarbawy: Jurnal Kajian Islam dan Pendidikan • Postgraduate Program, Universitas Muhammadiyah Tangerang

Tadarus Tarbawy: Jurnal Kajian Islam dan Pendidikan recognizes that generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies can assist scholarly communication when employed responsibly, ethically, and under full human oversight. This policy sets out clear principles governing the ethical application of generative AI tools for authors, reviewers, and editors involved in the submission, evaluation, and publication processes of the journal.

1. Permitted Use of Generative AI by Authors

Authors may utilize generative AI or AI-assisted tools solely to improve the readability, grammar, linguistic flow, translation accuracy, or technical clarity of their manuscript.

Strict Prohibition:

AI tools must never be used to formulate core research concepts, synthesise critical arguments, draw theological/pedagogical conclusions, analyze raw empirical findings, or substitute for the author's scholarly judgment.

Authors remain solely accountable for all content within their submission, including factual claims, primary citations, doctrinal analyses, data integrity, and reference accuracy. All AI-assisted text must be rigorously reviewed, edited, and verified by human authors prior to submission.

2. Mandatory Disclosure Requirement

Any use of generative AI or AI-assisted technology during manuscript preparation must be explicitly disclosed in the manuscript. The statement must be placed immediately before the reference list under the heading Declaration of AI Usage (as stipulated in the official journal template):

Example A — If AI tools were utilized:

"The authors used [Name of Tool/Service, e.g., ChatGPT] to assist with language editing, grammar checking, and readability polishing. All generated content was critically reviewed, verified, and edited by the authors, who take full personal responsibility for the accuracy, originality, and intellectual integrity of the manuscript."

Example B — If no AI tools were used:

"No artificial intelligence tools or AI-assisted technologies were used in the preparation, writing, or analysis of this manuscript."

3. Prohibition of AI Authorship

Generative AI models, chatbots, or Large Language Models (LLMs) cannot be credited as an author or co-author on any publication. Authorship confers legal accountability and intellectual rights that can only be attributed to human scholars who contributed substantially to the study's conception, design, empirical analysis, drafting, and critical revision.

4. Research Integrity, References, and Religious Sources

Generative AI algorithms are known to produce "hallucinations," generating plausible yet completely fabricated references, quotations, and historical citations. In scholarly publishing, and specifically in Islamic studies:

Authors must never use AI to generate, attribute, or verify Qur'anic verses, Hadith narrations, sanad/matn chains, classical Arabic commentaries (*tafsir*), classical jurisprudence (*kutub al-turath*), or historical accounts.
Every quote, citation, translation, and reference must be personally checked against authentic, verifiable primary and secondary literature.
Submitting AI-fabricated citations, fictitious data, or ungrounded theological attributions is considered a grave breach of academic integrity and will result in immediate rejection or formal retraction.

5. AI in Data Processing

If AI algorithms are employed for data scraping, text classification, qualitative coding, or econometric modeling, authors must detail the software version, prompts, parameters, and human verification protocols within the Methodology section.

6. AI-Generated Images & Visuals

AI-generated or AI-altered figures, artwork, or diagrams are not permitted unless the visualization itself is the direct subject of empirical inquiry. Any visual generated by AI must be fully disclosed, labeled, and justifiable under research ethics standards.

7. Confidentiality in Peer Review & Editorial Governance

Peer review is a strictly confidential scholarly procedure. In accordance with COPE best practices:

Reviewers and editors must not upload unpublished manuscripts, abstracts, reviewer reports, or author details into public or third-party AI models (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek). Uploading proprietary manuscript data violates author copyright, data protection laws, and review confidentiality.
Reviewers and handling editors must not use AI to formulate peer-review evaluations or editorial decisions. Scientific judgments must be rendered solely through human critical appraisal.

8. Editorial Screening, Sanctions & Updates

The editorial board of Tadarus Tarbawy reserves the right to screen submissions using AI-detection software and to request clarification regarding AI assistance. Undisclosed, misleading, or deceptive use of AI technologies constitutes academic misconduct and will result in desk rejection or formal post-publication retraction.

*This policy is reviewed periodically to adapt to evolving COPE guidelines, international indexing standards, and developments in artificial intelligence technology.