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AI Use Policy

How BCPHR handles AI use in submitted manuscripts.

ISSN 3068-8558 DOI 10.54111 Open Access · CC BY Updated April 2026

BCPHR endorses the use of AI to increase productivity, but AI cannot replace independent scholarship and writing. Manuscripts containing substantial undisclosed AI-generated content will be desk-rejected without the opportunity for resubmission.

Why This Matters

The BCPHR Position on AI

Generative AI tools have transformed how scholars draft, edit, and analyze written work. BCPHR takes a balanced position: AI tools may be useful aids in the production of manuscripts, but they cannot substitute for the independent scholarship, critical thinking, and accountability that authorship requires. This page describes acceptable AI use, required disclosures, and what happens when AI use is not disclosed.

Acceptable and Unacceptable Use

What AI Can and Cannot Do

✓

Acceptable AI Use

  • Grammar and spelling checking
  • Language editing and translation assistance
  • Reference formatting
  • Brainstorming and outlining (with human refinement)
  • Statistical computation and data visualization
  • Literature search support
  • Code generation for analysis (with human verification)
✕

Unacceptable AI Use

  • Generating substantial portions of manuscript text without disclosure
  • Listing AI tools as authors
  • Fabricating data, results, or citations
  • Generating images that misrepresent research findings
  • Substituting AI judgment for author analysis or interpretation
  • Bypassing the responsibility for accuracy and integrity
Disclosure Requirements

What to Disclose

Authors must disclose any use of AI tools in the preparation of a manuscript. Disclosure should describe which tools were used, what they were used for, and how the AI-generated material was verified or refined. AI tools cannot be listed as authors because authorship requires accountability that AI cannot provide.

What an AI Disclosure Should Include

  • Name of the AI tool or tools used
  • Version or date of access
  • Specific task the tool was used for (e.g., language editing, statistical analysis, literature search)
  • Description of how the output was verified by the human authors
  • Confirmation that no substantive scholarly content was generated solely by AI

Example Disclosure

"The authors used [tool name, version] for grammar and language editing of the discussion section. All edits were reviewed and accepted by the corresponding author. No substantive content was generated by AI."

Screening

How BCPHR Detects Undisclosed AI Use

Every BCPHR submission is screened for AI-generated content as part of the standard plagiarism and integrity screening process. If undisclosed AI-generated content is detected, the manuscript is returned to the author for correction or, in serious cases, desk-rejected.

The Consequences of Undisclosed AI Use

Manuscripts containing substantial undisclosed AI-generated content will be desk-rejected without the opportunity for resubmission. BCPHR takes this position because authorship requires the kind of accountability that only human scholars can provide. Authors who use AI tools must disclose them, full stop.

OPEN ACCESS · CC BY

Authors retain rights to their work. All BCPHR manuscripts are freely available without charge. Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to full texts without prior permission from the publisher or author.

BCPHR Aligns with the Following International Publishing Standards. (Click to Open)
COPE Core Practices ICMJE Recommendations WAME Policies Declaration of Helsinki Foundation for Biomedical Research EQUATOR Network 16 Principles of Transparency PIE-J (NISO RP-16-2013)
What is PIE-J? PIE-J stands for Presentation & Identification of E-Journals, a National Information Standards Organization Recommended Practice (NISO RP-16-2013). It defines how online journals should present title history, ISSN, publication dates, and edition numbering so that librarians, indexing services, and citation databases can unambiguously identify and cite content. BCPHR follows PIE-J for its edition-to-year crosswalk and article-level identifier consistency, as recommended by PubMed Central.
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