Guidelines on the Use of Artificial Intelligence

RITA recognizes the continuous evolution and adoption of Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative Artificial Intelligence, and AI-assisted technologies in the scientific research ecosystem. To ensure the academic integrity, transparency, accountability, and scientific rigor of its publications, RITA establishes the following guidelines:

1. Authorship and Scientific Accountability

  • Inadmissibility of non-human entities as authors: Artificial Intelligence tools (such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, among others) cannot, under any circumstances, be credited or listed as authors or co-authors of a manuscript. The concept of authorship implies the ability to assume public and legal responsibility for the content, as well as final approval of the submitted work, requirements that technological tools cannot fulfill.

  • Joint and unrestricted responsibility of the authors: The signatory authors assume total and unrestricted responsibility for the content of the submitted manuscript. This includes guaranteeing the accuracy of the information, data integrity, and the validity of the conclusions, as well as verifying the absence of plagiarism, hallucinations (generation of false information), and biases in any parts of the text generated or modified by AI.

2. On the Use of AI Technologies in Text Conception and Preparation

  • Linguistic improvement: The use of AI is permitted to assist in the formatting, editing, translation, and improvement of text readability and grammar. The use of these tools must be limited to enhancing the presentation of the research and must not replace the theoretical foundation or the analytical work of the authors.

  • Mandatory human review: All content generated or translated by AI-assisted tools must be meticulously reviewed by the authors prior to submission.

3. Methodological Transparency and Declaration of Technological Use

  • Mandatory declaration: Authors who use generative AI tools to prepare any part of the manuscript must explicitly declare this use.

  • Declaration format: The declaration must be included in a specific section titled "Declaration of AI-Assisted Use in Writing," positioned immediately before the References section.

4. Restriction on Algorithmic Synthesis of Data, Images, and Graphic Elements

  • Prohibition of AI for data generation: The use of Artificial Intelligence to generate, alter, or fabricate primary research data is strictly prohibited.

  • Restriction on images: The use of generative AI for the creation or alteration of scientific images, charts, or figures representing research results is not allowed. If the article addresses generative AI technology itself applied to images, authors must provide exhaustive methodological details regarding the model used, the prompts, and the training datasets, thereby justifying their presence in the context of the research.

5. Guidelines for Editors and Reviewers (Peer Review)

  • Secrecy and Confidentiality: It is strictly prohibited for ad hoc reviewers, editorial board members, and editors to submit any part of an unpublished manuscript received by RITA to public generative Artificial Intelligence platforms. Inserting texts, data, or figures from manuscripts under evaluation into AI models constitutes a breach of confidentiality and may infringe upon copyrights.

  • Issuance of Reviews: Reviewers must not use AI tools to generate peer review reports. The critical evaluation of the scientific merit, originality, and validity of a manuscript requires human judgment and the expertise of the researcher.