Jurnal SAMBAS (Studi Agama, Masyarakat, Budaya, Adat, Sejarah): Journal of Religious, Community, Culture, Costume, History Studies)

1. General Statement

Jurnal SAMBAS (Studi Agama, Masyarakat, Budaya, Adat, Sejarah): Journal of Religious, Community, Culture, Costume, History Studies) recognizes that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies can support authors, editors, and other stakeholders in the scholarly publishing process. However, the use of AI must not compromise academic integrity, authorship accountability, confidentiality, originality, transparency, cultural sensitivity, research ethics, or the quality of scholarly communication.

Jurnal SAMBAS therefore permits the limited, transparent, and responsible use of AI-assisted technologies under the conditions stipulated in this policy. The use of AI does not transfer responsibility for the content of a manuscript or editorial decision to an AI system. Authors, editors, and reviewers remain fully responsible for their respective contributions and decisions.

Particular attention must be given to the accuracy and integrity of research concerning religious beliefs, social practices, cultural expressions, traditional knowledge, customary institutions, cultural heritage, traditional costumes, and historical records, including the appropriate representation of local communities and their cultural identities.

2. Use of AI by Authors

Authors may use AI-assisted technologies as supporting tools in manuscript preparation, including for language improvement, grammar correction, translation, spelling, formatting assistance, and other non-substantive editorial purposes.

However, authors must not use AI as a substitute for their intellectual, academic, and scholarly responsibilities. Authors remain fully responsible for:

• The accuracy, originality, and integrity of the manuscript;
• The validity of research data, methodology, analysis, interpretation, and conclusions;
• The accuracy and verifiability of citations, references, historical sources, and supporting documents;
• The originality of ideas, arguments, and scholarly contributions;
• Compliance with research ethics, publication ethics, and applicable cultural and community research protocols;
• The accurate representation of religious beliefs, cultural practices, customary traditions, social identities, and historical events;
• Respect for indigenous knowledge, local wisdom, cultural heritage, and the intellectual rights of communities; and
• Verifying all information, statements, translations, and outputs generated or assisted by AI.

AI tools must not be listed as authors or co-authors because they cannot assume responsibility for the content, integrity, and accountability of a scholarly publication.

3. Disclosure of AI Use by Authors

Authors who use AI-assisted technologies in preparing their manuscripts must disclose such use to the journal.

The disclosure should identify:

• The name of the AI tool or system used;
• The purpose and scope of its use; and
• The section or aspect of the manuscript in which the AI-assisted technology was used, where applicable.

The disclosure should be included in an appropriate section of the manuscript or in the submission process as required by the journal.

Examples of acceptable disclosure include:

AI Disclosure: The authors used [name of AI tool] to assist with language editing, grammar correction, and translation during manuscript preparation. All AI-assisted outputs were reviewed, verified, and revised by the authors, who remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the content of this manuscript.

The use of AI to generate substantive academic arguments, fabricate or manipulate research data, create unverifiable references, misrepresent historical evidence, reproduce cultural knowledge without proper attribution, or conceal the origin of intellectual contributions is not permitted.

4. Use of AI by Editors

Editors may use AI-assisted technologies only for limited administrative or technical purposes that support journal management and editorial work, provided that such use does not compromise confidentiality, fairness, editorial independence, or academic integrity.

Editors must not delegate editorial judgment to AI systems. Decisions concerning:

• Acceptance or rejection of manuscripts;
• Selection and appointment of reviewers;
• Assessment of scholarly quality and originality;
• Evaluation of research methodology and academic contributions;
• Interpretation of reviewers' comments;
• Resolution of research and publication ethics issues; and
• Final editorial decisions

must remain under the responsibility of the authorized editor.

Editors must not upload confidential manuscripts, unpublished research data, personal information, reviewer reports, or other protected materials into AI systems that do not provide adequate confidentiality and data protection.

AI-generated recommendations or outputs, when used for legitimate editorial purposes, must be critically evaluated and verified by the editor before being acted upon.

5. Use of AI by Reviewers

Reviewers are prohibited from using AI-assisted technologies to evaluate, summarize, analyze, or generate comments on manuscripts submitted for peer review, particularly by uploading or entering the manuscript or any part thereof into an AI system.

This prohibition is intended to protect:

• Manuscript confidentiality;
• Authors' intellectual property and unpublished research findings;
• The confidentiality of the peer-review process;
• The integrity and independence of editorial evaluation;
• The privacy of individuals and communities discussed in the research; and
• The accountability and professional independence of reviewers.

Reviewers must prepare their evaluations independently and are personally responsible for the substance, fairness, objectivity, and confidentiality of their review reports.

6. AI and Research Integrity

The use of AI-assisted technologies must not be employed to:

• Fabricate, falsify, or manipulate research data, findings, or evidence;
• Generate false or unverifiable references and bibliographical information;
• Misrepresent historical sources, archival documents, religious texts, quotations, or cultural records;
• Plagiarize or reproduce another person's intellectual work without proper attribution;
• Misrepresent or distort religious beliefs, cultural practices, customary traditions, or the identities of particular communities;
• Generate or alter research findings in ways that mislead readers;
• Conceal substantive AI-generated intellectual contributions;
• Impersonate authors, reviewers, research participants, or editors; or
• Otherwise circumvent established principles of research integrity and publication ethics.

In research involving religious communities, indigenous peoples, customary institutions, cultural heritage, traditional knowledge, and local communities, authors must ensure that AI-assisted processes do not distort, stereotype, decontextualize, or misrepresent the beliefs, identities, experiences, and cultural practices of the communities concerned.

Any suspected misuse of AI may be investigated in accordance with the journal's publication ethics and research integrity procedures.

7. Editorial Responsibility

The Editorial Board of Jurnal SAMBAS reserves the right to request clarification from authors regarding the use of AI-assisted technologies when necessary.

Failure to disclose AI use, provision of misleading information regarding AI use, or use of AI in a manner that violates academic integrity, research ethics, or publication ethics may constitute a breach of the journal's publication ethics policy.

Such violations may result in appropriate editorial action, including requests for clarification, manuscript revision, rejection, retraction, or other corrective measures in accordance with the journal's policies and applicable publication ethics standards.

8. Final Responsibility

AI-assisted technologies are tools and cannot bear authorship, editorial, or peer-review responsibility. Human authors, editors, and reviewers remain fully accountable for their respective scholarly and editorial activities.

Jurnal SAMBAS is committed to promoting responsible, transparent, ethical, and academically sound use of AI in scholarly publishing while safeguarding the integrity of research on religion, society, culture, customary traditions, cultural heritage, traditional costumes, and history.

This policy may be reviewed and updated periodically in response to developments in AI technology, scholarly publishing standards, research ethics, and applicable regulations.