Use of Artificial Intelligence

1. Effective Date
This policy takes effect in June 2026.

2. Scope
This policy applies to all individuals participating in the publication process of Global Media Journal México and covers all types of contributions submitted to the journal.

3. Principles
Global Media Journal México recognizes that artificial intelligence (AI) is an expanding tool that can support research and scientific communication processes. Its use must be transparent, responsible, and ethically oriented toward the common good. In accordance with the values of open science, the journal proposes the following guiding principles:

  1. The journal recognizes that the use of artificial intelligence tools has become an increasingly common practice in academic, scientific, and professional settings. Their use, in itself, does not constitute evidence of academic misconduct, scientific fraud, deliberate manipulation, or intent to deceive on the part of authors.
  2. Artificial intelligence can contribute to improving processes of searching, organizing, synthesizing, translating, visualizing, and drafting scientific information. When used responsibly, it can enhance academic productivity and allow researchers to devote more time to analysis, reflection, and scientific interpretation.
  3. No artificial intelligence agent can assume responsibility for the production, evaluation, or publication of scientific knowledge. Therefore, intellectual, ethical, methodological, and legal responsibility for any research rests exclusively with the authors, while ethical and professional responsibility for peer review rests with reviewers, and responsibility for editorial decisions, management of the editorial process, and compliance with journal policies rests with the editorial team.
  4. The incorporation of results, interpretations, or analyses automatically generated by AI without critical verification is incompatible with good scientific practice. This provision does not exclude the use of artificial intelligence tools as an explicitly reported component of the research methodology.
  5. The journal recognizes that artificial intelligence systems may produce errors, biases, omissions, nonexistent references, incorrect interpretations, or fictitious information known as hallucinations. It also recognizes that their outputs depend on the quality of the data used for training and on the instructions provided by users.
  6. The production of scientific knowledge requires the application of systematic, verifiable, reproducible methods that are subject to scrutiny by the academic community. Although artificial intelligence may support various stages of the research process, it does not replace scientific reasoning, the interpretation of results, or the creation of original knowledge.
  7. The journal recognizes that manuscripts submitted for review constitute original intellectual works that deserve protection throughout all stages of the editorial process. It also recognizes that legitimate debates exist regarding the use of AI tools in academic and scientific contexts, particularly with respect to information confidentiality, data protection, copyright, and the potential use of content for training algorithmic models.

4. Definitions
For the purposes of artificial intelligence use in this journal, the following definitions apply:

  • Artificial intelligence: any computational system capable of performing tasks associated with human intellectual processes, such as generating text, images, audio, video, code, or analyses based on algorithmic models trained on large volumes of data. Some of the best-known tools include ChatGPT (OpenAI), Gemini (Google), Claude (Anthropic), Copilot (Microsoft), Perplexity AI, and DeepSeek.
  • Author: an individual who assumes the intellectual role of conceiving, developing, writing, and taking academic, ethical, and legal responsibility for a scholarly work.
  • Scientific writing: the creative and technical process through which an author communicates the results of research in a rigorous, clear, reasoned, and verifiable manner.
  • AI-generated writing: the process of generating all or part of any content through artificial intelligence tools. It is characterized by: a) a tendency to produce homogeneous and stylistically uniform texts; b) the absence of experience, consciousness, intentionality, or independent judgment; and c) the risk of producing inaccurate, fictitious, or non-verifiable information (hallucinations).
  • Transparency: the explicit disclosure of methods, procedures, and sources of information so that others may understand, evaluate, reproduce, or replicate the processes undertaken.

5. Rules for Authors
What is not permitted:

  • Listing AI tools as authors or co-authors of the manuscript.
  • Using AI-generated writing that is redundant, fragmented, or inconsistent with scientific and technical writing.
  • Including information in the manuscript without verifying its accuracy, such as data, statistics, reference sources, or cited information.
  • Presenting AI-generated texts, images, tables, or results as one's own without disclosure.
  • Using AI to fabricate, falsify, or manipulate research data, for example, statistical results (frequencies, percentages, fictitious statistical tests, etc.) or findings (interview excerpts, focus groups, or observational data).
  • Including AI-generated inferences, interpretations, discussions, or results without critical human review.

What is expected:

  • Verify the accuracy, validity, and relevance of all information generated through AI.
  • Critically review content produced by AI tools before incorporating it into the manuscript.
  • Assume full responsibility for the final content submitted for evaluation.
  • Use AI solely as a support tool and not as a substitute for the intellectual work involved in scientific research, analysis, or argumentation.
  • Provide proper attribution for visual outputs such as tables, figures, images, or diagrams generated by these tools.

How to disclose AI use:

  • If AI was not used, include the following statement:
    The authors declare that they did not use generative artificial intelligence tools for the production, writing, analysis, interpretation of results, preparation of figures, tables, images, or any other content included in this manuscript.
  • At the end of the manuscript, after the references section, complete the section entitled: Statement on the Use of Artificial Intelligence, indicating at a minimum:
    • Name, version, and date of the model(s) used.
    • Part(s) of the process in which it was used.
    • Type of use from among the following:
      • Linguistic, spelling, or grammatical correction.
      • Improvement of style, clarity, or readability of the text.
      • Translation or linguistic adaptation.
      • Organization, structuring, or formatting of the manuscript.
      • Preparation of summaries, syntheses, or preliminary outlines.
      • Support for literature review or identification of references.
      • Generation of computer code or scripts for computational analysis.
      • Data processing, classification, or analysis.
      • Generation or editing of images, graphics, tables, or audiovisual materials.
      • Development of research instruments, analytical categories, or methodological protocols.
      • Other applications (please specify).
    • Explanation of the main prompts or instructions used.
      Example: During the preparation of this manuscript, ChatGPT (OpenAI, GPT-5.5) was used in June 2026. The tool was employed during the literature review and manuscript preparation stages. Types of use included: support for literature review or identification of references; preparation of summaries, syntheses, or preliminary outlines; and improvement of style, clarity, or readability of the text. Among the main instructions provided to the tool were requests to summarize scientific articles, propose structures for theoretical sections, and suggest writing improvements while preserving the original meaning of the texts. All contributions generated through the tool were critically reviewed, verified, and validated by the authors before being incorporated into the manuscript.
  • Depending on the nature of the manuscript, authors may report the use of AI as a justified component of the study methodology.

6. Rules for Reviewers in Editorial (Committee) and Scientific (Peer Review) Evaluation Processes
What is not permitted:

  • Uploading complete manuscripts or substantial portions of manuscripts into public AI tools in ways that may compromise the confidentiality of the editorial process.
  • Delegating scientific evaluation entirely to AI tools.
  • Using automatically generated review reports without independent critical review.

What is expected:

  • Maintain the confidentiality of the review process.
  • Use human judgment to assess methodological quality, scientific relevance, originality, and the contributions of the manuscript.
  • Ensure that the observations, recommendations, critiques, suggestions, and review reports issued reflect the reviewer’s academic judgment, individual professional experience, and personal assessment.

7. How AI Will Be Used in Editorial Management
The editorial team of Global Media Journal México may use artificial intelligence tools to support the following tasks:

  • Generation of similarity reports and AI-generated writing reports.
  • Spelling, grammar, and APA 7 style correction of manuscripts during the editorial editing stage, subject to review and validation by the authors.
  • Spelling, grammar, and style correction of institutional communications and journal outreach materials.
  • Improvements to the translation of manuscript titles, abstracts, and keywords, always subject to review and validation by the authors.
  • Layout design, typesetting, or markup of manuscripts during the production stage.
  • Drafting institutional emails and other communications.

8. Compliance and Verification
All manuscripts submitted to Global Media Journal México will be analyzed using Turnitin, which provides a percentage indicating content potentially generated by artificial intelligence (flagged). The results obtained through these tools shall be considered supporting indicators for editorial evaluation and not conclusive evidence of academic misconduct or improper use of artificial intelligence. Depending on the report and the probability of significant AI-generated content, editors may request, prior to the committee’s editorial review, an expanded AI disclosure statement, a rewritten version of the text, or similar revisions from the authors.

Editors reserve the right to reject manuscripts when the use of artificial intelligence is found to be incompatible with this policy, including cases in which the intellectual contribution of the authors has been substantially replaced. Likewise, corrections or retractions may be issued when such situations are identified after publication, following notification to the authors.

* This policy was developed based on the recommendations of Penabad-Camacho, L., Morera-Castro, M., and Penabad-Camacho, M. A. (2024). Guide for the Use and Reporting of Artificial Intelligence in Scientific and Academic Journals. Revista Electrónica Educare, 28(Special Supplement), 1–41. https://doi.org/10.15359/ree.28-S.19830