Artificial Intelligence Usage Policy

The journal Alteridades recognizes that artificial intelligence tools can be legitimately used as an auxiliary aid in the preparation of academic manuscripts. However, it also acknowledges that their use poses challenges for editorial integrity, authorial responsibility, the originality of the work, the confidentiality of the peer-review process, and the protection of data derived from anthropological research. The journal does not generally prohibit the use of generative artificial intelligence. It regulates its use in accordance with the principles of transparency, human responsibility, academic integrity, and respect for the individuals, communities, and materials involved in anthropological research.

As an anthropology journal, these guidelines place particular emphasis on the authenticity of fieldwork, the faithful representation of testimonies, the protection of informants, the confidentiality of interviews and ethnographic materials, informed consent, the responsible translation of indigenous voices, the intellectual property of cultural materials, and the prohibition against fabricating data, citations, or research experiences.

These guidelines apply to those who participate as authors, co-authors, special issue coordinators, and contributors to other content published by the journal, as well as to reviewers, copyeditors, translators, and others involved in the receipt, evaluation, editing, proofreading, translation, or publication of manuscripts submitted to it.

The auxiliary use of AI tools for minor formal support tasks is permitted, provided they do not substantially alter the academic, empirical, or interpretive content of the manuscript. These uses include:

In these cases, authors must carefully review the result and ensure that the final text maintains conceptual accuracy, argumentative coherence, and fidelity to the empirical material.

The use of AI must be explicitly disclosed when it has been involved in any or all of the following tasks:

The statement must specify which tool was used, for what purpose, in which parts of the work, and how its use was supervised.

The following is prohibited:

Statement on the Use or Non-Use of AI

Where applicable, authors must include a statement regarding the use of AI in a footnote within the manuscript. Failure to include this statement may result in a request for clarification, a correction, suspension of the editorial process, or rejection of the manuscript, as appropriate. The journal Alteridades recommends that the statement follow the template provided below:

"The author declares that they used [name of the tool, version if known] for [describe specific use: style editing, translation, organization of ideas, summarization, preliminary systematization, etc.]. The final content was reviewed in its entirety by the author, who assumes full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, relevance, citations, references, empirical data, translations, interpretations, and conclusions of the manuscript".

When generative AI has not been used in a substantive manner, the journal may request a negative statement:

"The author declares that they did not use generative artificial intelligence tools in the substantive preparation of the manuscript".

On Peer Review

Peer reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of the manuscripts they receive. They may not upload unpublished texts, images, data, appendices, transcripts, empirical materials, or information regarding the editorial process to external AI platforms, unless expressly authorized by the journal and under verifiable conditions of confidentiality.

The academic evaluation must be conducted by the reviewer. AI may not replace expert judgment, critical reading, or responsibility for the review. If a reviewer uses AI for auxiliary tasks permitted by the journal, they must disclose this to the responsible editor, specifying the scope of such use.

Guidelines for Editors and the Editorial Board

The editorial team of Alteridades may use AI tools for administrative tasks, formal review, detection of formatting issues, support with editorial communication, or preliminary editing, provided that this does not replace academic judgment or editorial decisions.

Decisions regarding thematic relevance, referral for review, acceptance, requests for revisions, or rejection must be made by those responsible for the editorial process.

Update of the Regulations

These regulations may be updated periodically as generative artificial intelligence technologies, international editorial practices, applicable legal frameworks, and the ethical criteria specific to anthropological research evolve.

It is prohibited to use AI to fabricate data, citations, references, interviews, testimonies, ethnographic scenes, research results, or fieldwork that has not been conducted. It is also prohibited to upload sensitive, confidential, or non-anonymized data from informants, communities, archives, or ethnographic materials to external platforms without express authorization and adequate protection.

Where applicable, the following statement must be included:

 “The author declares that [tool] was used for [specific use]. The final content was reviewed in its entirety by the author, who assumes full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, citations, references, empirical data, translations, interpretations, and conclusions of the manuscript.”

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