Use of artificial intelligence

Despite being a relevant research area of interest to Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics, the use of artificial intelligence tools for manuscript preparation submitted to the journal must be regulated.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and Language Models (LM) cannot be listed as authors in any academic work published by Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics.

Authors may use artificial intelligence tools in cases not related to ethical issues, such as responsibility for the article and the presence or absence of a conflict of interest.

Texts obtained through AI may include biases, distortions, irrelevancies, misrepresentations, and plagiarism, many of which are caused by the algorithms governing their generation and largely depend on the content of the materials used in forming the questions.

The following activities will be considered valid for the use of artificial intelligence in preparing manuscripts submitted to TCAM:

  •  Language assistance for the article. When AI tools are used to paraphrase or refine the author's original content, rather than suggesting new content, they become similar to tools like Grammarly, spell checkers, dictionaries, and thesauruses. Texts translated by artificial intelligence will not be accepted.
  •  Literature search: Generative text models can be used as search assistants to identify relevant literature. The usual requirements apply to the accuracy of citations and the thoroughness of bibliographic reviews; caution must be exercised regarding potential biases in suggested citations. Authors are responsible for selecting and critically analyzing research conducted by AI.
  •  Authors who use AI tools in manuscript writing, image or graphic element production, or data compilation and analysis must explicitly state in the Materials and Methods section of the article how the AI tool was used and which tool was used.
  •  Authors are responsible for their research articles' accuracy, integrity, and originality, including any use of AI.
  •  The use of AI must not violate the plagiarism policy of Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics. Academic works must be authored by the author and should not present ideas, data, words, or other materials from third parties without proper citation and transparent reference.