AI-use policy

Tools may assist. Accountability does not move.

AI may support bounded editorial work, but a human publisher remains responsible for every public claim, source, judgment, and correction.

Permitted assistance

Use the system without hiding it.

What AI may help with

Topic mapping, question generation, comparison, structural editing, controlled transformation, example generation, and pre-publication checks. Suggested sources are treated as leads until opened and verified.

What remains human-led

Editorial purpose, inclusion decisions, evidence interpretation, consequential recommendations, final language, publication, corrections, and responsibility for harm.

Prohibited practice

We do not publish unreviewed model output, fabricated experience, invented quotations, fake authorship, or mass-generated keyword variants. Private information is not added merely to personalize a prompt.

Disclosure

Material AI involvement in a field experiment or a claim’s production is described where it helps a reader assess the work. Disclosure never substitutes for verification.