Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Statement for the Journal of Occupational Health Risk Management and Safety (JOHRMS)

    The Journal of Occupational Health Risk Management and Safety recognizes the growing role of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in academic research, scientific writing, data analysis, and scholarly communication. The journal permits the responsible and ethical use of AI-assisted tools, provided that such use complies with principles of transparency, accountability, scientific integrity, and originality.  

      Authors may use Generative AI tools to improve language quality, grammar, formatting, translation, or organizational structure of manuscripts. AI tools may also be employed in preliminary data exploration, coding assistance, literature organization, or graphical enhancement where appropriate. However, all intellectual responsibility for the content of the manuscript remains entirely with the authors. Authors are fully accountable for the accuracy, validity, originality, interpretation, citations, ethical compliance, and integrity of all submitted work, including any content generated or assisted by AI systems.
      Generative AI tools shall not be listed as authors or co-authors because such systems cannot assume responsibility for scholarly work, approve final manuscripts, declare conflicts of interest, or comply with authorship criteria established in academic publishing ethics. Human authors must ensure that AI-generated material does not contain fabricated information, misleading references, plagiarized text, manipulated data, or biased interpretations.
      Where Generative AI has been substantially used in the preparation of a manuscript, authors must disclose this clearly in a dedicated section such as “Declaration of AI Use” or within the acknowledgements or methodology section. The disclosure should specify the AI tool used, its purpose, and the extent of its contribution to the work.
      The journal prohibits the use of Generative AI for the fabrication or falsification of research data, peer-review manipulation, image manipulation that alters scientific meaning, citation engineering, or any practice that compromises research ethics and publication integrity. Manuscripts found to contain unethical AI-generated content may be rejected, retracted, or subjected to further ethical investigation.
Editors and reviewers of JOHRMS may also employ limited AI-assisted tools for language assessment, plagiarism screening, or editorial support; however, all editorial decisions shall remain under direct human oversight and professional judgment. Confidential manuscripts submitted for peer review must not be uploaded into public AI systems that may compromise author confidentiality or intellectual property.
The journal remains committed to maintaining high standards of occupational health, risk management, safety research, and publication ethics while adapting responsibly to emerging technological innovations in scholarly publishing.