Política Editorial

1. General Principle

The journal Ingeniería Investigación y Tecnología recognizes that Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, including generative language models, image-generation systems, coding assistants, data-analysis platforms, and similar technologies, may serve as legitimate tools to support scientific research and technological development.

However, such tools do not replace scientific judgment, professional responsibility, or academic integrity. Full responsibility for the content of a manuscript rests exclusively with its authors.

2. Authorship and Responsibility

Artificial Intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors of a scientific article.

Authorship entails intellectual, ethical, and legal responsibility for the research conducted, the results reported and the conclusions presented, responsibilities that cannot be assumed by automated systems.

All authors must review, validate, and approve the final version of the manuscript prior to submission.

3. Permitted Uses

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools is permitted as support for activities such as:

• language editing and grammar correction;
• translation and improvement of writing quality;
• support in programming and code debugging;
• organization and preliminary analysis of information;
• data processing;
• generation of diagrams, schematics, or supporting graphical material; and
• assistance with routine documentation and literature-search tasks.

Authors remain fully responsible for verifying the accuracy, appropriateness, and reliability of any outputs generated through such tools.

Routine uses of AI solely for language improvement, spelling correction, grammar checking, formatting assistance, or similar editorial purposes do not require disclosure.

4. Transparency and Disclosure

Authors must disclose the use of AI tools whenever such tools have made a substantive contribution to the intellectual, scientific, technical, or creative content of the manuscript.

Disclosure is required when AI tools have been used for purposes including, but not limited to:

• generation of manuscript text beyond minor language editing;
• creation of figures, images, diagrams, or graphical content intended for publication;
• generation or substantial modification of computer code used in the reported research;
• development of mathematical models, engineering designs, or optimization procedures;
• interpretation of results;
• generation of datasets, simulations, analyses, or technical conclusions.

When disclosure is required, authors shall include a section entitled:

Declaration on the Use of Artificial Intelligence

The declaration should specify:

• the name of the tool used;
• the version or provider, where applicable;
• the purpose for which it was used; and
• the extent of its contribution.

Example:

The authors used ChatGPT (OpenAI) to assist in the preparation of initial manuscript drafts and to support the development of computer code used in the analysis. All AI-generated outputs were reviewed, validated, and modified as necessary by the authors, who assume full responsibility for the content of the manuscript.

Failure to disclose substantive uses of AI may be considered a breach of the journal’s publication ethics policies.

The use of AI-generated analyses, simulations, designs, calculations, or engineering recommendations without independent technical verification by the authors is not acceptable.

If no AI tools were used, no declaration is required.

5. Use of AI in Scientific and Technical Results

Given the technical scope of the journal, particular care must be exercised when AI tools are employed in activities involving:

• computational simulations;
• numerical analysis;
• mathematical modeling;
• source-code generation;
• process optimization;
• engineering design;
• interpretation of experimental results;
• image and signal processing; and
• preparation of technical figures and visualizations.

Results obtained with the assistance of AI tools must remain verifiable, reproducible, and scientifically justified.

The use of AI does not exempt authors from adequately describing their methodology or from providing sufficient information to enable independent reproduction of the reported results.

6. Data, Images, and AI-Generated Content

Authors must clearly identify any figures, images, diagrams, datasets, or other materials generated wholly or partially through AI tools whenever such content forms part of the work presented.

AI-generated content must not be presented as experimental observations, measured data, validated simulations, or research findings obtained through methods that were not actually employed.

7. References and Verification of Information

Authors are responsible for verifying the existence, accuracy, and relevance of all references cited in their manuscripts.

The inclusion of fabricated, inaccurate, or unverified references generated by AI systems constitutes a breach of good scientific practice.

8. Confidentiality and Third-Party Rights

Authors must ensure that the use of AI tools does not result in the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, restricted data, intellectual property, proprietary materials, or information subject to non-disclosure agreements.

9. Editorial Assessment

The journal reserves the right to request additional information regarding the use of AI tools during the editorial and peer-review process, as well as methodological clarifications when necessary to ensure scientific integrity.

The deliberate omission of relevant information concerning the use of AI may constitute grounds for editorial rejection, post-publication correction, or retraction of a published article.

Final Statement

Ingeniería Investigación y Tecnología considers Artificial Intelligence tools to be valuable instruments that can support scientific and technological work. However, they do not replace specialized knowledge, engineering judgment, experimental validation, critical analysis, or the professional responsibility of researchers.