AI Ethics and Utilization Regulation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics and Utilization Regulations

• Established on September 18, 2026

Chapter 1: General Provisions

1. Article 1 (Purpose)
   The purpose of these regulations is to establish ethical standards to be observed by members of our society to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) technology is utilized responsibly without infringing upon human dignity and research ethics in academic activities related to the society, thereby contributing to the healthy development of academia and society.
2. Article 2 (Scope of Application)
   1. 1. These regulations apply to all academic activities in general, including all academic journals published by the society, academic conferences, symposia, workshops, and forums.
   2. 2. These regulations apply to all authors, reviewers, editorial board members, and secretariat staff related to the aforementioned academic activities.
   3. 3. Matters not specified herein may be governed by the society’s Academic Activities and Publication Ethics Regulations and relevant laws and regulations.
3. Article 3 (Definitions)
   The definitions of terms used in these regulations are as follows:
   1. 1. "AI tool" refers to artificial intelligence-based software capable of generating, processing, and analyzing text, images, code, data, etc. (including large language models, generative image models, code assistant tools, etc.).
   2. 2. "AI-assisted editing" refers to the use of AI as an aid to improve readability, style, grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc., of human-written original texts, and does not include autonomous content creation or creative editing.
   3. 3. "Generative content" refers to text, images, illustrations, code, etc., autonomously generated by AI tools.
4. Article 4 (Basic Principles)
   1. 1. Final responsibility for the outputs of academic activities lies with humans (authors, reviewers, editorial board members) and cannot be transferred to AI tools.
   2. 2. AI tools shall not be recognized as authors or co-authors under any circumstances.
   3. 3. The use of AI tools required to be disclosed under these regulations must be disclosed transparently. Intentional concealment or false representation of AI-generated content as one's own original research outcomes may be judged as research misconduct or inappropriate research conduct.
   4. 4. Confidential information, such as manuscripts under review, must not be input into public AI systems.

Chapter 2: Authors

1. Article 5 (Non-recognition of AI Authorship)
   Since AI tools such as large language models (LLMs) cannot bear responsibility for research results, they do not meet the requirements for authorship, and only humans may be listed as authors.
2. Article 6 (Obligation of Disclosure)
   1. 1. When authors make substantial use of AI in research design, search for prior research, literature summary, translation, manuscript drafting, data generation, collection, processing, and analysis, result interpretation, code generation, or the generation or modification of visual and auditory materials such as figures, images, videos, and audio, they must specify this in the Acknowledgments or Methods section.
   2. 2. The disclosure shall include the following items: ① Name and version of the AI system used ② Specific parts (sections) where AI was involved ③ A brief description of the level and manner in which AI was utilized
3. Article 7 (Exemption from Disclosure)
   The use for the purpose of "AI-assisted editing," such as simple grammar, spelling, and punctuation correction, shall be exempt from the obligation of disclosure. However, review and consent by the author for the final manuscript are prerequisites.
4. Article 8 (Use of Generative AI Images)
   1. 1. Given that copyright and research integrity issues are currently unresolved, the use of images and videos produced by generative AI is restricted in principle.
   2. 2. Exceptions are exceptionally permitted only in the following cases, in which case it must be clearly specified in the image caption that the material is AI-generated: ① As conceptual diagrams, explanatory diagrams, or examples to explain the concept, principle, structure, or procedure of the research, which do not represent actual experimental data, measurement results, or objective observation data, and where there is no risk of readers mistaking them for research results. ② Where such images are directly cited or exemplified in content dealing with AI as a subject, subject to individual review. ③ As outputs of AI tools built based on verifiable scientific data, complying with copyrights and terms of use.
   3. 3. Even when existing images are corrected or combined using non-generative AI, that fact must be disclosed in the figure caption.
5. Article 9 (Prohibited Acts of Authors)
   The following acts are considered misconduct and are strictly prohibited:
   1. 1. Submitting content generated by AI as legitimate research results without experimental evidence.
   2. 2. Inputting or uploading manuscripts under review or unpublished manuscripts and related materials into public AI platforms.
   3. 3. Manipulating or distorting research data, figures, or code using AI.
   4. 4. Generating non-existent data, experiments, survey results, quotations, papers, DOIs, or references using AI, or including them in the manuscript without verification.

Chapter 3: Reviewers and Editorial Board Members

1. Article 10 (Reviewer's Duty of Confidentiality)
   Reviewers must not input or upload information or contents included in the manuscript under review into public AI platforms in any form. This is considered a violation of the duty to guarantee confidentiality for the reviewed paper, as AI systems may utilize input data for learning.
2. Article 11 (Restriction and Disclosure of AI Use by Reviewers)
   1. 1. Reviewers must not delegate substantial judgment in evaluating manuscripts to AI, and must maintain independent judgment based on professional knowledge.
   2. 2. If assistance from AI tools is used in the process of drafting the review report, it must be transparently disclosed to the editorial board member.
   3. 3. Reviewers must not input all or part of the manuscript under review, figures, tables, data, and non-public information into external AI tools not approved by the society, regardless of whether author names, manuscript identification information, and other identifiability have been removed.
3. Article 12 (AI Use by Editorial Board Members)
   1. 1. Editorial board members must not input manuscripts under review, review opinions, author information, and non-public information acquired during the editorial process into external AI services not approved by the society, and may use them for administrative and auxiliary tasks only in closed tools approved by the society after reviewing security, confidentiality, data storage, and whether learning takes place.
   2. 2. All auxiliary content generated by AI pursuant to paragraph 1 must be reviewed and fact-checked by the editorial board member and/or author.
   3. 3. Substantial editorial decisions, such as acceptance for publication, shall be performed entirely by the editorial board member, and AI shall be used solely for information summary, search, and highlighting functions.
   4. 4. If there is substantial utilization of AI exceeding the scope prescribed in the preceding paragraph, it shall be specified on a case-by-case basis.

Addenda

1. Appendix: Examples of AI Utilization Disclosure
   Examples of text that can be referenced when fulfilling the disclosure obligation under Articles 6 and 8 are as follows:
   1. 1. (For the purpose of sentence correction. Simple AI-assisted editing is not subject to disclosure obligations pursuant to Article 7, but if authors voluntarily wish to disclose it, the following example can be referenced.) The authors used ChatGPT (GPT-4.1 version) solely for the purpose of grammar correction and structural suggestions. The tool was not used to generate scientific claims, references, experimental data, or conclusions.
   2. 2. (For the purpose of assisting code development) The authors used GitHub Copilot to support the development and debugging of the Python simulation script used in this study. The code, numerical results, and physical interpretations were independently verified by the authors.
   3. 3. (For the purpose of generating conceptual diagram images) Schematic illustrations were produced with the support of Adobe Firefly Image Model 4. These figures do not represent research data or experimental results and were used for explanatory purposes only.