Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
At Vínculos: Sociología, Análisis y Opinión, we recognize that generative AI tools can be useful for improving the quality of manuscripts. However, we establish the following guidelines to ensure integrity, transparency, and academic accountability:
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AI is not an author: Artificial Intelligence cannot be considered an author or co-author of a manuscript, as it cannot assume legal, ethical, or intellectual responsibility for the published content.
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Mandatory declaration: Authors must explicitly declare in the manuscript (in a section titled "Declaration of AI Tool Usage" or within the Methodology section) whether they have used AI tools or AI-assisted technologies in the process of drafting, proofreading, or data analysis.
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Transparency in the process: In the declaration, the author must specify:
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The name of the tool used (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) and its version.
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The specific purpose of its use (e.g., grammar correction, bibliography synthesis, assistance in figure design).
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Confirmation that the author has reviewed and edited the results generated by the AI, taking responsibility for the final content.
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Author responsibility: The use of AI does not exempt authors from their responsibility for any errors, omissions, biases, or plagiarism derived from the generated text. Content must be rigorously supervised to ensure its accuracy and originality.
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Integrity in peer review: The journal strictly prohibits the use of AI by reviewers to produce manuscript evaluations without explicit authorization from the editorial board, due to risks regarding confidentiality and algorithmic bias.
