Eurasian Clinical and Analytical Medicine (ECAM) acknowledges that Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can assist authors in limited aspects of manuscript preparation. However, AI systems cannot be listed as authors and their use must be responsible, transparent, and consistent with publication ethics. All responsibility for the content remains with the human authors.

Permitted Use

• Language editing, grammar correction, style refinement, and reference formatting.
• Drafting code snippets or figure prototypes only when methods and outputs are designed, verified, and validated by the authors.

Prohibited or Restricted Use

• Listing AI systems as authors or attributing authorship responsibilities to AI.
• Generating or manipulating research data, images/figures, patient information, or results.
• Sole reliance on AI for literature review or citation generation due to the risk of fabricated or inaccurate references.

Disclosure Requirements

Any AI use must be explicitly disclosed in the manuscript (e.g., Methods or Acknowledgments), including:

• The tool name (e.g., ChatGPT, Grammarly, DeepL).
• The purpose (e.g., “for language editing”, “grammar correction”, “figure prototype”).
• A statement that all responsibility for accuracy and integrity remains with the human authors.

Ethical Responsibility

Human authors remain fully accountable for all content, including any AI-assisted text, figures, or code. Undisclosed or inappropriate AI use may be treated as a breach of publication ethics and can lead to editorial action (e.g., correction, rejection, or retraction) consistent with COPE and related guidance.