AI Policy for Reviewers

The Journal of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy (JBCP) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of ethical peer review, confidentiality, and academic integrity. Reviewers play a critical role in ensuring the scientific quality and credibility of published research. The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tools during the peer review process must strictly comply with the guidelines outlined below.

1. Confidentiality and Data Protection

All manuscripts submitted for peer review are strictly confidential documents. Reviewers must not upload, share, or input any part of a manuscript—including text, figures, tables, or supplementary data—into any AI system or external platform. Such actions may compromise author confidentiality and intellectual property rights.

This confidentiality requirement also extends to review reports. AI tools must not be used to process, store, or generate content based on confidential manuscript information.

2. Use of AI in Scientific Evaluation

Peer review is a scholarly activity that requires independent judgment, subject expertise, and critical evaluation. AI tools cannot replace or assist in the scientific assessment of manuscripts. Reviewers must not rely on AI systems to analyze, interpret, or summarize the content of submitted work.

Reviewers are fully responsible for ensuring that their evaluations are original, accurate, and based on their own academic expertise.

3. Language and Report Writing Assistance

AI tools may be used only for improving the grammar, clarity, or language quality of review reports. However, no confidential manuscript content should be entered into any AI system during this process. Reviewers must ensure that manuscript confidentiality is fully preserved at all times.

4. AI in Editorial Operations

The journal may use AI-assisted technologies internally to support administrative and editorial processes such as plagiarism detection, initial screening, and reviewer matching. These tools operate under strict confidentiality and data protection protocols.

However, AI systems do not replace editorial judgment or peer review decisions. All final editorial actions are made exclusively by human editors.

5. Reviewer Accountability

Reviewers remain fully responsible for the content, quality, and integrity of their reports and recommendations. Any misuse of AI tools that compromises confidentiality, ethical standards, or the integrity of the peer review process may result in removal from the reviewer database and further action by the editorial board.