International Journal of Contemporary Impediments in Commerce and Management recognizes that generative artificial intelligence tools may be used by authors for limited support in language improvement, grammar correction, formatting, and readability enhancement. However, the journal maintains strict standards of originality, academic integrity, ethical research, and responsible authorship.
Authors must ensure that the submitted manuscript represents their own direct intellectual contribution. The use of generative AI tools must never replace the author’s critical thinking, research analysis, empirical data interpretation, unique scholarly argument, or eventual responsibility for the entire content baseline of the manuscript.
Authors may use generative AI tools strictly for limited and supportive linguistic workflows, such as:
* Note: Any use of AI tools must be carefully reviewed and verified by the human authors before submission.
The journal strictly prohibits the use of generative AI tools for misleading academic practices, including:
Authors hold complete accountability for all content submitted. Generative AI tools **cannot be listed as authors or co-authors** because they lack legal capacity to take ownership of research claims, approve final production layouts, handle reviewer feedback loops, or accept professional liability for published scholarship.
If generative AI platforms are deployed in a material way during draft compilation, authors must explicitly disclose this context at submission. The statement must list the engine name and scope of utility (e.g., language refinement, formatting assistance). Minor grammar or spell-check sweeps do not require disclosure maps.
The editorial desk actively crosschecks received manuscripts for ethical compliance and improper markers of automated content generation. If unverified anomalies or undisclosed AI deployment indicators are noted, formal clarification inquiries will be triggered.
Depending on the severity of confirmed ethical policy violations, the journal reserves the absolute right to trigger file rejections, request heavy text revisions, withdraw accepted drafts from production lines, or initiate complete post-publication electronic Retractions.
International Journal of Contemporary Impediments in Commerce and Management supports the responsible use of assistive technology in academic writing while rigidly safeguarding the highest benchmarks of scholarly integrity. The journal expects authors to handle generative AI tools ethically, transparently, and strictly as supportive secondary aids—never as an artificial substitute for original human research and academic responsibility.