Artificial Intelligence
The editorial board of the Journal, guided by the principles set forth in paragraph 5 of Appendix 1 to the Order of the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 31, 2011 No. 127 (as amended by Order of the Minister of Science and Higher Education dated January 6, 2025 No. 4), defines its position on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in scientific publications. Taking into account the specific nature of legal research and the principles of academic integrity, the Editorial Board adheres to a policy of responsible, ethical, and transparent use of artificial intelligence technologies.
The journal supports the responsible and transparent use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in scientific research and publishing activities. The use of AI must comply with the principles of academic integrity, transparency, responsibility, and research ethics.
Authorship and Responsibility. Artificial intelligence systems (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, and other similar tools) may not be listed as authors or co-authors of a scientific article. Authorship implies responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, originality, and scientific validity of the work, which can only be borne by a human. All authors retain full responsibility for the content of the manuscript, including sections prepared, edited, or refined with the help of AI.
Authors are permitted to use AI for:
- linguistic, stylistic, and technical editing of the text;
- correcting grammatical errors and improving sentence structure;
- translating the text;
- assisting with programming and statistical data processing (questionnaires, surveys, tests, etc.);
-searching for scientific literature and keywords;
-auxiliary data processing and analysis.
The use of AI should not replace the author’s intellectual contribution, critical thinking, scientific interpretation of results, or expert assessment.
Mandatory disclosure of information regarding the use of AI. Authors are required to disclose information about any significant use of AI in the preparation of the manuscript. The declaration must specify:
-the name of the AI system used;
-the purpose of its use;
-the extent of AI involvement in the preparation of the article.
This information must be presented in a separate section titled “Declaration on the Use of Artificial Intelligence” before the reference list.
Sample Declaration. In preparing this manuscript, the authors used ChatGPT (OpenAI) for language editing and to improve the clarity of the text. All scientific ideas, data analysis, interpretation of results, and conclusions were developed and verified by the authors themselves. The authors bear full responsibility for the content of the final version of the article.
Authors are PROHIBITED from using AI to:
-generate the text of the article or falsify research data (results, discussion, conclusions, recommendations);
-create fictitious experimental data without conducting actual research, or false or non-existent bibliographic references;
-formulate scientific conclusions without their verification by the researcher;
-present AI-generated text as a completely independent scientific result without appropriate disclosure of information;
-use AI to maliciously alter images, data, or research results;
-to circumvent anti-plagiarism systems or reduce the likelihood of plagiarism detection;
-without disclosing information about the technology, including the name, version, copyright holder, and date of use;
-to distort others’ texts or ideas in order to conceal borrowing.
Editorial Oversight. The Editorial Board reserves the right to:
-request additional information regarding the use of AI;
-use tools to identify AI-generated content and check for plagiarism;
-reject manuscripts in which the use of AI has not been properly disclosed or violates this policy.
Compliance with international ethical standards. This policy has been developed in accordance with the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the American Psychological Association (APA), and international standards of academic publication ethics.
Authors are required to comply with these requirements at all stages of research, manuscript preparation, and publication of results. The use of AI is considered a supportive tool for scientific work. Responsibility for scientific novelty, the reliability of results, the correct interpretation of data, and compliance with ethical standards always rests with the author.
Scientific results, conclusions, and recommendations must be formulated by the authors themselves, regardless of whether artificial intelligence technologies were used.
Authors are required to disclose the use of artificial intelligence technologies, specifying:
- at what stage and for what purpose the technologies were used;
- how the reliability of the obtained data and its interpretation were verified;
- information about the technology: name, developer (copyright holder), version, date of access, and date of use.
Example citation: OpenAI (2025) ChatGPT (generative AI interface). Available at: https://chat.openai.com/chat (Accessed June 1, 2025). Failure to indicate the use of artificial intelligence technologies is considered confirmation of their actual non-use.
