1. Transparency and mandatory declaration

Authors must explicitly declare any use of Artificial Intelligence tools (e.g., Deepseek, ChatGPT, Copilot, Grammarly, Perplexity, or image/table generators) in the research or writing process of the article. This declaration must be included in a section entitled "AI Use Declaration" at the end of the manuscript, before the references, or also in the methods section. The declaration includes the tool used, version, date, and specific purpose.

Minimum content of the declaration:

• Name of the model/tool and its version.

• Specific purpose of use (e.g., style correction, data analysis, summary generation, preliminary literature review).

• Dates of use.

2. Absolute prohibitions

AI will not be accepted as author or co‑author of the article. Authorship is exclusively human and requires the ability to approve the final version and assume public responsibility for the content. AI tools cannot assume legal responsibility, declare conflicts of interest, or manage copyright.

The use of AI is not permitted to:

• Generate fictitious data, results, or bibliographic references.

• Evade plagiarism detection or dishonestly paraphrase protected sources.

• Conduct the peer review process (reviewers must not upload manuscripts into AI without explicit permission).

3. Full human responsibility

Authors are fully responsible for content generated with AI assistance: factual accuracy, originality, precision, validity, absence of biases, and compliance with ethical standards. Any errors, omissions, or legal infringements derived from the use of AI will be attributed to the signing authors.

The author must respond to any breach of ethical standards, regardless of the use of AI.

4. Recommendations for good practice

• Literature review: AI can be a starting point, but the author must verify and read the original sources.

• Translation and language editing: Permitted but must be declared. It is recommended that a human review the technical accuracy of terms.

• Figure generation: If AI is used to create diagrams (WBS, project networks, etc.), it must be indicated and the prompts used must be provided.

5. Use by reviewers and editors

Reviewers must not upload the manuscript into any generative AI without authorization, in order to protect confidentiality.

The editorial team may use anti‑plagiarism AI or artificially generated content detectors as support, but the final decision on acceptance or rejection will be human.

All scientific, methodological, and editorial decisions must be the sole responsibility of humans. AI is never the final decision‑maker.

Example of the "AI Use Declaration" required by the journal