Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence

Editorial Policies

Publication Ethics

Authors must report research accurately, acknowledge sources, avoid plagiarism and duplicate publication, and disclose relevant conflicts of interest.

Peer Review

Manuscripts undergo editorial assessment and the peer-review process applicable to the journal. Editorial decisions are based on the journal's current policies and evaluation procedures.

Research Integrity

Research must comply with applicable scientific, institutional, and ethical requirements. Data, methods, images, and results must be reported accurately.

Data and Code Transparency

Authors should state whether research data, software, code, and other materials are available. Sharing should follow applicable legal, ethical, privacy, and licensing requirements.

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure

Authors must follow the publisher's current requirements for disclosing the use of AI tools in research and manuscript preparation.

Conflicts of Interest and Funding

Authors must disclose relevant financial and non-financial conflicts of interest and identify funding sources as required by the publisher.

Corrections and Retractions

Corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions are handled in accordance with the publisher's applicable editorial policies.

Open Access

Consult the official journal website for the applicable open-access license, publication conditions, and author rights.

Official Policies

For authoritative and current requirements, consult https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/artificial-intelligence and the publisher's official policies.

Instructions for Authors

1. Journal Scope

Manuscripts should address artificial intelligence, computational intelligence, machine learning, intelligent systems, or related topics within the journal's current scope and specialty sections.

2. Originality

Submissions must comply with the publisher's requirements for originality, exclusive submission, attribution, and publication ethics.

3. Manuscript Preparation

Authors must follow the current journal-specific guidelines for manuscript structure, formatting, references, figures, tables, supplementary materials, and reporting requirements.

4. Research Methods and Reproducibility

Manuscripts should clearly describe research questions, datasets, methods, experimental settings, evaluation metrics, and limitations. Authors should provide sufficient methodological detail to support scientific assessment and reproducibility.

5. Data and Code Availability

Authors should provide data and code availability statements and share relevant resources when possible, subject to privacy, legal, licensing, and ethical restrictions.

6. Responsible Use of AI

Authors must comply with the publisher's current policies on the use and disclosure of artificial intelligence tools in research and manuscript preparation. AI tools must not be listed as authors.

7. Research Ethics

Research involving human participants, personal data, or other ethically sensitive material must comply with applicable ethical standards and include the required approval and consent statements.

8. Authorship and Declarations

All authors must meet the applicable authorship requirements and approve the submitted manuscript. Include funding, conflicts of interest, author contributions, and other declarations required by the journal.

9. Peer Review

Submissions are subject to editorial assessment and the applicable peer-review procedures. Submission does not guarantee acceptance or publication.

10. Submission

Submit manuscripts through the official Frontiers submission system. Review the current journal-specific instructions before submission.

Official journal website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/artificial-intelligence