Journal Policy
Open Access Policy
The journal promotes the dissemination of the innovative design discourse by providing immediate open access. The open access of the journal means its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.
Copyright and Licensing
Author(s) retain the copyright of articles published in this journal, with first publication rights granted to ARSNET.
All journal content is licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License that allows others to use the articles for non-commercial purposes with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Publication Policy
All manuscripts are subjected to double-blind review to maintain the high standard quality of the content. Author(s) are responsible to ensure that the submitted manuscript does not contain any identification of the author(s).
The journal does not charge any submission or processing fees for the author(s) to submit and publish their manuscripts in this journal.
The journal publishes manuscripts written in English and Indonesian languages (Starting from 2025, only manuscripts in English are accepted). In order to ensure the readability and the quality of the journal, all manuscripts must go through a language editing and copy editing before publication.
The journal only accepts original manuscripts that have not been previously published nor being considered for publication elsewhere. All manuscripts submitted to the journal are subjected to similarity check procedure to identify any indication of plagiarism.
Digital Preservation and Repository Policy
All published articles are deposited to Portico. All versions of the papers (preprints, postprints and published versions) are stored in the publisher's archive.
The published version is openly accessible and can be located or deposited at any repository and any website. There is no embargo period for accessing the published full text article. The owner of the copyright is author(s) under the license CC-BY-NC.
The pre-print (submitted version) and post-print (accepted version) are not accessible for open access to avoid confusion and maintain the accuracy and consistency of articles across various repositories. The published version can be shared, posted, or deposited with acknowledgement to the source through complete citation with DOI attached.
Artificial Intelligence Policy
This policy aims to offer clear and transparent guidance regarding the use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies for authors, reviewers, and editors in the ARSNET journal. In developing this policy, the journal is informed by existing policies adopted by current global publishers, such as (but not limited to) the Artificial Intelligence Policy advocated by SAGE and the policy regarding The Use of Generative AI and AI-assisted Technologies in Writing by ELSEVIER.
The term generative AI refers to tools such as Chat GPT or Dall-e that produce content in the form of text, images, or translations. Despite significant changes to such content after its production, it would still be considered AI-generated. On the other hand, AI-assisted technologies refer to tools often already embedded in writing processing applications, such as flag-spelling in Microsoft Word, to AI-powered writing applications, such as Grammarly. These tools provide suggestions, corrections, and improvements to self-authored content. With the help of such assisted technologies, such refined and improved content will be considered ‘AI-assisted’ content.
For author(s)
The author(s) must ensure their submission is produced with accountability and precision that meets the standard of rigorous scholarship and research integrity. Author(s) should disclose the use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in producing their manuscript whenever applicable.
The utilisation of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process should only improve the manuscript's readability instead of substituting key authoring tasks that require higher-order thinking, such as analysing literature insights, critical interpretation of data, and creating conclusions. AI should not be listed as an author or co-author and should not be cited as part of the reference list.
Furthermore, the use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in producing data such as texts, figures, images, and artwork should properly outline how it is significantly a part of the manuscript’s research paradigm and research methodologies, with clear information on its reproducibility. The methods section should clarify the data production and handling process, outlining the name of the AI model or tool, version and extension numbers, and manufacturers. Generative AI or AI-assisted technologies may create incorrect, incomplete, or biased works. The author(s) should be aware of such risks and ensure that AI or AI-assisted technologies are correctly used based on their usage policies. It is the author’s responsibility to avoid the occurrence of fabrication and plagiarism in the work produced.
For reviewers and editors
The utilisation of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in reviewing and editorial work should avoid any confidentiality and copyright issues that may arise.
Reviewers should responsibly use generative AI or AI-assisted technologies to improve the readability and language of their reviews, maintaining accuracy and consistency. Review reports using generative AI or AI-assisted technologies done irresponsibly and inappropriately may not be considered in the review process and the final decision of the manuscript. Any reviewer suspecting a potential use of an undisclosed or inappropriate use of generative AI in their reviewed manuscript should flag their concerns to the editor in charge.
ARSNET editors do not use generative AI to summarise unpublished research or generate letters in the manuscript publication process, such as review invitations or decision letters. ARSNET editors may use generative AI or AI-assisted technologies to improve the readability and language of their published content. This process is done with control, and all works will be reviewed carefully by all parties involved in the editorial team. If editors find or receive reports regarding the undisclosed and inappropriate use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in their manuscripts, the investigation will be undertaken based on the guidance offered in this policy and our publication ethics policies.