This policy follows the COPE position statement on authorship and AI tools and applies to authors, reviewers and editors of World of Immersive Learning (WIRL).

Authors

• AI tools (for example ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot or translation and paraphrasing tools) cannot be listed as an author or co-author, because they cannot take responsibility for the work, approve the final version or answer for its integrity.
• Authors must disclose any use of generative AI or AI-assisted tools in an AI Statement in the Declarations section of the manuscript (see the article template), naming the tool, its version and what it was used for.
• Use of AI for language editing, grammar checks or translation is allowed when disclosed. When AI is used in the research itself (data analysis, coding of qualitative data, writing code, creating figures), it must also be described in the Method section.
• Authors remain fully responsible for the content, accuracy, originality and references of the article, including any part produced with AI. AI-generated references must be checked against the original sources.
• AI-generated images, figures or data are not allowed unless they are the subject of the research and are clearly labelled.

Reviewers

• Reviewers must not upload a manuscript, or any part of it, to a generative AI tool. Manuscripts under review are confidential.
• Reviewers must not use generative AI to write or assess their review. The scientific evaluation must be the reviewer's own work.

Editors

• Editors must not upload manuscripts or review reports to generative AI tools and must not use AI to make or justify editorial decisions.
• Editors may use tools that do not process the manuscript content through generative AI, such as similarity checking (Turnitin) and reference or format checks.

Breaches

Undisclosed or improper use of AI is handled under the journal's Publication Ethics and Retraction, Correction and Withdrawal Policy, following COPE guidance; it can lead to rejection, correction or retraction.