• Yakub Mathangi

Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly become an essential part of academic writing and intellectual communication. AI-powered technologies are changing the way scholars conceptualize, create, and share information, from language refinement and literature review support to data visualization and reference management. While new technologies provide significant advantages in terms of efficiency, accessibility, and inclusion, they also raise complicated ethical, pedagogical, and epistemological issues. Concerns about authorship, originality, prejudice, transparency, accountability, and academic integrity have gained traction, especially among Scopus-indexed and other high-impact publications. This paper critically evaluates AI's expanding role in academic writing, assesses ethical dangers and worldwide policy frameworks, and suggests a comprehensive set of best practices for responsible and transparent AI-assisted scholarship. The paper highlights that AI should only be used as an assistive technology under human intellectual control, strengthening rather than substituting critical thinking and scholarly responsibility.

Artificial Intelligence, Academic Writing, Research Ethics, Scholarly Publishing, Responsible AI, Academic Integrity

"ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ACADEMIC WRITING: ETHICAL ISSUES AND BEST PRACTICES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.13, Issue 2, page no.231-234, February-2026, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRHJ06044.pdf

"ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ACADEMIC WRITING: ETHICAL ISSUES AND BEST PRACTICES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.13, Issue 2, page no. pp231-234, February-2026, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRHJ06044.pdf