Author Criteria

Author Criteria

 

Eligibility for Authorship

Authorship is limited to individuals who have made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the study, data acquisition, analysis or interpretation, manuscript drafting or critical revision, and have approved the final version for publication. All authors must agree to be accountable for the accuracy and integrity of the work. Individuals whose contributions do not meet these criteria should be acknowledged but not listed as authors.

Contributions That Do Not Qualify for Authorship

The following contributions, by themselves, do not justify authorship but may be acknowledged in the Acknowledgements section:

  • Provision of research funding.
  • Administrative or technical support.
  • General supervision without substantial intellectual contribution.
  • Data collection only.
  • Language editing or proofreading services.
  • Provision of access to data without involvement in analysis, interpretation, or manuscript preparation.

Responsibilities of the Corresponding Author

The Corresponding Author is responsible for:

  • Ensuring that all listed authors meet the journal’s authorship criteria.
  • Obtaining approval from all co-authors prior to manuscript submission.
  • Serving as the primary contact between the journal and all co-authors during the submission, review, and publication processes.
  • Ensuring compliance with publication ethics, research integrity, data transparency, and conflict-of-interest disclosure requirements.

Author Contribution Statement

Authors are required to disclose their specific contributions to the manuscript. Authors are encouraged to describe contributions using the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy), where applicable. Relevant roles may include:

  • Conceptualization
  • Methodology
  • Validation
  • Formal Analysis
  • Investigation
  • Resources
  • Data Curation
  • Writing – Original Draft
  • Writing – Review & Editing
  • Visualization
  • Supervision
  • Project Administration
  • Funding Acquisition 

Authorship Order

The order of authors should be determined by mutual agreement among all authors and should reflect the nature and extent of their scholarly contributions to the research and manuscript. Authorship order must not be determined solely by academic rank, institutional seniority, supervisory position, financial contribution, or personal relationships. All authors should discuss and agree on the order of authorship before submission.

For collaborative research involving multiple institutions or disciplines, authors are encouraged to establish clear authorship arrangements at an early stage of the research process and review them when contributions change.

Changes in Authorship

The addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list is permitted only before manuscript acceptance and must be approved by all authors. Requests must be accompanied by a detailed explanation and written consent from all affected authors. The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject requests that do not comply with the journal's authorship and publication ethics policies. Any post-publication authorship changes may require the issuance of a correction notice or other editorial action.

Use of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies

Authors who use Generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in the preparation of a manuscript must disclose such use at the time of submission.

The disclosure should include:

  • The name of the AI tool or system used;
  • The purpose for which the tool was used;
  • The extent of its use in manuscript preparation; and
  • A statement confirming that the authors reviewed and validated all AI-generated content.

The disclosure should be included in a separate section titled:

"Declaration of Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies Use."