Authorship

Authorship on academic papers should be limited to individuals who have made a significant contribution to its intellectual content. Mere participation in funding acquisition or general supervision of a research group is not sufficient to obtain authorship. All authors are responsible for impartially evaluating their respective roles and the roles of co-authors in the project. This is to ensure that authorship is attributed according to fixed criteria in all publications in which they are listed as authors. It is recommended that you carefully refer to the definition of authorship and contributors carefully in ICMJE and Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT).

In order to be listed as an author on a paper, one should have made sufficient contributions to the project. Co-authors should have contributed to some part of the work leading to this paper or been involved in the interpretation of its results. In addition to reviewing the final manuscript prior to submission, all authors should have a say in final approval of the version to be published.

Individuals who do not meet the above requirements, but who have made valuable contributions to the work, may be recognized for their contributions to the publication.

 

Changes to Authorship

Authors should carefully check the author list and author order before submitting their manuscript. The Editorial Office considers authorship to be final at the time of receipt of the original submission.

Any addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the author list should be made before the manuscript is accepted for publication. The corresponding author should provide the reasons for the change in the author list and proof that all authors (including existing authors and proposed authors) have confirmed in writing to the editorial office that they agree to the change.

Requests to change authorship require editorial approval before any changes can be made.