AUTHORSHIP CRITERIA

In accordance with COPE standards, every individual listed as an author must meet all four of the following criteria:

  1. Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work.
  2. Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
  3. Final approval of the version to be published.
  4. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Note: General supervision, acquisition of funding, or language proofreading alone do not justify authorship and should be formally recognized in the Acknowledgments section.