Authorship Criteria

The journal adheres to the principles of authorship transparency, accountability, and research integrity. Authorship is granted only to individuals who have made substantial intellectual contributions to the research and manuscript.

To qualify for authorship, each author must meet the following criteria:

1. Make a substantial contribution to the conception or design of the study, the acquisition of data, or the analysis and interpretation of data.
2. Participate in drafting the manuscript or critically revising it for important intellectual content.
3. Approve the final version of the manuscript submitted for publication.
4. Agree to be accountable for their contributions and to assist in ensuring that questions concerning the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Individuals who contribute to the research but do not meet the authorship criteria should be acknowledged appropriately, with their consent, in the Acknowledgments section.

The corresponding author is responsible for coordinating communication between the journal and all co-authors throughout the submission, peer-review, revision, and publication processes. The corresponding author must ensure that all listed authors have approved the submitted manuscript and agreed to its final version.

The order of authors should be determined collectively by the authors based on their respective contributions. Any request to add, remove, or rearrange authors after submission must include a clear justification and written consent from all authors affected by the proposed change. Such requests are subject to editorial review and approval.

The journal does not permit honorary, guest, gift, or ghost authorship. All authors are expected to comply with the journal’s ethical standards and applicable research integrity guidelines.