Authorship Criteria

Authorship Criteria

The journal adheres to international standards for authorship, specifically following the guidelines established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

To be listed as an author on a manuscript submitted to this journal, all individuals must meet all of the following four criteria:

• Substantial Contributions: Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work.

• Drafting or Revising: Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content.

• Final Approval: Final approval of the version to be published.

• Accountability: 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: Contributors who do not meet all four criteria above (e.g., those who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or department leadership only) should not be listed as authors, but rather acknowledged in the Acknowledgments section.