Authorship and contributorship policy

When determining the credit for a piece of work, authors should ensure that all those who have made a significant contribution are cited as co-authors. Other individuals who have contributed to the study in a lesser capacity should be acknowledged, but not cited as authors.  

We encourage authors to make specific attributions of contribution and responsibility in the acknowledgements of the article, otherwise all co-authors will be taken to share full responsibility for all of the paper. Authors are expected to reach agreement between themselves regarding credit for authorship, and the order in which author names are presented. 

Pre-submission considerations

Before you submit your manuscript to the journal, you need to take into consideration some important aspects of authorship listed below:  

    Ensure that all the authors mentioned in the manuscript have agreed for authorship, read and approved the manuscript, and given consent for submission and subsequent publication of the manuscript.  

    The order of authorship must be agreed by all named authors prior to submission. 

    Full names, institutional affiliations, highest degree obtained by the authors, e-mail address (including ORCiD ID when available) need to be clearly mentioned on manuscript. 

    The corresponding author, will take full ownership for all the communication related to the manuscript, should be designated and his/her detailed institutional affiliation (including the postal address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address) should be provided.