Authorship and Article Contribution Policy

The author of an article must include their first and last name, as well as their affiliation, in the journal's metadata.
If the article is written by more than one author, the criteria chosen to determine the order of signatures and the specific contribution made by each author must be clearly stated.

If the article has more than one author, the author responsible for the work must ensure the proper acknowledgement of all persons who contributed significantly to the conception, planning, design and performance of the study, the obtaining of the data, and the interpretation and discussion of the results. All persons named as authors share responsibility for the work submitted. Likewise, the contact person must ensure that all persons named as authors have reviewed and approved the final version of the manuscript and have agreed to its possible publication.

The contact person must ensure that no person responsible for the manuscript and who meets the criteria noted above for scientific authorship has been omitted from the list of authors. This helps prevent ghost authorship and gift authorship, which constitute scientific misconduct.

In addition, an acknowledgement must be included in the article to show appreciation for the contributions of other collaborators who are not authors and are not responsible for the final version of the article.

If the Editorial Board or the authors so request, a brief description of the individual contributions of each co-author may appear in the published version of the manuscript.