Authorship Criteria

Authors must meet all four of the following criteria:

1. Substantial contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the research.
2. Drafting or critically revising the work for intellectual content.
3. Approval of the final version to be published.
4. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work

Contributor Roles

Each author must specify their role(s), such as Conceptualisation, Methodology, Data Curation, Writing Original Draft, Writing  Review & Editing, Supervision, or Funding Acquisition.

Authorship Changes

Any request to add, remove, or reorder authors after submission must include written consent from all authors, with justification reviewed by the Editor-in-Chief.

Acknowledgements

Non-author contributors (e.g., language editors, advisors, funding agencies) must be acknowledged, with consent from the individuals named.

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