Manuscript Type

Manuscript Type

The application of the authorship criteria should reflect the nature of the submitted manuscript.

1. Research Articles

For empirical research articles, qualifying contributions may include developing research questions or hypotheses, designing the research methodology, collecting or obtaining relevant data, conducting data analysis, interpreting findings, and critically developing the manuscript.

Routine data collection or technical assistance alone does not automatically qualify an individual for authorship. Such activities must be considered alongside the individual's intellectual contribution and fulfillment of the other authorship criteria.

2. Literature Reviews

For literature reviews, qualifying contributions may include formulating the review questions, developing the search or selection strategy, establishing analytical or evaluative frameworks, critically assessing the literature, synthesizing findings, and developing the interpretation and conclusions.

Merely supplying references, identifying publications without substantive analytical involvement, or performing routine bibliographic assistance does not by itself establish eligibility for authorship.

3. Conceptual Articles

For conceptual articles, qualifying contributions may include developing a theoretical proposition, constructing a conceptual framework, critically examining existing theories, integrating perspectives from relevant literature, or developing an original scholarly argument.

Authorship must reflect a meaningful intellectual contribution to the conception, development, critical examination, or interpretation of the ideas presented, together with fulfillment of the other authorship criteria.