Authorship & Contributorship

All listed authors must have made a substantial scholarly contribution to the work and must approve the final manuscript.

  • Authors should agree on authorship order before submission.
  • The corresponding author is responsible for communication with the journal.
  • Author contribution statements may be requested.
  • Changes to authorship after submission require justification and agreement of all affected authors and editorial approval.
Honorary, guest or ghost authorship is not permitted.