Authorship and contributions

Authorship Consideration

Attributing authorship to an individual requires that they have made a significant contribution to the preparation of the manuscript, having participated in:

• The conception and design, or in the acquisition of data, or in the analysis and interpretation of data that resulted in the article
• Participation in the drafting or critical revision of the text
• Approval of the final version to be published.

Co-authorship Management and Acknowledgment

In cases where more than one author has contributed with activities qualifying them as an author, participants are encouraged to establish clear roles, as well as the order in which they will appear in the final article.

To determine the order in which authors will be listed in the manuscript, authors can adopt any of the most common practices. These include:

a) Order by Contribution

• The first author is the one who did the majority of the work and wrote the manuscript.
• The last author is typically the principal investigator or project supervisor.
• Intermediate authors are listed based on their level of contribution.

b) Order by Academic Hierarchy

c) Negotiated Order

• To be established as agreed upon in advance.

d) Equal Contribution

• In cases where contributions are equal, a note should be included besides their name, such as “Co-first authors.” 

  The chosen method should be indicated by an asterisk after the names, with a callout at the bottom of the first page.

The ORCID of the authors must be included, as specified in the Author Guidelines.

It should be noted that only one person can submit the manuscript to the journal. Therefore, this person must ensure that, during the manuscript upload process, they add all other participants considered co-authors, both in the manuscript document and in the metadata.

Possible Activities or Roles of Reference

Authors may have participated in one of the roles listed below. This list, though exhaustive, is based on the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT – Contributor Roles Taxonomy). It is intended as a guide to define each author's role. These roles can be consulted here.

Management and Mention of Minor Contributions

When a participant does not meet the criteria of authorship, they may be acknowledged in the acknowledgments section.

Responsibility for Content

Authors are solely responsible for the content and ethical suitability of their articles. They must declare their authorship and ensure compliance with intellectual property rights of third parties. In this regard, they must obtain the necessary permissions for the use of third-party material, such as images, graphics, or tables, among others.

Lastly, when submitting a manuscript, authors certify its originality and ensure that it has not been submitted at the same time or published elsewhere.