Authorship Criteria

Authorship provides credit for an author's contributions to a study and carries accountability. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, analysis and interpretation, as well as manuscript preparation and revision. Transparency about the contributions of authors is encouraged.

In order to qualify for authorship of the submitted manuscript, every of the listed authors should have made substantial intellectual contributions both to the research and to manuscript preparation. Especially regarding the latter, an author should be involved in activities related to the following categories:

• Substantial contribution to the conception, research, data acquisition and analysis/interpretation;
• Collaboration in the preparation/revision of the submitted manuscript;
• Participation in reaching the approval for the publishable manuscript version;
• Ensuring a proper explanation to possible questions that could be raised regarding accuracy and scientific integrity of the submitted manuscript.

Only one corresponding author per submission is allowed. IJRIAR do not require all authors of a research paper to sign the letter of submission; however, the corresponding author is responsible for having ensured that any information regarding the submitted manuscript has reached all authors and for managing all communication between the journal and all co-authors, before and after publication. Submission to IJRIAR is taken by the mean that all the listed authors have agreed of all the contents, including the author list and author contribution statements.

Changes to Authorship

Authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal editor. To request such a change, the editor must receive the following from the corresponding author: (a) the reason for the change in author list and (b) written confirmation (e-mail, letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal or rearrangement. Only in exceptional circumstances will the editor consider the addition, deletion or rearrangement of authors after the manuscript has been accepted. While the editor considers the request, publication of the manuscript will be suspended. If the manuscript has already been published in an online issue, any requests approved by the editor will result in a corrigendum.