Authorship

Authorship is granted only to those who meet all of the following:

(1) substantial contribution to conception/design, data collection, or analysis/interpretation;

(2) drafting or critically revising the manuscript;

(3) approval of the final version;

(4) accountability for the integrity of the work.

Contributions of each author are stated using the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy). Those who do not meet all criteria (e.g., general supervision, funding, language editing, data entry) are listed in Acknowledgments.

Student-thesis articles must list the student as first author. Gift, guest, and ghost authorship are prohibited. Changes to authorship after submission require written consent of all authors and editor approval. AI tools cannot be listed as authors.