Authors and Co-Authors
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The ORCID ID should consist of the publicly available information about author’s affiliation, main publications and other useful information. In cases where an author’s ORCID profile is empty or lacks sufficient information, the editorial team reserves the right to suspend the review process and contact the author to request additional details necessary for proper identification. If no response is received within one month, the manuscript will be subject to rejection.
All authors have significantly contributed to the particular research, submitted for publication and should confirm their responsibility for a whole manuscript or a particular section of the study.
List of authors should include all persons who contributed substantially to study planning, data collection or interpretation of results and wrote or critically revised the manuscript and approved its final version and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work (Ufnalska, 2020, EASE Guidelines). (ICMJE 2017 Ufnalska, 2020, EASE Guidelines). The authors listed first should be those who did most and (Battisti et al. 2015, see COPE flowcharts Ufnalska, 2020, EASE Guidelines).
The multi authorship is a crucial part of academic publishing. We support and highly recommend the CRediT – Contributor Roles Taxonomy representing the roles typically played by contributors to manuscripts and highly recommend it to our authors. Please, find more information here. Authors should define each contribution according to these recommendations.
We highly recommend that authors refrain from submitting multiple (more than one) manuscripts simultaneously, as this may significantly affect the efficiency and integrity of the editorial process.
Changes in Authorship
Any changes to the authorship (including additions, removals, or changes in the order of authors) are only permitted prior to the acceptance of the manuscript and must be agreed upon by all originally listed co-authors at the time of initial submission, as well as by any author who is being added or removed.The corresponding author is responsible for confirming that all co-authors approve the proposed change. Managing editors, on behalf of the journal, will contact all listed co-authors, as well as any author who is being added or removed, to verify their agreement.
After acceptance, changes in authorship are permitted only in exceptional cases and must be accompanied by a written, well-justified request explaining the reason for the change. Such requests will be reviewed by the editorial team and will result in a reconsideration of the publication decision.
Acknowledgements
Author(s) should mention all persons who contributed substantially to the study but cannot be regarded as co-authors, and acknowledge all sources of funding (Ufnalska, 2020, EASE Guidelines), for instance, using the following phrases:
‘This work was prepared within the project performing [grant number xxxx]’.
If relevant, disclose to the editors any other conflicts of interest, e.g. financial or personal links with the manufacturer or with an organization that has an interest in the submitted manuscript (Goozner et al. 2009, Ufnalska, 2020, EASE Guidelines).
If you were helped by a language professional (e.g. author’s editor or translator), a statistician, data collectors, etc., you should acknowledge their assistance for the sake of transparency (ICMJE 2017, Battisti et al. 2015 Ufnalska, 2020, EASE Guidelines). It must be clear that they are not responsible for the final version of the article. You need to ensure you have the consent of all the people named in this section. (Ufnalska, 2020, EASE Guidelines)
If relevant, disclose to the editors any other conflicts of interest, e.g. financial or personal links with the manufacturer or with an organization that has an interest in the submitted manuscript (Goozner et al. 2009, Ufnalska, 2020, EASE Guidelines). If you were helped by a language professional (e.g. author’s editor or translator), a statistician, data collectors, etc., you should acknowledge their assistance for the sake of transparency (ICMJE 2017, Battisti et al. 2015 Ufnalska, 2020, EASE Guidelines). It must be clear that they are not responsible for the final version of the article. You need to ensure you have the consent of all the people named in this section. (Ufnalska, 2020, EASE Guidelines)