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For papers to be
published in journals authorship credit should be based only on substantial
contributions to
(a Conception and design, or analysis and interpretation of data;
(b Drafting the article or revising it critically for important
intellectual content
(c Final approval of the version to be published.
Conditions a, b, and c must all be met. Any part of an article critical to
its main conclusions must be the responsibility of at least one author. Each
author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public
responsibility for the content. (This statement is taken from the authorship
policy adopted by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and
published in the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to
Biomedical Journals, 1994 and N Engl J Med 336:309-315, 1997.)
Authorship provides credit for a researcher's contributions to a study and
carries accountability. Authors are expected to fulfil the criteria below
(adapted from McNutt et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, Feb 2018, 201715374; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1715374115; licensed under
CC BY 4.0):
Each author is expected to have made substantial contributions to the
conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or
interpretation of data; or the creation of new software used in the work; or
have drafted the work or substantively revised it
AND to have approved the submitted version (and any substantially modified
version that involves the author's contribution to the study);
AND to have agreed both to be personally accountable for the author's own
contributions and to ensure that questions related to the accuracy or
integrity of any part of the work, even ones in which the author was not
personally involved, are appropriately investigated, resolved, and the
resolution documented in the literature.
ISISnet Portfolio journals encourage collaboration with colleagues in the
locations where the research is conducted, and expect their inclusion as
co-authors when they fulfill all authorship criteria described above.
Contributors who do not meet all criteria for authorship should be listed in
the Acknowledgements section.
ISISnet journals reserve the right not to consider non-primary
research manuscripts that have been authored by medical writers. Writing
assistance should be acknowledged in all article types.
ISISnet journals do not require all authors of a research paper to
sign the letter of submission, nor do they impose an order on the list of
authors. Submission to a ISISnet journal is taken by the journal to
mean that all the listed authors have agreed all of the contents, including
the author list and author contribution statements. The corresponding author
is responsible for having ensured that this agreement has been reached that
all authors have agreed to be so listed, and have approved the manuscript
submission to the journal, and for managing all communication between the
journal and all co-authors, before and after publication. The corresponding
author is also responsible for submitting a competing interests' statement
on behalf of all authors of the paper; please refer to our competing
interests' policy for more information.
It is expected that the
corresponding author will
be responsible for the following with respect to data, code and materials:
(adapted from McNutt et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, Feb 2018, 201715374; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1715374115; licensed under
CC BY 4.0):
ensuring that data, materials, and code comply with transparency and
reproducibility standards of the field and journal;
ensuring that original data/materials/code upon which the submission is
based are preserved following best practices in the field so that they are
retrievable for reanalysis;
confirming that data/materials/code presentation accurately reflects the
original;
foreseeing and minimizing obstacles to the sharing of data/materials/code
described in the work
ensuring that all authors (or group leaders in multi-lab collaborations)
have certified the author list and author contributions
At submission, the corresponding author must include written permission from
the authors of the work concerned for mention of any unpublished material
cited in the manuscript (for example others' data, in press manuscripts,
personal communications or work in preparation). The corresponding author
also must clearly identify at submission any material within the manuscript
(such as figures) that has been published previously elsewhere and provide
written permission from authors of the prior work and/or publishers, as
appropriate, for the re-use of such material.
After acceptance, the corresponding author is responsible for the accuracy
of all content in the proof, including the names of coauthors, addresses and
affiliations.
After publication, the corresponding author is the point of contact for
queries about the published paper. It is their responsibility to inform all
co-authors of any matters arising in relation to the published paper and to
ensure such matters are dealt with promptly. Authors of published material
have a responsibility to inform the journal immediately if they become aware
of any aspects that requires correction.
Any changes to the author list after submission, such as a change in the
order of the authors or the deletion or addition of authors, must be
approved by every author. Please download the
authorship change request form and submit it. ISISnet Portfolio journal editors are not in a
position to investigate or adjudicate authorship disputes before or after
publication. Such disagreements, if they cannot be resolved amongst authors,
should be directed to the relevant institutional authority.
The primary affiliation for each author should be the institution where
the majority of their work was done. If an author has subsequently moved,
the current address may also be stated.
Author contribution statements
ISISnet journals encourage transparency by publishing author contribution
statements. Authors are required to include a statement of responsibility in
the manuscript, including review-type articles, that specifies the
contribution of every author. The level of detail varies; some disciplines
produce manuscripts that comprise discrete efforts readily articulated in
detail, whereas other fields operate as group efforts at all stages. Author
contribution statements are included in the published paper.
ISISnet journals also allow one set of co-authors to be specified
as having contributed equally to the work and one set of co-authors to be
specified as having jointly supervised the work. Other equal contributions
are best described in author contribution statements. Corresponding authors
have specific responsibilities (described above).
Author identification
As part of our efforts to improve transparency and unambiguous attribution
of scholarly contributions, corresponding authors of published papers must
provide their Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) iD;
co-authors are encouraged to provide ORCiD iDs.
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