Authorship Policy

Authorship Criteria

To qualify as an author, individuals must meet all of the following:

1. Substantial contribution to conception, design, data acquisition, analysis, or interpretation.
2. Drafting or critically revising the manuscript.
3. Final approval of the submitted version and accountability for the work.

A corresponding author must be designated to manage communication with the journal.

Changes to Authorship

Changes to authorship after submission are strongly discouraged.

Before acceptance, any requested change must:

• Be justified by the corresponding author.
• Include written agreement from all authors.
• Be submitted using the official authorship change form.

Changes after acceptance will be considered only in exceptional cases and may require publication of a corrigendum.