Authorship and Contributorship Policy

Media Publikasi Promosi Kesehatan Indonesia

Media Publikasi Promosi Kesehatan Indonesia (MPPKI) requires authorship to accurately reflect substantial scholarly contribution, responsibility, and accountability for the submitted work. All authors must approve the manuscript, agree to its submission, and accept responsibility for their respective contributions.

1. Authorship Criteria

A listed author should satisfy all of the following conditions:

1. Make a substantial contribution to the conception, design, data acquisition, analysis, interpretation, or another essential scholarly component of the work.
2. Participate in drafting the manuscript or critically revising it for important intellectual content.
3. Approve the final version submitted for publication.
4. Accept accountability for the accuracy, integrity, and ethical conduct of the work.

Individuals who do not satisfy the full authorship criteria should not be listed as authors, but may be acknowledged when appropriate and with their permission.

2. Contributor Roles

Authors must provide a contribution statement using the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT), as applicable. The declaration should identify each author’s contribution clearly and accurately.

Funding acquisition, supervision, project administration, or technical assistance alone does not automatically establish authorship eligibility.

3. Author Order

The order of authors must be agreed upon by all authors before submission. MPPKI does not determine author order and will not resolve disputes based solely on claims of seniority, academic rank, institutional position, or funding contribution. Authors are responsible for ensuring that the order accurately reflects their agreed scholarly contributions.

4. Corresponding Author

The corresponding author acts as the primary contact between the journal and all co-authors. The corresponding author is responsible for:

• Ensuring that every listed author meets the authorship criteria
• Confirming that all authors approve the manuscript and author order
• Submitting accurate author names, affiliations, email addresses, and ORCID identifiers
• Communicating editorial decisions, reviewer comments, revisions, and proofs to all authors
• Obtaining approval from all authors for revised and final versions
• Disclosing funding, conflicts of interest, ethical approvals, and relevant related publications
• Responding promptly to editorial and post-publication correspondence

The corresponding author’s administrative role does not provide authority to add, remove, or reorder authors without their documented agreement.

5. Prohibited Authorship Practices

6. Acknowledgments

Individuals who contributed to the work but do not meet the authorship criteria may be acknowledged. Examples include administrative support, language editing, technical assistance, data entry, general supervision, or access to facilities. Authors must obtain permission from named individuals before including them in the acknowledgments.

7. Changes in Authorship

Requests to add, remove, replace, or reorder authors after submission must be exceptional, fully justified, and submitted before publication.

The request must include:

• Manuscript title and manuscript ID
• A clear explanation for the requested change
• The proposed revised author list and order
• An updated CRediT contribution statement
• Written approval from all existing, added, and removed authors

Editorial processing may be suspended while the request is reviewed. The journal may reject incomplete or unsupported requests and may refer unresolved disputes to the authors’ institutions.

8. Authorship Changes After Acceptance

Authorship changes after acceptance are strongly discouraged and will be considered only when supported by a compelling explanation and written agreement from all affected authors. Acceptance may be reconsidered when the request indicates authorship manipulation, undisclosed disputes, or inaccurate contribution declarations.

9. Authorship Changes After Publication

A valid authorship correction after publication will normally require a formal correction notice linked to the original article. Serious or disputed authorship concerns may be investigated under the Publication Ethics and post-publication policies.

10. Authorship Disputes

MPPKI may review documentation related to authorship, but the journal is not responsible for determining the legal or institutional ownership of contributions.

When authors cannot reach agreement, the journal may suspend editorial processing and request resolution by the relevant institution, research-integrity office, ethics committee, or another competent authority.

11. Deceased or Incapacitated Authors

A deceased or incapacitated contributor may remain listed as an author when the individual met the authorship criteria before death or incapacity. The corresponding author must inform the Editorial Office, obtain appropriate agreement from the remaining authors, and provide relevant documentation when requested.

12. Group or Consortium Authorship

Group or consortium authorship may be accepted when the collective name and individual contributors are presented transparently. The manuscript must identify which individuals accept direct responsibility for the work and how the group members contributed.

13. Artificial Intelligence and Authorship

Artificial intelligence systems, language models, chatbots, and automated tools must not be listed as authors because they cannot approve a manuscript, accept accountability, disclose conflicts of interest, or assume responsibility for the integrity of the work.

Authors remain fully responsible for all AI-assisted content and must disclose relevant use in accordance with the journal’s AI Usage Policy.

View AI Usage Policy

14. Suspected Authorship Misconduct

When authorship manipulation or misrepresentation is suspected, the journal may:

• Request contribution records, correspondence, approvals, or supporting documentation
• Temporarily suspend editorial processing
• Contact all listed or affected authors
• Refer the matter to the relevant institution or research-integrity office
• Reject the manuscript
• Issue a correction, expression of concern, or retraction after publication
• Apply other proportionate measures under the Publication Ethics policy