Authorship and Contributorship

Authorship and Contributorship Policy

Journal of Public Health and Pharmacy

Journal of Public Health and Pharmacy (JPHP) requires authorship to accurately reflect substantial scholarly contribution, responsibility, and accountability for the submitted work. All listed authors must approve the manuscript, agree to its submission, and accept responsibility for their respective contributions and for the integrity of the work as a whole.

Authorship decisions must be made transparently and agreed upon before submission. The author list, author order, affiliations, corresponding-author designation, and contribution statement must accurately represent the individuals who performed and take responsibility for the work.

Core principle: Authorship must be based on genuine intellectual and scholarly contribution. Academic rank, professional status, institutional authority, funding, supervision, access to facilities, administrative responsibility, or personal relationships alone do not qualify a person for authorship.
Contribution
Substantial scholarly involvement
Approval
Approval of the submitted version
Accountability
Responsibility for accuracy and integrity
Transparency
Clear declaration of contributions

1. Authorship Criteria

A person listed as an author must satisfy all of the following conditions:

  1. Make a substantial contribution to the conception or design of the work, or to the acquisition, generation, analysis, or interpretation of data.
  2. Participate in drafting the manuscript or critically revising it for important intellectual content.
  3. Approve the final version submitted for publication and any substantial revisions made during editorial processing.
  4. Accept accountability for the accuracy, integrity, ethical conduct, and reliability of the work.

Each author should be able to identify the contributions of the other authors and should have confidence in the integrity of those contributions. Authors must cooperate with the journal in responding to questions regarding the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work.

Individuals who do not satisfy the full authorship criteria must not be listed as authors. They may be acknowledged when appropriate, provided that they agree to be identified.

2. Contributor Roles

Authors must provide a contribution statement using the Contributor Roles Taxonomy, known as CRediT. The declaration must identify each author's contribution clearly, accurately, and consistently with the work actually performed.

CRediT Role Description
Conceptualization Development of the research idea, aims, objectives, hypotheses, or overarching study design.
Methodology Development or design of research methods, models, interventions, protocols, or procedures.
Software Programming, software development, code implementation, algorithm design, or software testing.
Validation Verification of results, experiments, instruments, procedures, models, or analytical outputs.
Formal Analysis Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, qualitative, or other analytical techniques.
Investigation Conducting research, experiments, fieldwork, clinical procedures, laboratory work, or data collection.
Resources Provision of study materials, participants, laboratory resources, instruments, computing resources, or other research assets.
Data Curation Management, cleaning, annotation, documentation, validation, preservation, or sharing of research data.
Writing – Original Draft Preparation of the initial manuscript draft or substantial components of the manuscript.
Writing – Review and Editing Critical review, revision, intellectual improvement, and approval of manuscript content.
Visualization Preparation of figures, tables, diagrams, graphical displays, or other visual presentation of results.
Supervision Research oversight, intellectual guidance, mentorship, and leadership responsibility.
Project Administration Coordination, planning, and management of research activities and project implementation.
Funding Acquisition Obtaining financial support, grants, or institutional funding for the project.

One author may have several CRediT roles, and one role may be shared by several authors. However, funding acquisition, supervision, project administration, resources, technical assistance, or access to facilities alone does not automatically establish authorship eligibility.

3. Author Order

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

4. Corresponding Author

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

  • Ensuring that every listed author satisfies the authorship criteria.
  • Confirming that all authors approve the manuscript, author order, and submission.
  • Submitting accurate author names, affiliations, email addresses, countries, and ORCID iDs.
  • Ensuring consistency between the Title Page, manuscript files, and OJS metadata.
  • Communicating editorial decisions, reviewer comments, revisions, proofs, and post-publication matters to all authors.
  • Obtaining approval from all authors for revised and final versions.
  • Disclosing funding, conflicts of interest, ethical approvals, registrations, related manuscripts, and relevant prior publications.
  • Ensuring that data, references, figures, declarations, and supporting documents are accurate and complete.
  • Responding promptly to editorial, production, and post-publication correspondence.
  • Maintaining reliable contact information throughout editorial processing and after publication.

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

5. Prohibited Authorship Practices

Practice Description
Guest or Gift Authorship Listing an individual who did not make a qualifying scholarly contribution.
Honorary Authorship Including a person because of seniority, rank, institutional authority, reputation, or professional status.
Ghost Authorship Excluding a person who made a substantial qualifying contribution or failing to disclose professional writing involvement.
Purchased Authorship Buying, selling, offering, or transferring authorship in exchange for payment or another benefit.
Coercive Authorship Using authority, influence, dependency, or institutional position to obtain authorship without sufficient contribution.
Unauthorized Authorship Adding a person without their knowledge, approval, or agreement to the submitted work.
Misrepresented Contribution Providing a false, exaggerated, incomplete, or misleading description of an author's contribution.
Authorship Brokering Arranging authorship positions through commercial, institutional, or informal transactions unrelated to genuine contribution.

6. Acknowledgments and Non-Author Contributors

Individuals who contributed to the work but do not meet the authorship criteria may be acknowledged. Examples include:

  • Administrative or logistical support
  • Language editing or translation
  • Statistical or technical assistance
  • Data entry or transcription
  • General supervision that does not meet authorship criteria
  • Provision of equipment, facilities, or routine services
  • Professional medical or scientific writing support
  • Community, patient, or stakeholder advisory participation

Authors must obtain permission from named individuals before including them in the acknowledgments. The nature of the contribution should be described when necessary to maintain transparency.

7. Changes in Authorship

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

The request must include:

  • Manuscript title and manuscript ID
  • A clear and detailed explanation for the requested change
  • The existing and proposed author lists
  • The proposed revised author order
  • An updated CRediT contribution statement
  • Confirmation that all listed authors continue to satisfy the authorship criteria
  • Written approval from all existing, added, removed, and affected authors
  • Institutional clarification or supporting documentation when requested

Editorial processing may be suspended while the request is reviewed. The journal may decline incomplete, unsupported, contradictory, or potentially manipulative requests and may refer unresolved matters to the relevant institutions.

8. Authorship Changes After Acceptance

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

9. Authorship Changes After Publication

A valid authorship change after publication will normally require a formal correction notice linked to the original article. Serious or disputed authorship concerns may lead to an institutional investigation and may result in a correction, expression of concern, retraction, or another editorial action under the journal's Publication Ethics policy.

10. Authorship Disputes

JPHP may review documentation relating to authorship, contributions, approvals, and manuscript history. However, the journal is not responsible for determining the legal, contractual, employment, 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, funding body, or another competent authority. The journal may act on the outcome of an institutional investigation.

11. Deceased or Incapacitated Authors

A deceased or incapacitated contributor may remain listed as an author when the individual satisfied the authorship criteria before death or incapacity. The corresponding author must inform the Editorial Office, obtain agreement from the remaining authors, and provide appropriate documentation when requested. The author contribution statement should accurately reflect the contributor's work.

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 the individuals who accept direct responsibility for the work, describe how group members contributed, and distinguish authors from non-author collaborators. Contributors indexed as authors must satisfy the journal's authorship criteria.

13. Changes in Affiliation

Author affiliations should represent the institutions at which the work was principally conducted. A current address may be added when an author has moved to another institution. Changes made solely to increase institutional visibility, satisfy administrative requirements, or misrepresent where the research was performed are not permitted.

14. Artificial Intelligence and Authorship

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

Authors remain fully responsible for all AI-assisted content, including its accuracy, originality, references, interpretation, confidentiality, and compliance with ethical requirements. Relevant use must be disclosed in accordance with the JPHP AI Usage Policy.

View AI Usage Policy

15. Author Identification and ORCID

Authors must provide accurate names, affiliations, countries, and email addresses. Authors are encouraged to provide a valid ORCID iD using the complete URL format.

  • Each ORCID iD must belong to the author with whom it is associated.
  • Authors must not submit an ORCID iD belonging to another person.
  • Names should be entered consistently across the Title Page, OJS metadata, and prior scholarly records.
  • Changes to names or affiliations during editorial processing must be communicated promptly.
  • False identity, fabricated affiliations, or misleading author profiles may be treated as research-integrity concerns.

16. Responsibility for Data, Analysis, and Research Materials

Authors must collectively ensure that the data, analyses, figures, tables, references, research materials, and declarations supporting the manuscript are accurate, appropriately documented, and available for editorial or institutional review when required.

At least one or more authors should take responsibility for the integrity of the underlying data and analytical process. For collaborative or multidisciplinary research, the contribution statement should identify who is responsible for data management, statistical analysis, laboratory procedures, clinical interpretation, software, and other specialized components.

17. Suspected Authorship Misconduct

When authorship manipulation, misrepresentation, identity concerns, or undisclosed contributors are suspected, the journal may:

  • Request contribution records, correspondence, approvals, research documentation, or supporting evidence.
  • Verify author identities, affiliations, institutional positions, and ORCID iDs.
  • Temporarily suspend editorial or production processing.
  • Contact all listed, removed, proposed, or affected authors.
  • Request clarification from institutional officials or research-integrity offices.
  • Reject or withdraw the manuscript from consideration.
  • Reconsider acceptance when concerns emerge before publication.
  • Issue a correction, expression of concern, or retraction after publication.
  • Inform relevant institutions, funders, regulators, or other journals when justified.
  • Apply other proportionate measures under the Publication Ethics policy.
Authorship declarations, contribution statements, change requests, or disputes should be sent to:
jpublichealpharm@unismuhpalu.ac.id
All listed authors must make genuine scholarly contributions, approve the manuscript, and accept accountability for the accuracy, integrity, and ethical conduct of the published work.
False, purchased, coercive, honorary, unauthorized, or otherwise manipulated authorship may result in manuscript rejection, publication correction, retraction, and referral to the relevant institution.