Authorship Criteria

Authorship: The following recommendations are based upon standards set by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) in the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (2010). Please see http ://www .icmje .org / or http://www.icmje.org/urm_full.pdf for more information.

Authorship Criteria: An “author” is generally considered to be someone who made substantive intellectual contributions to a published study. All authors must:

Make substantial contributions to the conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data
Draft the article or revise it critically for important intellectual content.
Approval the final version to be published.

All authors must meet conditions 1, 2, and 3 in order to qualify for authorship, and all those who qualify must be listed in the manuscript. The level of participation in these criteria generally determines authorship order. Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group alone does not constitute authorship.

Author Responsibilities: All authors have a responsibility to ensure the following:

An author’s participation in the work should be sufficient to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content.
An author must be able to identify which co-author is responsible for each component.
An author should be confident in the integrity of the work.
An author must disclose any potential or real conflicts of interest.
An author must ensure that all other contributors are acknowledged.

Corresponding Author: In every round of edits, the corresponding author is responsible for verification of references, accuracy of statistical information as well as for checking the manuscript for grammar, spelling, syntax, language use, and adherence to CPHCM manuscript format guidelines and AMA Manual of Style format and style requirements.

Other Contributors: All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in the acknowledgements. Examples from the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (ICMJE, 2010) of those who might be acknowledged include anyone who provided purely technical help, writing assistance, or a department chairperson who provided only general support. If the authors received such assistance, they should disclose the identity of those individuals and the organization that supported their contributions. Written permission from those acknowledged should be obtained. Financial and material support should also be acknowledged.