Authorship
Authorship is something to consider as you begin to form your team. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommends that authorship be based on the following 4 criteria:
- Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
- Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND
- Final approval of the version to be published; AND
- Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Authorship Scale
Table 1. Authorship Scale: Determining individual contribution for authorship (minimal (1 point), some (3 points), significant (5 points), public responsibility (1 point))
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Author 1 |
Author 2 |
Author 3 |
Author 4 |
Author 5 |
Author 6 |
| Conception |
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| Experimental Design |
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Data Analysis/
Interpretation |
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| Drafting Article |
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| Revising/Reviewing Article |
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Public Responsibility
(score 1=yes and 0=no) |
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AI Tool Usage
Documentation |
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| Total |
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| Author Signature |
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Brooks, A., Forstein D. Authorship guidelines - Rocky Vista University; 2022 April 14.
Non-Qualifying Contributions
While the following activities alone do not qualify for authorship, they do warrant acknowledgment:
- Acquisition of funding
- General supervision of research group
- General administrative support
- Writing assistance without other contributions
- Technical editing
- Language editing
- Proofreading
- Data collection without analysis
- Providing resources without other involvement
- Administrative support
- AI tool usage without substantial human oversight and verification
