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Authorship Guidelines
Authorship has important academic, social, and financial implications. It confers credit and importantly, implies responsibility and accountability for published works.
The guidelines below ensure recognition of the work of contributors but also highlights the roles and responsibilities of those credited as authors.
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors recommends that authorship is based on the following 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.
Acknowledgements: Contributors who meet fewer than all 4 of the above criteria for authorship should not be listed as authors, but they should be acknowledged.
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Helpful External Sources
- Review the literature like a pro (courtesy of Johns Hopkins' Welch Medical Library)