Authorship Criteria
Authorship confers credit and has important academic and social implications. Authorship also implies responsibility and accountability for published work. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author ensures that all contributing co-authors and no uninvolved persons are included in the author list. The corresponding author will also verify that all co-authors have approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
All authors must be aware of authorship criteria, that allow for transparency around who contributed to the manuscript and in what capacity and should be in place for requirements for authorship and contributorship as well as processes for managing potential disputes. Contributors who meet fewer than all the following criteria for authorship should not be listed as authors, but they should be acknowledged as Non-Author Contributors. Because acknowledgment may imply endorsement by acknowledged individuals of a study’s data and conclusions. Asian Business Review has established following 4 criteria that each author of a paper should meet:
- All authors have significantly contributed to the research. Significant involvement in study conception/design, data collection, or data analysis/interpretation;
- Involvement in drafting or revising manuscript, all authors are obliged to provide retraction or corrections of mistakes, in case of detection.
- Approval of final version of manuscript for publication, list of references and information on financial support (if any) should be provided by authors.
- Responsibility for accuracy and integrity of all aspects of research and should not be published same research in more than one journal.
