Authorship Criteria

Authorship Criteria

Zeniusi Journal (ZJ) stipulates that authorship is granted to individuals who have made an intellectual and substantive contribution to the planning, execution, analysis, and drafting of a research article. The designation of authors must reflect each individual's actual contribution and their responsibility for the content of the published article.

All individuals listed as authors must meet the authorship criteria established by the journal. Conversely, no individual who meets these authorship criteria may be omitted from the author list without a justifiable reason.

Authorship Criteria

A person can be listed as an article author on ZJ if they meet all of the following criteria:

  1. Substantive contribution to the research. Making a meaningful contribution to the conception or design of the research, the development of instruments or methods, the execution of the research, data collection, analysis, or the interpretation of research findings.
  2. Involvement in the preparation of the article. Participating in drafting the article or conducting a substantive review and revision of its intellectual content, including the methodology, results, discussion, and conclusions.
  3. Approval of the final manuscript. Reading, endorsing, and providing approval for the final version of the article to be submitted for publication.
  4. Responsibility and accountability. Accepting responsibility for one’s contributions to the article, helping to ensure the integrity and accuracy of its content, and cooperating in addressing any questions or issues concerning the accuracy, validity, or publication ethics of the work.

All four criteria must be met by every author. Individuals who have made substantive contributions during the initial stages of the research should be given the opportunity to participate in the drafting or revision of the article so that they may fully satisfy the authorship criteria.

Involvement solely in data collection or technical tasks does not automatically confer the right to authorship. Such contributions must be accompanied by the fulfillment of all authorship criteria as outlined above.

Author Order and Corresponding Author

The order of authors is determined by mutual agreement, based on the extent of each individual's scientific and intellectual contribution to the research and the drafting of the article. The determination of author order is not based solely on position, seniority, academic status, or institutional rank.

The first author is generally the individual who has made the primary contribution to the research and the drafting of the article, as agreed upon by the authors. The corresponding author is responsible for communicating with the editor and the journal management, ensuring the completeness of the submission documents, relaying information to all co-authors, and coordinating responses throughout the editorial process.

The corresponding author must ensure that all authors have approved the author order, the content of the manuscript, and the submission of the article to ZJ.

Author Contributions Statement

Every article submitted to ZJ must include a statement detailing the contributions of each author. This statement should accurately describe the contributions made during the research planning, execution, and analysis phases, as well as the drafting of the article.

Authors may use the roles defined by CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy), provided they align with the actual contributions made. Relevant roles include, for example, conceptualization, methodology, investigation, data curation, formal analysis, visualization, writing (original draft), writing (review and editing), and supervision.

Example of a contribution statement:

  • First author: research conceptualization, method development, conducting the research, analyzing results, and drafting the initial version of the article.
  • Second author: conducting the research, data collection and curation, interpreting results, and substantively revising the article.
  • Third author: research supervision, validation of results, critical review, and revision of the manuscript.
  • All authors: read and approved the final version of the article and are responsible for the integrity of their respective contributions.

This example is provided for illustrative purposes only. Authors must tailor the contribution statement to reflect the actual involvement of each individual.