Authorship Criteria

1. Authorship

A person qualifies as an author only if they meet all of the following criteria:

  1. Substantial Contributions: Make substantial contributions to at least one of the following: the conception or design of the work; acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data; or creation of new software used in the work.
  2. Manuscript Preparation: Participate in drafting the manuscript or critically revising it for important intellectual content.
  3. Final Approval: Approve the final version of the manuscript to be submitted and any substantially revised version involving their contribution.
  4. Accountability: Agree to be personally accountable for their own contributions and to help ensure that any questions concerning the accuracy or integrity of the work, including aspects in which they were not personally involved, are appropriately investigated, resolved, and documented.

At least one author should act as a guarantor, affirming that the work as a whole is accurate, transparent, and reproducible to the extent possible.

2. Contributorship (CRediT Taxonomy)

Istifkar: Media Transformasi Pendidikan encourages authors to provide a CRediT contributor statement describing the specific contributions of each author. Relevant roles may include Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Formal Analysis, Investigation, Resources, Data Curation, Writing – Original Draft, Writing – Review & Editing, Visualization, Supervision, Project Administration, and Funding Acquisition.

Example: A.B.: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – Original Draft; C.D.: Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Visualization; E.F.: Supervision, Funding Acquisition, Writing – Review & Editing.

3. Who Does Not Qualify as an Author

The following contributions alone do not justify authorship and should instead be acknowledged where appropriate: general supervision, acquisition of funding, administrative support, data collection without substantial intellectual contribution, editing or formatting, language polishing or translation, and advice without significant intellectual input.

4. Corresponding Author Responsibilities

The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that:

  1. All contributors who meet the authorship criteria are listed and all authors have approved the submission.
  2. Contributor roles, funding information, data availability, research ethics and consent, competing interests, and, where applicable, disclosure of generative AI use are complete and accurate.
  3. The proofing process is coordinated after acceptance.
  4. Any relevant issues arising after publication are communicated to and addressed with the editorial team.

5. Equal Contribution and Group Authorship

Equal contributions may be indicated through a footnote, for example: “A.B. and C.D. contributed equally to this work.”

Group or consortium authorship may be permitted when appropriate. The group or consortium name may be listed as the author, accompanied by a roster of contributors and their respective CRediT roles in a note or supplementary material.

6. Generative AI and Professional Assistance

Generative AI tools cannot be listed as authors. Limited use of AI tools for language editing, proofreading, or formatting may be permitted when appropriately disclosed and verified by the authors.

Human authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, integrity, originality, and final content of the manuscript.

Professional writers, editors, translators, or other individuals who provide substantial assistance but do not meet the authorship criteria should be acknowledged, including disclosure of relevant funding or sources of support where applicable. Undisclosed ghostwriting is not permitted.

7. Changes to Authorship

Before acceptance, any addition, removal, or change in the order of authors requires a written request from the corresponding author, signed consent from all authors, including the author being added or removed, and a brief explanation of the reason for the change.

After acceptance or publication, requests for changes to authorship will be evaluated by the editor on a case-by-case basis. Approved changes after publication will be reflected through an appropriate correction notice when necessary.

8. Name, Affiliation, and ORCID

Authors should provide the institutional affiliation where the research was primarily conducted. Additional affiliations may be listed where relevant.

Authors are encouraged to provide their ORCID iD to ensure accurate identification and attribution of their scholarly work. Providing an ORCID iD is recommended but is not mandatory for submission or publication in Istifkar: Media Transformasi Pendidikan.