Authorship Criteria
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) provides criteria for authorship in medical and scientific publications. According to the ICMJE criteria, an individual should meet the following four conditions to be credited as an author:
- Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work.
- Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
- Final approval of the version to be published.
- Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work, ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
