Authorship Policy

Authorship criteria

Authorship credit should be based on a justifiable scientific contribution of the submitted work starting with the problematic definition, structure and design, as well as setting the research methodology, discussions and findings. An author should also have a clear research or scientific contribution in the drafting, review and approval of the final version. Accordingly, substantial contribution in research is of utmost importance. Performing a technical minor paid or unpaid service such as translation, copyediting does not qualify for listing a contributor. This could however be recognized in the designated acknowledgment section.

The final or revised version of research papers submitted for publishing by two or more authors must obtain the approval of all participating authors in the research.

The primary corresponding author should ensure that all authors meet the above-mentioned conditions in line with the authorship standards.
Acknowledgements and disclosures

Contributors who do not qualify for authorship shall be listed/thanked in the acknowledgement section, the first margin of the published article.

All sources of financial support through grants or other means should be mentioned with the exact spelling of grant funding agency or affiliation name, grant number and abbreviations, date and country.

Authors whose papers are extracted from a masters or PhD thesis should cite, in the first footnote of the submitted article, that their research is originally a masters or PhD thesis by mentioning: the student’s name, thesis title, acquired degree, granting university/institution, date, and online link to the OA access to the original thesis (if any).

Authors submitting a translation of an article should get the written rights permission from the original publisher/Journal/CP and author of the translated article, and should thank and cite the original publisher in the first footnote appropriately in the translated version.
Institutional ethical approvals and individual participants’ consent (in empirical research) should be confirmed and declared in the submitted and published research paper.
Order and eligibility of authorship

The authors themselves should decide on the order in which their names are listed in the article, taking into consideration the exerted efforts and contribution in the paper. Early communication and written agreement on this matter is key in maintaining a healthy and transparent research environment among authors. A final review on this matter by all authors before submission to the ANDD PS is important.
Changes to authorship

All participating authors must agree on the contributing names and order as initially submitted to the ANDD PS through the final article version and “Author Declaration Form”. Any changes on authorship or contribution order during the editorial stages must be requested by the primary corresponding author in writing by email to the ANDD PS editor/s, and must include: a) the reason the name should be added or removed, or the author names rearranged and b) signed updated, “Author Declaration Form” by all participating authors. No authorship change is allowed after publication of manuscript unless for non-avoidable reasons, such as if requested by the authors’ affiliation for a reason.
Conflict of interesets

Since the ANDD PS editors are committed to publish unbiased research, authors should ensure and confirm that there are no conflict of interests that could compromise, conflict or influence the validity of data, analysis, interpretations and conclusions of the research paper.
Research intergrity

Authors should ensure that they have written and submitted non-plagiarized and original work only. Plagiarism takes many forms, from “passing off” another’s paper as the author’s own, to copying or paraphrasing substantial parts of another’s paper (without attribution), to claiming results from research conducted by others. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable and penalized.

If any part of the research content has been published previously in any form, the author should notify the ANDD PS editor/s. The latter reserves the right to accept or reject the manuscript. The author guarantees that permissions have been obtained, and any required fee has been paid.

In its turn, the ANDD PS editorial team checks on any suspicious and considerable similarities (above 15%) and verifies the originality of the submission on iThenticate and other research platforms.
Handling unethical publishing

Multiple, or Concurrent Publications

An author should not publish the same research in more than one outlet. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one publishing mean concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable to the ANDD PS or to QU Press that will follow COPE standards to perform required corrections or retractions.

Author’s declaration for a fundamental error in a published work

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the ANDD PS editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Publisher’s initiation to a correction or retraction:

If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party or discovers by its own means that a published work contains a significant error or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication or plagiarism, the ANDD PS and QU Press will follow the Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE) standards and procedures to promptly publish a correction or, in the most severe cases, to retract the work in question.
Article withdrawal procedure

The ANDD PS editors expect authors to comply with the best practices in publication ethics and considers authors as partners in the publishing process. Authors are expected to value the time resources and efforts exerted by ANDD PS editors in reviewing and managing the submission.

Withdrawal:

The withdrawal of a submission will be permitted only for the most compelling and unavoidable reasons. If the author(s) request(s) the withdrawal of their manuscript, a valid justification should be provided in written through the filling and submission of the “Article Withdrawal Letter” signed by all authors to the ANDD PS editors.

Author(s) must not assume that their manuscript has been withdrawn until they receive a written notification to this effect stating the withdrawal penalty, based on case-by-case basis, to cover the incurred costs and efforts.

If the authors do not reply to communications from the editorial office, even after multiple reminders, at any stage of the publication process; The ANDD PS editors hold all rights to disclose the conduct of the author/s and content of the manuscript, and cannot be held responsible for the consequences arising from it.