Authorship Policy
IJAREST follows the authorship criteria established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), adapted for engineering and technology disciplines. Authorship carries significant academic, professional, and legal implications; therefore, it must be assigned responsibly and transparently.
To qualify as an author, an individual must satisfy ALL of the following criteria:
Contributors who do not meet all four authorship criteria should not be listed as authors. Their contributions should be acknowledged in the Acknowledgements section. Examples include:
- Technical writing or language editing assistance
- Data collection without conceptual contribution
- Laboratory assistance or equipment provision
- Funding acquisition only (without intellectual contribution)
- General supervision of a research group
Any changes to the author list (addition, removal, or reordering of authors) after manuscript submission require the written consent of all co-authors and must be requested by emailing the editor at editor@ijarest.org. Changes to authorship after publication are generally not permitted except to correct a genuine error, which will be handled through a published correction/erratum.
