Authorship

Last Updated: April 2026
This policy is part of the Editorial Policies.

Authorship Criteria

ETFLIN adheres strictly to the standards set by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Authorship credit should be based on substantial contributions to the research and manuscript preparation.

To be recognized as an author, an individual must meet all of the following four criteria:

  1. Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work. 
  2. Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
  3. Final approval of the version to be published.
  4. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Note: Contributors who do not meet all four criteria should be acknowledged in the "Acknowledgments" section rather than listed as authors.

Role of the Corresponding Author

The corresponding author acts as the primary point of contact between the journal and all co-authors during the submission, peer review, and publication process.

Key responsibilities include:

  1. Ensuring that all listed authors meet the authorship criteria.
  2. Managing communication with the journal and responding to editorial queries in a timely manner.
  3. Providing accurate institutional affiliations and contact details for all contributors.
  4. Coordinating the disclosure of potential conflicts of interest on behalf of the authorship group.

Contributor Roles

To ensure transparency, ETFLIN encourages the use of the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy). This system allows authors to provide a detailed description of their individual contributions (e.g., Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Formal Analysis, etc.).

The senior author is responsible for ensuring that these roles are accurately assigned and that no individual who contributed significantly is omitted.

Group and Multicenter Authorship

For multicenter studies conducted by a large collective, the group may be listed as an author. However, a formal agreement must be established early in the research phase to define roles, credit distribution, and data sharing rights.

If the group name is listed as the author, the names of the individual members who satisfy the authorship criteria should be clearly identified in the manuscript, typically in a footnote or acknowledgment section.

Changes to Authorship

Authors are expected to consider the list and order of authors carefully before submitting their manuscript. Any addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted.

To request such a change, the corresponding author must provide: (a) the reason for the change and (b) written confirmation (e-mail or letter) from all authors that they agree with the addition, removal, or rearrangement. Please submit the following Authorship Change Request Form to the journal’s editorial email.Kirimkan Authorship Change Request Form berikut ke email editorial jurnal.

Download Authorship Change Request Form

Conflicts of Interest and Affiliations

Transparency is fundamental to the integrity of the published record. Authors must list their correct institutional affiliations where the research was conducted and disclose any financial or personal relationships that could influence their work.

Failure to disclose potential conflicts of interest or providing misleading affiliation information may lead to the rejection of the manuscript or a post-publication correction/retraction.