Overview
All individuals listed as authors must satisfy the journal's criteria for authorship. Everyone who meets these criteria must be listed, and the contributions of all authors must be reported.
The journal expects all authors to accept public responsibility for the content of the submitted manuscript.
All authors should be entered in the submission form before peer review. If authorship changes during peer review or revisions, the submission form should be updated at the earliest available opportunity, and authors must satisfy the requirements described here.
All authors will be contacted by email to confirm that they are aware of and approve the submission of the manuscript, its content, and its authorship.
Authorship issues identified after publication may result in a correction, Expression of Concern, or retraction.
Authorship Requirements
All authors are expected to have made substantial contributions to the submitted work and to be accountable for the work both before and after publication.
The journal follows the authorship guidance discussed in McNutt et al. (2018). Authors must satisfy all of the following requirements:
- Substantial contributions to one or more of the following: conception or design of the work; acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data; creation of new software used in the work; drafting or substantially revising the article.
- Approved the submitted version (and any substantially modified version that involves the author's contribution to the study).
- Agreed to be personally accountable for the author's own contributions AND to ensure that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated, resolved, and the resolution documented in the literature.
Group Authorship
For all journals, authors should follow the ICMJE guidelines on group authorship. Where authorship criteria are referenced in the ICMJE guidelines, authors should apply the criteria stated in the Authorship Requirements section above.
Some large multi-author groups designate authorship by a group name, with or without the names of individuals. When submitting a manuscript authored by a group, the corresponding author should specify the group name if one exists, and clearly identify the group members who can take credit and responsibility for the work as authors.
An individual contributor must be designated as corresponding author even if the submission lists a consortium or group author name in the byline.
See the Submission Guidelines for further information.
Contributor Roles
The contributions of all authors must be described. The journal has adopted the CRediT Taxonomy to describe each author's individual contributions to the work. The submitting author is responsible for providing the contributions of all authors at submission.
| Contributor Role | Role Definition |
|---|---|
| Conceptualization | Ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims. |
| Data Curation | Management activities to annotate, scrub, and maintain research data for initial use and later reuse. |
| Formal Analysis | Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize study data. |
| Funding Acquisition | Acquisition of the financial support for the project leading to this publication. |
| Investigation | Conducting a research and investigation process, specifically performing the experiments, or data/evidence collection. |
| Methodology | Development or design of methodology; creation of models. |
| Project Administration | Management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and execution. |
| Resources | Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, or other analysis tools. |
| Software | Programming, software development, designing computer programs, implementation of the computer code and supporting algorithms, testing of existing code components. |
| Supervision | Oversight and leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution, including mentorship external to the core team. |
| Validation | Verification of the overall replication/reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outputs. |
| Visualization | Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically visualization/data presentation. |
| Writing – Original Draft Preparation | Creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically writing the initial draft (including substantive translation). |
| Writing – Review & Editing | Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work by those from the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary or revision. |
Acknowledgements
Contributors who do not satisfy the criteria for authorship should be mentioned in the Acknowledgements section. It is a requirement that those being acknowledged have given their permission to be named.
Corresponding Author Responsibilities
The corresponding author takes responsibility for and acts on behalf of all authors.
Before publication, the corresponding author must:
- Ensure that the manuscript fully complies with all journal editorial and publishing policies.
- Ensure that all authors have access to the final version of the manuscript that is submitted to the journal, and agree to the author list and author contributions.
- Ensure that all authors have seen the final draft of the manuscript before it is published.
- Provide the journal with written confirmation that all authors consent to any requested changes in the manuscript's authorship.
After publication, the corresponding author must:
- Continue to serve as the primary point of contact for queries about the published paper.
- Inform all co-authors of any matters arising and ensure such matters are handled promptly.
Professional Medical Writers
The involvement of any professional medical writer in the publication process must be declared. The European Medical Writers' Association Guidelines contain additional information about the role of medical writers.
Authorship Changes
The journal follows the COPE guidelines for changes in authorship.
Any modification to the author list after submission — including additions, deletions, and changes in ordering — requires agreement from all authors. Requests must come from the corresponding author, who will be asked to complete an Authorship Change Form and provide details of how any added authors contributed to the work.
The journal does not generally consider requests to add or remove authors between editorial acceptance and publication. If there are special circumstances requiring a post-accept authorship change, please contact the journal office.
In the case of an authorship dispute, the journal will not arbitrate. If the authors are unable to resolve the dispute themselves, the matter will be referred to the authors' institution(s) in accordance with COPE guidelines.
Authorship changes after publication are addressed via Corrections, except in rare circumstances.
Author bylines will be updated via silent republication to reflect name changes of transgender or non-binary authors.
Author Identification (ORCID)
The journal endorses ORCID and requires that all corresponding authors provide an ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript. Co-authors are also encouraged to register and use their ORCID iD.
The corresponding author's ORCID iD, as well as any ORCIDs provided by co-authors, will be published if the manuscript is accepted.
Editor and Reviewer Requirements
Editors should be mindful of the author list and author affiliations when inviting reviewers to assess a manuscript, in order to reduce the likelihood of inviting individuals with potentially competing interests.
Editors and reviewers should contact the journal with any concerns about the author list or if they identify any potentially competing interests that should be declared.
Contact
Authors with questions about authorship requirements, changes, or disputes are welcome to contact the Editorial Office.
Editorial Office — SAFE Journal of One Health
Published by The SAFE Society Publishing
Email: editor@thesafesociety.com
Website: https://journal.thesafesociety.com