Authorship and Contributorship

The Ulutas Medical Journal follows the ICMJE Recommendations on authorship and the COPE guidance on authorship and contributorship. Authorship gives credit and carries responsibility for the published work.

Who qualifies as an author

Every author must meet all four ICMJE criteria:

1. substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data;
2. drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content;
3. final approval of the version to be published; and
4. agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work, ensuring that questions about its accuracy or integrity are investigated and resolved.

Acquiring funding, collecting data or general supervision of a research group alone does not justify authorship. Contributors who do not meet all four criteria are listed in the Acknowledgements with their contribution. Generative AI tools cannot be authors.

Contributor roles (CRediT)

Each article includes an Author Contributions statement. We recommend the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) roles: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, and Writing – review & editing. Example: "A.B.: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft. C.D.: Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing."

Corresponding author

The corresponding author communicates with the journal on behalf of all authors, ensures that all authors have approved the submission and the final version, and that the declarations are complete and accurate.

Changes to the author list

Any addition, removal or reordering of authors after submission requires a written explanation and the signed agreement of all authors, including the author being added or removed, sent to the editorial office before acceptance. Changes after publication are made only through a published Correction. Disputes are handled according to the COPE flowcharts on authorship; the journal does not adjudicate authorship disputes but may refer them to the authors' institutions.

Ghost, guest and gift authorship

Ghost authorship (leaving out someone who meets the criteria), guest or gift authorship (listing someone who does not), and the sale of authorship are unacceptable and are treated as publication misconduct.

ORCID

All authors are asked to provide an ORCID iD, which is shown with their name on the article.