Authorship Policy

Authorship Policy

Last updated: April 13, 2026

RSYN PRESS follows the authorship criteria established by the ICMJE Recommendations and endorsed by COPE.

1. Authorship Criteria

Authorship should be based on the following four criteria (all must be met):

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.

Those who do not meet all four criteria should be acknowledged rather than listed as authors.

2. CRediT — Contributor Roles Taxonomy

We encourage authors to specify individual contributions using the NISO CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy), which defines 14 roles including Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Visualization, Supervision, Project administration, and Funding acquisition.

3. Corresponding Author

The corresponding author is responsible for all communication with the journal on behalf of all co-authors, from submission through post-publication correspondence. The corresponding author must ensure that all named authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and agree to its submission.

4. Changes to Authorship

Requests to add, remove, or reorder authors after submission require written confirmation from all listed authors and an explanation of the reason. Such changes follow the COPE flowchart on authorship changes. Changes after acceptance or publication will not normally be approved.

5. AI-Generated Content and Authorship

AI tools (such as large language models) cannot be listed as authors. Human authors bear full responsibility for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of submitted work. Significant use of AI writing assistance must be disclosed. See our AI Use Policy.

6. Ghost-writing and Gift Authorship

Ghost-writing (undisclosed professional writing assistance) and gift authorship (listing individuals who do not meet the authorship criteria) are forms of misconduct and will be treated as such under our Publication Ethics Policy.