General Guidelines in Scientific Writing
- Academic Integrity
- Building an Argument
- Critical Reading
- Critical Writing
- Figures and Tables
- Paragraphs
- Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
- Peer-review
- Response to Reviewers’ Critiques
- Plagiarism
- Writing Tips and Tools
- Types or Styles of Writing
- How to evaluate online information resources
- Miscellaneous
Preparing Scholarly Work
Preparing for a Publication
Deciding on Authorship
Authorship is the credit given to individuals who have made a substantial intellectual contribution to scientific work. It is important that the authors of the scientific work must obey strict academic integrity and be held accountable for their part in the work. It is advised that all the authors are required to be clear of their contributing role in the research. Accepting authorship means that you are agreeing to take responsibility for the contents of the manuscript and to share the responsibility to resolve any queries raised about the accuracy or integrity of the work. Many journals ask the authors to state and describe their respective roles in the research while submitting the manuscript for publication.
We curated the following resources that would help you in deciding on authorship before submitting the manuscript for publication.
- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (2020). Defining the role of authors and contributors.
- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (2019), Recommendations for the conduct, reporting, editing, and publication of scholarly work in medical journals.
- CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) (2020). 14 Contributor Roles.
- Kamath, A. (2020). A seven-step authorship plan for scientific papers.
- Resnik, D. B., Tyler, A. M., Black, J. R., & Kissling, G. (2016). Authorship policies of scientific journals. Journal of Medical Ethics, 42, 3, pp. 199-202.
- Venkatraman, V. (2020). Conventions of Scientific Authorship. Sciencemag.org.