Authorship Criteria

To be eligible for authorship, every candidate must fulfill all four of the following requirements:

  1. Substantial Intellectual Contribution: Make significant contributions to the conceptualization or design of the research project, or to the collection, analysis, or interpretation of study data.

  2. Drafting and Critical Revision: Prepare the initial manuscript draft or critically revise it for critical intellectual content.

  3. Final Approval: Review and grant explicit consent to the final version of the manuscript prior to publication.

  4. Shared Accountability: Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the research, ensuring that any concerns regarding accuracy or scientific integrity are thoroughly investigated and resolved.

Every individual meeting all four criteria must be listed as an author. Furthermore, contributors who fulfill the first criterion must be granted the opportunity to participate in drafting or critically revising the manuscript and approving the final version.

Non-Author Contributions

Contributions that do not independently warrant authorship include, but are not limited to:

  • Securing or managing research grants and funding.

  • Providing high-level administrative oversight or general lab supervision.

  • Offering technical assistance, language translation, proofreading, or copyediting without direct intellectual input into the manuscript content.

Contributors who do not satisfy all four authorship requirements should be recognized in the Acknowledgments section, where their specific roles should be clearly stated.

Responsibilities of Authors

All listed authors share collective responsibility for the overall integrity and credibility of the published work. Each author should clearly understand their specific role, recognize the contributions of co-authors, and have confidence in the validity of the work conducted by team members.

The author group is jointly responsible for deciding who qualifies for authorship and determining the sequence of author names. Any request to add, remove, or reorder authors following manuscript submission must include a formal explanation along with written consent from all authors and the affected individual.

Role of the Corresponding Author

The designated corresponding author acts as the primary contact with Jurnal Asghar during the submission, peer review, and production processes. Their duties include ensuring full compliance with journal submission standards, verifying author metadata, and responding promptly to editorial inquiries.

Post-publication, the corresponding author must remain reachable to handle reader inquiries and provide underlying data or supplemental information upon reasonable request.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies

Authors must fully disclose any use of artificial intelligence (AI) or generative tools during manuscript preparation. This disclosure should specify the exact nature and scope of AI usage in the designated section of the paper. For instance, AI utilized for text polish or writing assistance should be noted in the Acknowledgments, whereas AI employed for data analysis, code generation, or figure creation should be detailed within the Methods section.

AI tools—including but not limited to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, NotebookLM, and Kimi—do not qualify for authorship or co-authorship. Generative models cannot accept responsibility for the originality, accuracy, or integrity of scholarly work. Human authors retain complete accountability for all submitted material, including any AI-assisted content. Authors are required to independently verify all AI outputs, ensure appropriate citation and attribution, and guarantee that the work is free from plagiarism in both text and figures.

Through these standards, Jurnal Asghar aims to maintain maximum transparency, research integrity, and clear accountability across all published manuscripts.