Authorship Criteria

Authorship provides credit for an author's contributions to a study and carries accountability. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, analysis and interpretation, as well as manuscript preparation and revision. Transparency about the contributions of authors is encouraged.

In order to qualify for authorship of the submitted manuscript, every of the listed authors should have made substantial intellectual contributions both to the research and to manuscript preparation. Especially regarding the latter, an author should be involved in activities related to the following categories:

  • substantial contribution to the conception, research, data acquisition and analysis/interpretation;
  • collaboration in the preparation/revision of the submitted manuscript;
  • participation in reaching the approval for the publishable manuscript version;
  • ensuring a proper explanation to possible questions that could be raised regarding accuracy and scientific integrity of the submitted manuscript.

Only one corresponding author per submission is allowed. Journal of Wound and Biomedical Research (JWBR) do not require all authors of a research paper to sign the letter of submission; however, the corresponding author is responsible for having ensured that any information regarding the submitted manuscript has reached all authors and for managing all communication between the journal and all co-authors, before and after publication. Submission to JWBR is taken by the mean that all the listed authors have agreed of all the contents, including the author list and author contribution statements.

Following information shall help you to identify the proper term used for each contribution, based on the Authors Contribution Form.

  • Research Conception/Design : conceptualization, funding acquisition, methodology planning, supervision
  • Data Acquisition : data curation, resources collection, investigation
  • Data Analysis : technical analysis, validation, software use
  • Result Interpretation : formal and statistical analysis
  • Manuscript Preparation : original draft preparation,
  • Figure and/or Table Design : visualization, presentation of data
  • Critical Revision of Manuscript : manuscript editing and reviewing

Please download the Authors Contribution Form[…], and fill the form according to suitable contribution that each author has been involved in. The Authors Contribution statement should be provided in the manuscript submission and shall appear after the acknowledgement section.