Criteria for Authorship
RAME Publishers adheres to internationally recognized guidelines on authorship established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Authorship confers academic credit and conveys substantial accountability for the integrity of published work.
- Intellectual Involvement: Each author must contribute significantly to drafting the article or critically revising it for crucial intellectual content.
- Final Version Approval: All co-authors must review and give explicit approval of the final version of the manuscript submitted for peer review and publication.
- Shared Accountability: Each author agrees to be accountable for all aspects of the work, ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the paper are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Contributor Roles & Acknowledgments
Individuals who contributed to the study in practical capacities (such as providing laboratory space, general supervision, technical assistance, linguistic editing, or financial funding) but do not satisfy all criteria for authorship should not be listed as authors. Instead, their contributions must be recognized in the Acknowledgments section with their written consent.
Affiliations & Metadata Precision
To prevent post-publication disputes and ensure correct scientific indexing:
- Authors must clearly state their full names, complete departmental and institutional affiliations (including city and country), and institutional email addresses within the manuscript.
- Authors must confirm that the manuscript has not been published previously and is not under consideration elsewhere. Where portions overlap with published conference proceedings, proper attribution and citations must be provided.
- Any post-publication correction or addition to author names and affiliations requires formal editorial review and documentary proof from all listed contributors.
Editorial Independence & Governance
To uphold impartiality and eliminate conflicts of interest in peer review:
- Editorial Board members and Editors are completely recused from reviewing, managing, or deciding upon any manuscript in which they are listed as an author or co-author.
- RAME Publishers strongly discourages the submission of papers authored by the Editor-in-Chief to their own journal to ensure absolute objectivity in scholarly evaluation.