There is no universal, generally accepted definition of authorship. As a minimum the author should be responsible for a certain part of the study. The honor of the authorship of scientific work should be commensurate with the intellectual contribution to the formulation of the concept and the form of presentation of results, to data analysis and writing work, but not necessarily to be related to data collection and other routine work. If there are no decisions that can reasonably be attributed to the performance of a particular person, then this person should not be honored to be the author of this work. All authors must assume the community responsibility for the content of their work. The interdisciplinary nature of most studies can make this difficult, but the problem can be resolved by taking into account the individual contributions of participants. The authors are responsible for meeting the following requirements:
3.1. To be honest when collecting and interpreting scientific data. Editors, reviewers, readers and persons who decide on the publication of this article have the right to believe that the submitted (and published) manuscript does not contain any unscrupulous and/or knowingly false statements, as well as any fictitious data, borrowed materials, erroneous references, false statements about priorities and that there is no “hidden” multiple publication of the same data and incorrect attribution of authorship. Authors should not violate any copyright of others. At the same time, the authors must:
3.2. Briefly and accurately describe their research and fairly objectively discuss their significance.
3.3. Properly recognize previously published works relating to the subject of the submitted manuscript, indicating references correctly and citing them adequately. All relevant publications should be listed, and if other published sources are used, then authorizations must be obtained from authors in accordance with copyright laws.
3.4. (A) Avoid unnecessary fragmentation of their work and presentation in the form of several manuscripts. Editors have the right to reject the submitted articles on the basis of such unnecessary fragmentation. In particular, some section of the work should not split into several parts for publication in the form of short messages. (B) Do not participate in multiple publications when two or more articles are published without accurate references to each other and at the same time repeat the same hypotheses and data, the same points of discussion or conclusions. The previous publication of abstracts or preprints in the materials of scientific meetings does not preclude the subsequent submission of scientific materials for publication. However, precise data should be given on the time (date) of the presentation in this case.
3.5. Publish several works relating to the same subject in the same journal or in a few magazines if it is possible in order to provide maximum convenience to the readers.
3.6. Inform the editors of the his manuscripts with similar topics about the publication by the same authors in any journal or about submitting their manuscript under consideration in another journal. Copies of manuscripts on a close subject may be requested from the authors, as well as information on the current state of these manuscripts.
3.7. Ensure that the manuscript is submitted for publication in only one journal. It is inadmissible to submit the same manuscript (or manuscripts describing essentially the same materials) simultaneously to more than one journal. It is also unacceptable that the author submits the manuscript to one journal, and his co-author simultaneously sends another article of the same content to another journal. For publication may be submitted manuscript whish includs a full description of previously published works, but in this case the author is obliged to inform the editor about the articles published earlier.
3.8. To trace, that there is no personal criticism of other scientists in the presented manuscript. However, criticism of the works of other scientists can be considered as justified. A scientific article should not contain any slanderous, disgraceful or any other similar material.
3.9. The author should reflect the contribution of all employees who participated in the work. Participants who have made a significant contribution to the implementation of this study should be co-authors. The author indicated in the manuscript as the person to be contacted should certify that all persons named as co-authors agree to submit the manuscript for publication. Also author assumes responsibility for the fact that the manuscript lists all co-authors (and only co-authors) of this work. The same author signs documents relating to copyright on behalf of all authors of this work.
3.10. To indicate in the manuscript all sources of funding for this work, and also to declare possible conflicts of interest.
3.11. Clear and specific indicate in the manuscript all the unusual dangers associated with chemicals or with equipment that are used in carrying out the experiments described in the article.
3.12. If the published study included animal or live experiments, then it is necessary to include in the section of the manuscript “Experimental methods” an indication that all the experiments were carried out in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to this matter in force in this scientific institution, as well as an indication that the relevant committee(s) of the scientific institution approved the conduct of these experiments. It is also necessary to include a special indication that all the experiments described on live subjects were given the appropriate permission and consent of the subjects. Referees may be asked by experts to comment in their reviews all such circumstances.
3.13. Do not offer reviewers who currently work together with the author of the submitted manuscript, in order to avoid biased positive assessments.
