Authorship policy

Number of authors

We prefer collaborations with a maximum of six authors, and only with a higher number when the complexity of the document justifies the collaboration of more participants. In this case, we will require proof with relevant documentation that the article is the product of a group research project.

Criteria to be considered an author

An author or co-author of an article is a researcher who has contributed substantially to the conception or design of the study; to the acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data for the manuscript; to the writing or critical revision of important intellectual content; and to the final approval of the version to be published.

Those who do not meet these criteria for authorship are considered contributors who may have performed technical editing, language editing, proofreading, or statistical analysis. REPIA encourages acknowledgement and mention of contributors in the Acknowledgements section.

REPIA categorically rejects honorary authorship (inclusion of authors in the publication of research, without meeting the author criteria) and ghost authorship (when an author mentioned in the summary of a conference or other similar event was excluded from the publication of a research).

Author contribution

REPIA adopts the CRediT Taxonomy (Contributor Roles Taxonomy), which distributes the participation roles in 14 typologies with which an author can be recognized in the publication. Authors must complete the authorship contribution in the REPIA submission template.

Changes in authorship

Once the work has been submitted, changes to the order or number of authors are not possible; therefore, all issues related to authorship must be resolved before submitting the manuscript for the first time. In accordance with COPE guidelines (http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines), the editorial team cannot assume responsibility for resolving any disputes regarding authorship. Any disagreements between authors must be resolved by the authors' institution(s).

Changes in author names

REPIA understands that authors may wish to change their names for many reasons. Following a name change request, the editorial team will require confirmation of the individual's identification. To avoid any problems this process may cause, REPIA wishes to work with researchers to enable them to provide identification on their own terms. Legal or official proof of a name change will be required.