All individuals listed as authors in manuscripts submitted to Novel Forensic
Research (NOFOR) must meet the authorship criteria recommended by the International
Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
According to the ICMJE recommendations, authorship must be based on all four
of the following criteria:
1. Substantial
contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition,
analysis, or interpretation of data for the work.
2. Drafting
the manuscript or critically reviewing it for important intellectual content.
3. Final
approval of the version to be published.
4. Agreement
to be accountable for all aspects of the work, ensuring that questions related
to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately
investigated and resolved.
All authors must meet all four criteria and should be able to identify the
contributions of their co-authors. Authors are expected to have confidence in
the integrity of the work performed by their co-authors.
Author Contributions
Authors may use the CRediT (Contributor
Roles Taxonomy) to describe their individual contributions during
manuscript submission.
The corresponding author must ensure that all authors agree with the
contribution statement. The individual contributions of all authors must be
accurately reported and will be published with the final article.
Individuals who do not meet all four ICMJE authorship criteria must not be
listed as authors. Their contributions may be acknowledged in the
Acknowledgments section, provided that appropriate permission has been
obtained.
If ghost, honorary, or gift authorship is suspected, the editorial
evaluation may be suspended while the matter is examined in accordance with the
relevant COPE guidance on
authorship and contributorship.
Corresponding Author
Each manuscript must have one designated corresponding author who is
responsible for communication with the Editorial Office throughout submission,
peer review, publication, and post-publication correspondence.
The corresponding author must ensure that all authors approve the submitted
and final versions of the manuscript, agree to its submission and publication,
and provide the required authorship declarations and supporting documents.
Authorship Changes and Disputes
Authors must ensure that the author list, corresponding author, and order of
authors are correct at the time of initial submission.
Requests to add, remove, or rearrange authors after submission are generally
not permitted and will be considered only in exceptional circumstances at the
discretion of the Editor-in-Chief.
Any request for an authorship change must include a detailed justification
and written agreement from all authors, including any author being added or
removed.
Changes in authorship, including changes to the corresponding author or
author order, are not permitted after manuscript acceptance as a routine
editorial procedure. Any exceptional request made after acceptance or
publication will be evaluated in accordance with applicable ICMJE
recommendations and COPE
guidance, and may require a formal correction.
Authorship disputes will be handled in accordance with COPE recommendations.
The journal does not adjudicate authorship disputes and may require the authors
or their affiliated institutions to resolve the disagreement before the
editorial or publication process continues.
Artificial Intelligence and Authorship
Artificial intelligence tools, including generative AI and large language
models, cannot be listed as authors or co-authors because they cannot assume
responsibility for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of scientific work.
Authors must disclose the use of AI-assisted technologies in accordance with
the journal's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy and the relevant ICMJE
recommendations.
Human authors remain fully responsible for all submitted content.