Authorship policies
OA-Gateway authorship policy ensures that all intellectual contributors are appropriately credited for their involvement in the work, as well as ensuring authors and contributors take responsibility for the final published material.
We ask that individuals contributing to academic work are clearly defined as either named authors (published in the byline and details specified in the contributions statement) or contributors (credited for their contribution in the acknowledgments section).
Only individuals who have made a substantial contribution to the research and writing of the manuscript may be listed as authors. Any arrangement involving payment or compensation in exchange for authorship, without such contribution, is considered unethical and is prohibited.
Author affiliations
Authors must list the institution at the time that the research was conducted as their primary affiliation. Further affiliations can be listed subsequently in the submission system.
Qualifying for named authorship
OA-Gateway follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines which state that, in order to qualify for authorship of a manuscript, the following criteria should be observed.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work
Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content
Provide approval for publication of the content
Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved
Contributors who do not meet these criteria but nonetheless provided important contributions to the final manuscript should be included in the acknowledgment section. It is the author's responsibility to get written approval from the persons named in the acknowledgment section.
Publication ethics policies
The following policies ensure that OA-Gateway high standards of publication ethics is maintained. They discuss established best practices in publishing and definitions of scientific, academic or publishing misconduct. We advise that you review the policies below to ensure your submission meets the necessary requirements to ensure the integrity of submissions to OA-Gateway.
Where evidence of misconduct is found, we reserve the right to take action that may include rejection, retraction, and/or further follow-up with the institution.