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Authors' Contributions
Required Contribution Categories
When submitting your contribution details or signing the contributor's / copyright release form, author roles are typically categorized into specific tasks:
- Concept and Design of the Study
- Acquisition of Data
- Analysis and Interpretation of Data
- Definition of Intellectual Content
- Literature Search
- Clinical or Experimental Studies
- Statistical Analysis
- Drafting the Article
- Critically Revising for Important Intellectual Content
- Manuscript Preparation, Editing, and Review
Authorship Criteria
Authorship credit should be based on:
- Substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data.
- Drafting the article or critically reviewing it.
- Final approval of the version to be published (this also applies to a supervisor listed as author).
- Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
For details of authorship criteria, kindly also consult the ICMJE guidelines (www.icmje.org).
Authorship Proforma
The authorship proforma lists every author in order (1, 2, 3 onwards) with their name, contribution and signature.
Addition, deletion and change in sequence of authors' names is not permitted after submission with the authorship proforma duly signed.
Author's Certificate
All authors must sign. Please specify one author for correspondence. By signing the certificate, the author(s) confirm that:
- I/We agree to its peer review.
- Editorial changes may be made as necessary at the editor's discretion.
- I/We certify that it is a new manuscript. Subject matter of this paper has not been published, wholly or in part, nor has it been and neither will be submitted for publication elsewhere while it is under consideration of WMDCJ.
- I/We hereby transfer the ownership and copyright of this article to WMDCJ.
- I/We shall abide by the policy and regulations of WMDCJ.
- I/We shall intimate change of address promptly.
The certificate also asks for the PM&DC registration number, title and type of the article, the correspondence address and contact details, and the qualification, designation, department and institution of each author.
Download the form below, fill it in, have it signed by all authors and send it with your manuscript.