Authorship Criteria

Jurnal Sosial Humaniora (JSH) is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published by CV. Surya Buana through its scholarly publishing platform, Surya Buana Consulting.

JSH is committed to ensuring that authorship accurately reflects genuine intellectual contributions, establishes appropriate academic credit, and promotes responsibility, transparency, and accountability in scholarly publishing.

This policy establishes criteria for authorship eligibility, declaration of individual contributions, responsibilities of corresponding authors, procedures for changes in authorship, and resolution of authorship disputes.

The policy is informed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Recommendations, the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT), and relevant guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

It applies to all manuscripts submitted to JSH in Bahasa Indonesia and English, including empirical, conceptual, critical, comparative, systematic review, scoping review, and bibliometric research.

1. General Principles of Authorship

Authorship represents both recognition of scholarly contributions and responsibility for the integrity of published research.

JSH applies the following principles:

  1. Authorship must be based on substantial intellectual participation rather than academic position, institutional authority, financial contributions, or personal relationships.
  2. Every individual who qualifies for authorship must be appropriately identified as an author.
  3. Individuals who do not meet the authorship criteria must not be included solely as a courtesy or reward.
  4. All authors must approve the final manuscript and accept appropriate accountability.
  5. Contributions must be disclosed accurately and transparently.
  6. Author order and corresponding author designation must be agreed upon by the author group.
  7. Authorship decisions must be free from coercion, discrimination, and inappropriate institutional influence.
  8. Research collaborators, including local researchers and early-career scholars, must receive fair consideration based on their actual contributions.

JSH does not impose an arbitrary maximum number of authors. Every listed author must satisfy the journal's authorship requirements.

2. Criteria for Authorship Eligibility

JSH adopts the four authorship criteria recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) .

To qualify as an author, an individual must satisfy all four criteria:

  1. Substantial Intellectual Contribution: Making a substantial contribution to the conception or design of the research, or to the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of research data or materials.
  2. Manuscript Preparation or Critical Revision: Participating in drafting the manuscript or critically reviewing and revising it for significant intellectual content.
  3. Final Approval: Reviewing and approving the final version intended for publication.
  4. Accountability: Agreeing to take responsibility for the integrity of the work and ensuring that questions concerning accuracy or integrity are appropriately investigated and resolved.

All four criteria are cumulative. Meeting only one, two, or three criteria is not sufficient for authorship.

Individuals making substantial research contributions must be given a reasonable opportunity to participate in manuscript preparation, critical revision, final approval, and accountability.

The author group is collectively responsible for identifying individuals who satisfy the required criteria.

3. Contributions That Do Not Independently Qualify for Authorship

Certain activities, although valuable, do not independently justify authorship when the remaining ICMJE criteria are not satisfied.

Examples include:

  • Providing funding without substantial intellectual participation.
  • Holding a senior academic or administrative position.
  • Providing general administrative research supervision.
  • Granting access to research facilities or institutional resources.
  • Collecting data without further qualifying intellectual contribution.
  • Performing routine technical, clerical, or administrative tasks.
  • Providing proofreading, formatting, or routine language editing.
  • Providing translation or writing assistance without satisfying all authorship criteria.
  • Offering general advice or encouragement without substantial research involvement.

Such contributions may be recognized in the Acknowledgments section, subject to the individual's consent and appropriate attribution.

JSH prohibits inappropriate authorship, including the following practices:

  • Gift Authorship: Awarding authorship as a personal favor without qualifying contributions.
  • Guest or Honorary Authorship: Listing individuals because of status, reputation, institutional authority, or expected academic advantage.
  • Ghost Authorship: Omitting individuals who made qualifying intellectual contributions and satisfy the authorship requirements.

All deserving authors must be identified, and individuals who do not qualify must not be included in the author list.

4. Author Contribution Statements and CRediT Taxonomy

JSH supports transparent reporting of individual contributions through the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) .

The taxonomy identifies 14 commonly recognized contribution roles:

  1. Conceptualization: Development of research ideas, aims, and overarching concepts.
  2. Data Curation: Management, organization, annotation, and maintenance of research data.
  3. Formal Analysis: Application of analytical, statistical, computational, or other formal methods.
  4. Funding Acquisition: Securing financial support for the research.
  5. Investigation: Conducting research activities and collecting relevant evidence.
  6. Methodology: Development or design of research methods and procedures.
  7. Project Administration: Coordination and management of research activities.
  8. Resources: Provision of research materials, instruments, datasets, or other resources.
  9. Software: Development, implementation, or maintenance of research software.
  10. Supervision: Scholarly oversight and leadership of the research process.
  11. Validation: Verification of research methods, findings, or analytical results.
  12. Visualization: Preparation and presentation of research data and findings visually.
  13. Writing – Original Draft: Preparation of the initial manuscript or substantive manuscript sections.
  14. Writing – Review & Editing: Critical review, revision, and improvement of the manuscript's intellectual content.

An author may perform multiple roles, and a role may be shared by several authors.

CRediT roles describe contributions but do not independently determine authorship eligibility. All listed authors must still meet the four ICMJE criteria.

Authors should provide an accurate contribution statement using relevant CRediT roles. The Editorial Team may request clarification or supporting information.

Example of an Author Contributions Statement

Author Contributions: Author A: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – Original Draft, and Project Administration. Author B: Investigation, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, and Writing – Review & Editing. Author C: Validation, Supervision, Visualization, and Writing – Review & Editing. All authors critically reviewed and approved the final manuscript and agreed to be accountable for the work.

This example is illustrative. Actual contribution statements must accurately reflect each author's work.

5. Author Order and Equal Contributions

Author order must be determined by agreement among all authors before submission.

The order may reflect relative contributions, disciplinary conventions, or other transparent arrangements accepted by the author group.

JSH does not determine author order based on institutional hierarchy, academic titles, seniority, or payment of publication fees.

Where authors have made equivalent contributions, an Equal Contribution Statement may be provided.

Example: "Author A and Author B contributed equally to this work."

Equal contribution designations must reflect actual contributions and be agreed upon by all authors.

For collaborative or group-authored research, the corresponding author must identify the responsible authors and distinguish them from non-author collaborators, where appropriate.

6. Responsibilities of the Corresponding Author

The corresponding author serves as the primary point of communication between the author group and the JSH Editorial Team.

The corresponding author must:

  1. Ensure that all listed authors meet the eligibility criteria.
  2. Confirm that all authors approved the submission and final manuscript.
  3. Provide complete and accurate author names and affiliations.
  4. Ensure the accuracy of contribution statements.
  5. Coordinate funding, conflict-of-interest, research ethics, and other declarations.
  6. Communicate editorial decisions and reviewer comments to co-authors.
  7. Coordinate revisions and obtain the necessary author approvals.
  8. Promptly report requested authorship changes.
  9. Respond to editorial inquiries during and after publication.
  10. Cooperate with legitimate post-publication investigations, corrections, or scholarly discussions.

The corresponding author does not possess exclusive ownership of the research or unilateral authority to add, remove, or reorder authors.

All authors remain individually responsible for their contributions and collectively accountable for the integrity of the published work.

7. Authorship Information and Submission Declarations

At submission, the corresponding author must ensure that all author information is recorded accurately in OJS.

Relevant information may include:

  • Full author names.
  • Institutional affiliations.
  • Corresponding author contact information.
  • Country and relevant institutional details.
  • ORCID identifiers, where available.
  • Agreed author order.
  • Individual contribution statements.
  • Funding, conflicts of interest, and ethics declarations where applicable.

The author list and sequence in the manuscript must be consistent with the OJS metadata.

To protect the journal's double-anonymous peer-review process, identifying information must be provided through submission metadata or separate title-page materials and removed from anonymized review files where required.

The Editorial Team may request written confirmation that all authors consent to submission, satisfy the authorship criteria, and approve the necessary declarations.

False affiliations, fabricated identities, unauthorized use of names, and misleading authorship statements are prohibited.

8. Artificial Intelligence and Authorship Responsibility

Artificial intelligence systems, large language models, and other AI-assisted technologies cannot be listed as authors or co-authors.

Authorship requires genuine human intellectual contributions, final approval, and accountability for scholarly integrity. AI systems cannot fulfill these responsibilities.

Human authors remain responsible for the originality, accuracy, validity, attribution, ethical compliance, and integrity of all manuscript content, including technologically assisted material.

Generative AI use must comply with the JSH Generative AI Policy , including its announced implementation timetable and applicable disclosure requirements.

The dedicated Generative AI Policy is scheduled to apply from the July 2027 issue onward. This timetable does not alter the fundamental requirement that authorship belongs only to eligible human contributors.

AI assistance must not be used to fabricate data, falsify findings, invent references, conceal plagiarism, or misrepresent scholarly contributions.

9. Changes in Authorship Before Publication

Changes to the author list after submission require appropriate justification and editorial review.

Changes may include:

  1. Adding a previously omitted qualifying author.
  2. Removing a person who does not meet the authorship criteria.
  3. Correcting names or affiliations.
  4. Changing the author sequence.
  5. Changing the corresponding author.
  6. Updating contributions following significant changes in research responsibilities.

Requests must be submitted by the corresponding author and include:

  • A clear explanation of the change.
  • The original and revised author lists, where applicable.
  • Updated contribution information.
  • Written agreement from all existing authors and anyone being added or removed.
  • Other supporting documents reasonably requested by the editor.

The Editor-in-Chief or designated Handling Editor will assess the justification before approving or declining the request.

Requested changes are not automatically approved. If agreement cannot be reached, editorial processing may be suspended pending appropriate resolution.

10. Changes in Authorship After Publication

Changes to authorship after publication are significant amendments to the scholarly record.

JSH will not silently alter published author names, author order, or attribution.

A post-publication change may require:

  1. A written request and explanation.
  2. Evidence supporting the proposed correction.
  3. Written agreement from affected authors, where obtainable and appropriate.
  4. Editorial assessment of the change.
  5. Consultation with relevant institutions when the matter is disputed.
  6. A formal correction notice when the record requires amendment.
  7. Updates to publication metadata and DOI records where applicable.

Such matters are handled under the journal's Correction and Retraction Policy and relevant COPE guidance.

Authorship disagreement does not automatically justify retraction. Proven misconduct, unreliable findings, or other serious integrity issues may require further action.

11. Authorship Disputes and Misconduct

Authorship disputes may concern eligibility, contributions, author order, undisclosed contributors, or changes in the author list.

Research teams are encouraged to discuss authorship responsibilities early in the research process.

When disputes arise, the Editorial Team may:

  1. Request written explanations.
  2. Review contribution statements and relevant correspondence.
  3. Request confirmation of authorship agreements.
  4. Suspend processing when publication integrity is affected.
  5. Refer unresolved disputes to appropriate research institutions.
  6. Consider relevant institutional findings.
  7. Determine the appropriate editorial action when sufficient information is available.

The authors and, where necessary, their institutions have primary responsibility for resolving disputes concerning research contributions.

JSH editors are not expected to independently adjudicate disputed research contributions that require institutional fact-finding.

Suspected ghost, guest, gift, or fraudulent authorship may be addressed under the journal's Allegations of Misconduct and Publication Ethics policies.

Reports must be handled fairly, confidentially, and without prejudging the outcome.

12. Research Integrity, Funding, and Conflicts of Interest

All authors must comply with standards concerning originality, research ethics, accurate reporting, and responsible scholarly conduct.

Authors must ensure that:

  • The submitted work is original and appropriately attributed.
  • Research data and interpretations are accurately reported.
  • Required ethics approvals and participant protections are observed.
  • Sources, quotations, images, and materials are properly acknowledged.
  • Funding sources are disclosed where applicable.
  • Financial and non-financial conflicts of interest are declared.
  • Contribution statements accurately reflect research participation.
  • All authors approve the final manuscript.

Funding an article, paying an Article Processing Charge, providing administrative support, or holding an institutional position does not confer authorship.

JSH authors retain copyright under the applicable publishing arrangements and grant the journal the non-exclusive right of first publication.

Published articles are made available under the journal's standard CC BY-SA 4.0 license , subject to the terms applicable to individual publications.

13. Editorial Assessment, Accountability, and Appeals

The JSH Editorial Team may assess authorship declarations during initial screening, manuscript evaluation, publication preparation, or post-publication review.

Editors may request clarification, author approvals, corrected metadata, or additional supporting information when relevant concerns arise.

Proportionate editorial actions may include:

  1. Requesting correction of authorship details.
  2. Requesting additional confirmation from the authors.
  3. Suspending processing pending clarification.
  4. Declining publication when unresolved serious integrity concerns prevent responsible publication.
  5. Referring suspected misconduct to appropriate institutions.
  6. Publishing corrections or other appropriate post-publication notices.
  7. Applying further measures under the journal's ethics policies when justified.

Authors may submit a reasoned appeal when significant new evidence or a procedural error warrants reconsideration.

Appeals should provide relevant documentation and will be assessed by the Editor-in-Chief or another qualified independent editor where appropriate.

Editorial decisions must remain independent of commercial interests, institutional pressure, and publication fees.

14. Implementation and Editorial Contact

This policy applies to all submissions in Bahasa Indonesia and English. Authors must review and comply with these requirements before submission.

The Editorial Team implements the policy consistently and maintains appropriate authorship documentation in OJS or other authorized editorial systems.

CV. Surya Buana supports the administration and enforcement of this policy while respecting the academic independence of editorial decisions.

Authorship inquiries, change requests, disputes, or requests for clarification should be submitted through the official JSH Editorial Office.

Journal: Jurnal Sosial Humaniora (JSH)

Publisher: CV. Surya Buana

Publishing Platform: Surya Buana Consulting

E-ISSN: 3063-2722

Official Website: Jurnal Sosial Humaniora

Author Guidelines: JSH Author Guidelines

Authorship Criteria: JSH Authorship Criteria

Editorial Contact: Contact the Editorial Office

JSH remains committed to ensuring that scholarly authorship is awarded fairly, documented transparently, and accompanied by appropriate academic responsibility.

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