Authorship and Contributorship Policy

Authorship and Contributorship Policy

Altruistik: Jurnal Konseling dan Psikologi Pendidikan is committed to promoting transparency, accountability, and integrity in scholarly authorship and research contributions.

Authorship must reflect substantial intellectual contributions to the conception, design, execution, analysis, interpretation, or scholarly reporting of research. All listed authors must approve the final manuscript and accept appropriate responsibility for its accuracy and integrity.

Individuals who contribute to the research or manuscript but do not meet the journal's authorship criteria should be appropriately acknowledged rather than listed as authors.

1. Authorship Criteria

Authorship is based on meaningful intellectual contributions to scholarly research and accountability for the published work.

To qualify for authorship, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:

1. Make a substantial contribution to the conception or design of the research; the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data; or other substantive intellectual aspects of the study.
2. Participate in drafting the manuscript or critically revising it for important intellectual content.
3. Review and approve the final version of the manuscript submitted for publication.
4. Accept responsibility for their contributions and agree to cooperate in addressing questions concerning the accuracy, reliability, or integrity of the research and published article.

All listed authors must satisfy these criteria. Authorship should not be granted solely on the basis of academic position, institutional authority, funding support, routine supervision, administrative assistance, or professional seniority.

Individuals who make valuable contributions without meeting all authorship criteria should be recognized in the Acknowledgments section, where appropriate and with their permission.

2. Responsibilities of the Corresponding Author

The corresponding author is responsible for coordinating communication between the journal and all co-authors throughout manuscript submission, peer review, revision, publication, and relevant post-publication correspondence.

The corresponding author must ensure that:

- All authors have reviewed and approved the manuscript and agreed to its submission.
- The names, institutional affiliations, and authorship order have been accurately recorded and agreed upon by all authors.
- Each author's contribution has been appropriately identified and reported.
- Relevant information concerning research funding, conflicts of interest, ethical approval, informed consent, and other required declarations has been accurately disclosed.
- All authors are informed of important editorial decisions, revision requests, and substantive changes to the manuscript.
- The final manuscript has been approved by all authors before publication.

The corresponding author must not include individuals who do not qualify for authorship or intentionally exclude individuals who satisfy the journal's authorship criteria.

The corresponding author is responsible for coordinating these obligations but does not replace the individual accountability of other authors.

3. Author Contributions and CRediT Statement

Altruistik requires authors to provide an accurate statement describing their individual contributions to the research and preparation of the manuscript.

Authors should use the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) to identify their respective contributions in a transparent and standardized manner.

CRediT comprises the following 14 contributor roles:

1. Conceptualization: Development or formulation of the research ideas, objectives, and overarching research goals.
2. Data Curation: Management, organization, annotation, maintenance, and preparation of research data for analysis or appropriate reuse.
3. Formal Analysis: Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, qualitative, or other formal techniques to analyze and interpret research data.
4. Funding Acquisition: Acquisition of financial support for the research project.
5. Investigation: Conducting the research process, including experiments, fieldwork, interviews, observations, surveys, or data collection.
6. Methodology: Development or design of research methods, procedures, instruments, or analytical approaches.
7. Project Administration: Management and coordination of research planning, implementation, and related administrative responsibilities.
8. Resources: Provision of research materials, participants, instruments, datasets, laboratory facilities, or other necessary resources.
9. Software: Development, programming, implementation, testing, or maintenance of software used in the research.
10. Supervision: Oversight, academic guidance, leadership, and mentoring associated with research planning and implementation.
11. Validation: Verification of research results, methods, analyses, or other elements affecting the reproducibility and reliability of findings.
12. Visualization: Preparation, creation, or presentation of research data and findings through figures, diagrams, graphs, or other visual materials.
13. Writing - Original Draft: Preparation and writing of the initial manuscript, including substantive drafting of its scholarly content.
14. Writing - Review and Editing: Critical review, revision, and editing of the manuscript to improve its intellectual content, accuracy, and scholarly quality.

An author may perform multiple CRediT roles, and each role may be shared by several authors. Not every role must be assigned in every manuscript.

The corresponding author must ensure that the contribution statement accurately reflects the work performed and has been approved by all authors.

CRediT describes individual contributions but does not independently establish or replace the journal's authorship criteria.

4. Changes in Authorship

The list and order of authors must be agreed upon before manuscript submission.

Requests to add, remove, or rearrange authors after submission must be submitted to the editorial office with a clear written explanation.

Such requests must be supported by agreement from all relevant authors, including individuals being added or removed.

The editorial team may request supporting documentation or clarification before determining whether the proposed change is appropriate.

Changes in authorship after manuscript acceptance are generally discouraged and will be considered only under exceptional and adequately justified circumstances.

If a substantive authorship change is requested after publication, the journal may consider an appropriate correction or other editorial action in accordance with its publication ethics and correction policies.

Authorship disputes that cannot be adequately resolved by the authors may be referred to the relevant institutions for appropriate consideration.

5. Unethical Authorship Practices

Altruistik does not permit ghost authorship, guest authorship, gift authorship, or other practices that misrepresent individual contributions to scholarly research.

Ghost Authorship: Failure to identify an individual who meets the authorship criteria or concealment of substantial intellectual contributions to the research or manuscript.

Guest Authorship: Inclusion of an individual as an author primarily because of their professional reputation, institutional position, or influence rather than qualifying intellectual contributions.

Gift Authorship: Inclusion of an individual as an author as a personal favor, gesture of appreciation, or professional courtesy despite not meeting the journal's authorship criteria.

Providing research funding, general supervision, routine administrative support, technical assistance, language editing, or manuscript formatting alone does not automatically justify authorship.

Such contributions may be recognized in the Acknowledgments section or other appropriate disclosures.

The use of artificial intelligence tools does not qualify those tools for authorship. Human authors remain responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and appropriate disclosure of AI-assisted contributions in accordance with the journal's AI usage policy.

The journal may request clarification when authorship arrangements appear inconsistent, incomplete, or potentially misleading.

6. Acknowledgments

Individuals, institutions, organizations, and other parties that provide meaningful assistance but do not meet the journal's authorship criteria may be recognized in the Acknowledgments section.

Acknowledgments may include technical assistance, research support, administrative assistance, language editing, institutional facilitation, and other relevant contributions.

Authors should obtain permission from identifiable individuals before including their names in the Acknowledgments section.

Research funding, institutional support, and relevant contributions from external organizations should also be disclosed in the appropriate sections of the manuscript.

Acknowledgments must accurately represent the assistance provided and must not be used to conceal qualifying authorship contributions.

7. Author Accountability and Publication Ethics

All authors share responsibility for maintaining the integrity, accuracy, transparency, and reliability of the published scholarly work.

Each author is accountable for their individual contributions and is expected to cooperate in resolving questions concerning the accuracy or integrity of the research.

Authors must provide truthful information concerning their contributions, affiliations, research responsibilities, funding, competing interests, and other relevant declarations.

The editorial team may request clarification or supporting documentation when authorship or contributorship information appears inaccurate, inconsistent, incomplete, or potentially misleading.

Suspected authorship misconduct, including the inappropriate inclusion or exclusion of authors, will be addressed in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policies and relevant guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Where appropriate, the journal may seek clarification from the authors or relevant institutions before making an editorial decision.

By submitting a manuscript to Altruistik, the corresponding author confirms that the authorship list, author order, and individual contribution statement have been reviewed and approved by all listed authors.

Through this policy, Altruistik seeks to ensure that scholarly credit is assigned fairly, research contributions are communicated transparently, and all authors uphold the highest standards of academic integrity in Guidance and Counseling, Educational Psychology, and related disciplines.