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Authorship and Contributorship Policy
Scholarly Contribution • Transparency • Accountability
Authorship and Contributorship Policy
Ilomata International Journal of Management requires authorship to accurately reflect substantial scholarly contributions to research in strategic management, organizational behavior, human resource management, operations management, entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership, corporate governance, sustainability, digital transformation, international management, and related fields.
SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION CRediT TAXONOMY FULL ACCOUNTABILITY
Authorship represents both academic credit and responsibility. A person should be listed as an author only when they have made a meaningful intellectual contribution to the research and accept responsibility for the integrity, accuracy, transparency, ethical conduct, and scholarly quality of the published work.
1. Criteria for Authorship
All listed authors must demonstrate substantial scholarly involvement in the study. Authorship should normally include all of the following:
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Substantial Research Contribution Significant contribution to the management or organizational research problem, conceptual framework, strategic model, research design, employee or manager data collection, HRM study, entrepreneurship or innovation analysis, operations assessment, governance study, sustainability evaluation, methodology, statistical or qualitative analysis, or interpretation of findings. |
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Intellectual Contribution to the Manuscript Active participation in drafting the manuscript or critically revising its management theory, strategic argument, organizational interpretation, methodological rationale, managerial implications, discussion, or scholarly contribution. |
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Final Approval Review and approval of the final manuscript, including the accuracy of author names, affiliations, organizational data, participant characteristics, management variables, analytical findings, managerial implications, declarations, and references. |
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Accountability Agreement to take responsibility for the author's contribution and to cooperate in resolving questions concerning organizational data, employee information, management records, business datasets, survey or interview procedures, analytical models, research ethics, confidentiality, research integrity, authorship, or other aspects of the published work. |
Activities That Do Not Alone Qualify for Authorship
The following activities, when performed alone, are generally insufficient to justify authorship:
| • Providing research funding only | • Providing access to companies, employees, managers, organizational records, HR databases, or business datasets only |
| • General academic, managerial, or administrative supervision | • Holding an executive, managerial, HR, business-owner, institutional, or professional position |
| • Routine survey distribution, interview scheduling, data entry, transcription, or administrative assistance | • Language editing, proofreading, translation, or formatting only |
| • Providing facilities, company access, software, databases, business reports, or logistical support only | • General encouragement, networking, or mentorship without scholarly contribution |
Individuals providing these forms of assistance may be recognized in the Acknowledgments section, subject to their permission where appropriate.
2. Author Contribution Statement – CRediT
Every accepted manuscript must include an Author Contribution Statement. Authors are encouraged to use the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) to identify each author's contribution transparently.
| Conceptualization Development of management research ideas, strategic questions, organizational-behavior hypotheses, HRM concepts, entrepreneurial issues, leadership problems, innovation frameworks, governance questions, or management models. |
Methodology Development or design of surveys, interviews, experiments, organizational assessments, case studies, qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, longitudinal, or management-analytics approaches. |
| Formal Analysis Statistical, organizational, strategic, HR, operational, entrepreneurial, leadership, innovation, governance, sustainability, qualitative, or other management analytical work. |
Investigation Conducting employee or manager surveys, interviews, focus groups, organizational observations, business case studies, leadership assessments, operational studies, or empirical data collection. |
| Data Curation Collecting, cleaning, coding, anonymizing, organizing, documenting, or maintaining employee, managerial, organizational, HR, operational, innovation, leadership, or business datasets. |
Software Statistical coding, business analytics, HR analytics, organizational-data processing, operational modeling, dashboard development, or development of analytical tools where relevant. |
| Validation Verification of management scales, organizational measures, strategic models, analytical results, coding frameworks, leadership indicators, operational metrics, or research outputs. |
Visualization Preparation of research tables, strategic frameworks, organizational models, process diagrams, leadership frameworks, performance charts, dashboards, or data visualizations. |
| Writing – Original Draft Preparation of the initial scholarly manuscript. |
Writing – Review & Editing Critical intellectual review and substantive manuscript revision. |
| Resources Provision of essential organizational datasets, company records, survey instruments, business reports, employee access, digital platforms, or other resources combined with scholarly contribution. |
Supervision Intellectual oversight and scholarly guidance of the research process. |
| Project Administration Coordination and management of research activities. |
Funding Acquisition Acquisition of financial support for the research project. |
Note: Assignment of a CRediT role does not automatically qualify an individual for authorship. The individual must also satisfy the journal's authorship requirements and accept accountability.
3. Example of Author Contribution Statement
Example – Quantitative Management / Organizational Research
Author Contributions: A.B.: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal Analysis, Writing – Original Draft. C.D.: Investigation, Data Curation, Validation, Visualization. E.F.: Supervision, Writing – Review & Editing. All authors approved the final manuscript and agreed to be accountable for their contributions.
Example – Entrepreneurship / Leadership / Qualitative Management Research
Author Contributions: A.B.: Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – Original Draft. C.D.: Investigation, Data Curation, Formal Analysis. E.F.: Validation, Supervision, Writing – Review & Editing. All authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript.
4. Author Order
Author order must be determined and agreed upon collectively by the author group before manuscript submission. The journal does not assign or determine author order.
The authorship list and order must be consistent across the submitted manuscript, OJS metadata, Author Contribution Statement, declarations, data or analytical documentation where applicable, and final published article.
5. Corresponding Author
One author must be identified as the corresponding author and serve as the primary contact between the journal and all co-authors.
| ✓ Ensures all authors approve manuscript submission | ✓ Verifies author names, affiliations, email, and ORCID information |
| ✓ Coordinates responses to reviewers | ✓ Ensures all authors approve substantive revisions |
| ✓ Verifies funding, ethics, participant confidentiality, and Conflict of Interest Statements | ✓ Coordinates Data Availability, organizational-data, analytical, or supplementary-material statements where applicable |
| ✓ Coordinates final proof approval | ✓ Responds to post-publication methodological or research-integrity inquiries when necessary |
6. Unacceptable Authorship Practices
| ✕ Guest / Honorary Authorship Adding senior academics, executives, business owners, directors, HR leaders, institutional heads, managers, or respected individuals who did not make sufficient scholarly contributions. |
✕ Ghost Authorship Excluding individuals who made substantial contributions to research design, strategic analysis, organizational research, HRM analysis, leadership assessment, operational analysis, or manuscript preparation that qualify for authorship. |
| ✕ Gift / Reciprocal Authorship Exchanging or granting authorship without genuine scholarly contribution. |
✕ Purchased Authorship Buying, selling, or transferring authorship positions. |
| ✕ Coercive Authorship Requiring inclusion because of supervisory, executive, corporate, institutional, organizational, managerial, or professional authority. |
✕ Unauthorized Authorship Listing a person without their knowledge and approval. |
7. Changes to Authorship
Addition, removal, or rearrangement of authors after submission must be exceptional and supported by a clear explanation and written consent from all affected authors.
| BEFORE ACCEPTANCE May be considered with full written agreement |
AFTER ACCEPTANCE Exceptional and subject to editorial approval |
AFTER PUBLICATION May require a formal Correction Notice |
8. Authorship Disputes
The Editorial Team may request explanations and documentation when an authorship dispute arises. However, the journal does not normally adjudicate disputes concerning who should or should not qualify as an author. Unresolved disputes may be referred to the authors' institution, research-integrity office, employer, professional body, or another appropriate authority. Editorial processing may be suspended until the dispute is resolved.
9. Artificial Intelligence and Authorship
Artificial intelligence tools, large language models, generative AI systems, and AI-based management or business-analytics platforms must not be listed as authors or co-authors. AI cannot accept accountability, approve a manuscript, declare conflicts of interest, or take responsibility for research integrity. Relevant AI-assisted activities, including AI-supported writing, coding, business analytics, HR analytics, organizational-data processing, forecasting, text or sentiment analysis, scenario modeling, or analytical interpretation, must instead be disclosed according to the journal's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Usage Policy.
Authorship Checklist Before Submission
| ✓ Every listed author has made a genuine scholarly contribution | ✓ No eligible contributor has been omitted |
| ✓ Author order has been approved by all authors | ✓ All authors approved the submitted manuscript |
| ✓ Author Contribution Statement is complete | ✓ Corresponding author has been identified |
| ✓ OJS metadata matches the manuscript | ✓ Ethics, participant consent, employee confidentiality, organizational-data permissions, analytical methods, and supplementary-material statements are accurate where applicable |
| ✓ AI-assisted activities have been disclosed where required | ✓ All authors accept responsibility for the published work |
Authorship Principle
In Ilomata International Journal of Management, authorship is based on substantive intellectual contribution and accountability. Academic rank, executive or managerial authority, institutional position, access to companies, employees, managers, organizational records, HR systems, business datasets, analytical platforms, funding alone, routine administrative or data-collection assistance, supervisory status, or professional seniority does not by itself justify authorship.
