Authorship and Contributorship

Transekonomika: Akuntansi, Bisnis dan Keuangan is committed to transparency, accountability, fairness, and appropriate recognition of contributions to scholarly work.

This policy sets out the journal’s requirements for authorship, contributorship, author order, corresponding author responsibilities, authorship changes, authorship disputes, and inappropriate authorship practices. Where applicable, the journal refers to guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy), and internationally recognized principles of responsible authorship.

  1. Authorship Requirements

Authorship is limited to individuals who have made genuine and significant scholarly contributions to the research and/or the preparation of the manuscript. Collaboration across institutions and countries is encouraged, but it must never be used to justify including someone who does not qualify for authorship.

Authors are expected to:

  • make a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, data acquisition, analysis, interpretation, or preparation of the work;
  • participate sufficiently in the work to take responsibility for their stated contribution;
  • review and approve the submitted manuscript and the final version accepted for publication; and
  • accept responsibility and accountability for their contributions and for the integrity of the published work.

All individuals who qualify for authorship should be included, and individuals who do not qualify must not be listed. Academic position, seniority, supervision, financial contribution, reputation, or a personal or professional relationship alone does not justify authorship.

  1. Author Contributions and CRediT

Every manuscript must include an Author Contributions section (see the Manuscript Template, “Declarations and Supplementary Sections”) describing the contribution of each author using the CRediT taxonomy. The 14 roles are:

  1. Conceptualization: ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims.
  2. Methodology: development or design of methodology; creation of models.
  3. Software: programming, software development, implementation of computer code and algorithms, or testing of existing code.
  4. Validation: verification of the reproducibility or validity of results, experiments, or other research outputs.
  5. Formal Analysis: application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize data.
  6. Investigation: conducting the research process, experiments, or data and evidence collection.
  7. Resources: provision of study materials, instrumentation, facilities, samples, computing resources, or other research resources.
  8. Data Curation: management, organization, annotation, maintenance, and preservation of research data.
  9. Writing – Original Draft: preparation and creation of the initial manuscript.
  10. Writing – Review & Editing: critical review, commentary, revision, or editing of the manuscript.
  11. Visualization: preparation, creation, and presentation of data or findings in visual form.
  12. Supervision: oversight, leadership, and mentorship in the planning and execution of the research.
  13. Project Administration: management and coordination of the research activity.
  14. Funding Acquisition: acquisition of financial support for the project.

An author may have more than one role, and a role may be shared by several authors. Report only contributions that were actually performed. CRediT describes who contributed and in what capacity. Having a CRediT role does not by itself make someone an author.

Example:

A.B.: Conceptualization, Investigation, Formal Analysis, Funding Acquisition, Visualization, Writing – Original Draft. 
C.D.: Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Project Administration, Writing – Review & Editing. 
E.F.: Software, Data Curation, Resources. 

  1. Corresponding Author

The corresponding author (marked with an asterisk "*" in the manuscript) is the main contact between the authors and the journal during submission, peer review, revision, publication, and after publication.

The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that:

  • all listed authors qualify for authorship, and no qualifying author has been omitted;
  • all authors have reviewed and approved the manuscript, the author list, and the author order;
  • the Author Contributions section accurately reflects each author’s contribution and has been agreed by all authors; and
  • all declarations and information submitted to the journal are complete and accurate.

The corresponding author’s role does not prevent another author from contacting the journal directly about authorship, publication ethics, research integrity, withdrawal, or corrections. The journal may contact any or all authors to obtain clarification, confirmation, or supporting documents.

  1. Author Order and Changes in Authorship

The author list and order must be agreed by all authors before submission. The journal does not decide author order on behalf of the authors.

Any request to add or remove an author, change the author order, or change the corresponding author after submission must be sent in writing to the Editorial Office (transpublika@gmail.com) and must include:

  • a clear explanation and justification for the change;
  • the current and the proposed author lists;
  • an updated Author Contributions section, where the change affects contributions; and
  • written consent from all authors, including any author being added, removed, or reordered.

The journal may ask for further clarification, contribution records, or institutional confirmation. Submitting a request is not automatic approval, and the final decision rests with the Editor, in line with the journal’s editorial policies, publication ethics, and the protection of the scholarly record.

As a general rule, authorship changes are not permitted after a manuscript has been accepted, except to correct a substantiated authorship error or to address a publication ethics or research integrity concern.

  1. Post-Publication Authorship Changes

Authorship changes after publication are considered only for a valid, substantiated, and ethically appropriate reason. A published author list must not be changed silently. Approved changes are made transparently through a correction or another appropriate notice, in line with the journal’s Research Misconduct and Post-Publication Policy.

The journal may require written agreement from all authors, updated contribution information, institutional documents, or other evidence. If agreement cannot be reached because of a dispute, the journal may defer the change until the matter is resolved by the relevant institution, research integrity office, or other competent body.

  1. Non-Author Contributors

People who contributed to the research or manuscript but do not qualify for authorship should not be listed as authors. Where appropriate, they may be named in the Acknowledgements section, provided that this is accurate and ethically appropriate. Examples include technical assistance, language support, administrative support, access to facilities, and general supervision. Financial support is reported in the Funding Statement, not in the Acknowledgements.

  1. Inappropriate Authorship Practices

The journal does not permit inappropriate or misleading authorship practices, including:

  • Guest or gift authorship: including a person as an author without a qualifying contribution.
  • Honorary authorship: granting authorship because of seniority, position, reputation, or institutional relationship rather than contribution.
  • Ghost authorship: omitting a person whose contribution qualifies for authorship, or concealing a substantial contribution.
  • Purchased or sold authorship: buying or selling a place on an author list.
  • Transferred or assigned authorship: transferring an authorship position without a genuine scholarly basis.
  • Any other arrangement that intentionally misrepresents who contributed to the work.

Using a third party, commercial editing service, contract writing service, paper mill, or other intermediary does not justify authorship unless the person independently meets the journal’s authorship requirements.

Suspected inappropriate authorship may be treated as a publication ethics or research integrity concern and investigated under the journal’s Research Misconduct and Post-Publication Policy.

  1. Authorship Disputes

Authors should resolve questions about eligibility, author order, and contributions before submission. If a dispute arises during editorial processing, the journal may suspend processing while the matter is clarified, and may request statements from individual authors, contribution records, relevant correspondence, or institutional clarification.

Editors may check whether the journal’s authorship requirements were followed, but they do not normally decide private disputes about the relative contribution, ownership, employment, or internal agreements between researchers. If the authors cannot resolve the dispute, the journal may refer or defer the matter to the relevant institution, research integrity office, or ethics body. Processing may remain suspended until sufficient clarification is obtained.

  1. Authorship Misconduct

Suspected guest, gift, honorary, ghost, purchased, sold, transferred, fabricated, or otherwise inappropriate authorship may constitute research or publication misconduct. If there is evidence of deliberate misrepresentation, the journal may assess the case and ask authors, institutions, or other parties for clarification.

Depending on the findings and publication status, actions may include:

  • a request for clarification or documents;
  • correction of author information;
  • rejection of the manuscript or suspension of processing;
  • correction or corrigendum;
  • expression of concern;
  • retraction where warranted;
  • referral to the relevant institution; or
  • another proportionate editorial action.

Detailed procedures are given in the journal’s Research Misconduct and Post-Publication Policy.

  1. Artificial Intelligence and Authorship

Generative AI, large language models, chatbots, and other AI-assisted tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors. Authorship requires human scholarly contribution, responsibility, accountability, approval of the final manuscript, and the ability to take responsibility for the integrity of the work.

Human authors remain fully responsible for all submitted and published content, including content prepared, revised, translated, or analyzed with AI assistance. Any use of AI must be disclosed in the Declaration of Generative AI and AI-assisted Technologies section of the manuscript. Further requirements are given in the AI Policy.

  1. Relationship with Other Journal Policies

This policy should be read together with:

  1. Policy Review

The journal may review and revise this policy from time to time to reflect changes in publication ethics guidance, authorship standards, research integrity practices, journal requirements, or regulations. Where a case is not covered by this policy, the Editor may use professional editorial judgment, considering the available evidence, applicable journal policies, external guidance, institutional clarification, and the protection of the scholarly record. Until a revised version is adopted, the current approved version remains in force.