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Publication Ethics and Research Integrity
The Scholar-Scribe requires that listed authors can each take responsibility for the integrity of the work within their contribution domain, and that the author group collectively takes responsibility for the overall integrity of the manuscript.
Authorship must represent genuine intellectual contribution and accountability. The Scholar-Scribe requires that listed authors can each take responsibility for the integrity of the work within their contribution domain, and that the author group collectively takes responsibility for the overall integrity of the manuscript.
Contributorship disclosure is required to prevent hidden authorship, guest authorship, and undisclosed third-party involvement. Each submission must include a clear description of contributions across core activities such as study design, data acquisition, analysis, interpretation, drafting, and critical revision. Where group authorship applies, the method of attribution must be explicit, and corresponding accountability points must be identifiable.
Authorship changes after submission are controlled. Additions, removals, and reorderings must be justified, agreed by all authors, and approved through editorial governance. Requests that cannot be validated through documentation and consensus may trigger an integrity review.