The International Journal of Innovative Technologies in Economy (IJITE) values transparency and accuracy in authorship attribution, ensuring that credit is appropriately assigned to those who have significantly contributed to the research. This policy aligns with international best practices to maintain integrity and accountability in scientific publishing.

Authorship Criteria

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

1. Substantial Contribution: Contributed significantly to the conception, design, data collection, analysis, or interpretation of the research.
2. Drafting and Revising: Participated in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
3. Approval of Final Version: Provided approval for the final version of the manuscript before submission.
4. Accountability: Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work, ensuring that any questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately addressed.

Individuals who meet these criteria should be listed as authors. Contributors who do not meet these criteria should be acknowledged in the Acknowledgments section.

Contributorship and CRediT Taxonomy

IJITE adopts the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) system to clarify individual contributions within the research process. This taxonomy allows each author’s specific role to be identified, enhancing transparency and recognizing diverse contributions. Authors should specify their contributions according to the following CRediT roles:

• Conceptualization: Ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims.
• Data Curation: Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), scrub data, and maintain research data (including software code, where applicable) for initial use and later reuse.
• Formal Analysis: Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize study data.
• Funding Acquisition: Acquisition of the financial support for the project leading to this publication.
• Investigation: Conducting a research and investigation process, specifically performing the experiments, or data/evidence collection.
• Methodology: Development or design of methodology; creation of models.
• Project Administration: Management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and execution.
• Resources: Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools.
• Software: Programming, software development; designing computer programs; implementation of the computer code and supporting algorithms; testing of existing code components.
• Supervision: Oversight and leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution, including mentorship external to the core team.
• Validation: Verification, whether as a part of the activity or separate, of the overall replication/reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outputs.
• Visualization: Preparation, creation, and/or presentation of the published work, specifically visualization/data presentation.
• Writing – Original Draft: Preparation, creation, and/or presentation of the published work, specifically writing the initial draft (including substantive translation).
• Writing – Review & Editing: Preparation, creation, and/or presentation of the published work by those from the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary, or revision.

Authors are encouraged to clearly list each author’s specific contributions in the Authors’ Contributions section within the manuscript.

Changes to Authorship

Any changes to authorship, including additions, deletions, or reordering of authors, after submission must be agreed upon by all authors, including those being added or removed. The corresponding author should communicate any changes to the editorial office, providing a rationale for the modification and confirmation of agreement from all authors.

Corresponding Author Responsibilities

The corresponding author is responsible for:

• Acting as the primary point of contact with the journal throughout the submission, peer review, and publication process.
• Ensuring that all listed authors meet the authorship criteria.
• Keeping co-authors informed of the submission’s progress and outcomes.
• Handling all communication with the editorial team and reviewers.

Acknowledgment of Non-Author Contributions

Individuals who contributed to the research but do not meet authorship criteria should be acknowledged in the Acknowledgments section. This may include technical support, funding acquisition, or administrative assistance.

Ethical Compliance

IJITE adheres to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines on authorship and contributorship. Authors are expected to uphold the highest standards of transparency and ethical conduct in authorship attribution.