Authorship and Contributions

Edumatika : Jurnal Riset Pendidikan Matematika expects every person listed as an author to have made a substantial contribution to the work and to take public responsibility for it. This policy sets out who qualifies as an author, how contributions are reported, and how authorship changes and disputes are handled. It follows the recommendations of COPE and ICMJE.

1. Authorship Criteria

An author is a person who meets all four of the following criteria:

  Criterion
1 Substantial contribution to the conception or design of the study, or to the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data (for example, developing the learning design, instruments, or analysis); and
2 Drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and
3 Approval of the final version to be published; and
4 Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work, including its accuracy and integrity.

Persons who contributed but do not meet all four criteria, such as teachers who helped with data collection, schools that hosted the study, proofreaders, or technical assistants, should be named in the Acknowledgments, with their permission.

2. Reporting Contributions (CRediT)

Every manuscript must include an Author Contribution statement in the Declarations section, describing each author’s role using the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy): Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, and Writing – review & editing.

Example

Author 1: Conceptualization, Writing – Original Draft, and Visualization; Author 2: Methodology, Formal Analysis, and Writing – Review & Editing; Author 3: Validation and Supervision.

3. Corresponding Author

The corresponding author communicates with the journal on behalf of all authors and is responsible for:

  • ensuring that all who qualify are listed as authors, and that no one who does not qualify is listed;
  • confirming that all co-authors have seen and approved the final manuscript and agreed to its submission;
  • entering complete and correct metadata for all authors (names, affiliations, emails, and ORCID iDs); and
  • keeping co-authors informed throughout review, revision, and publication.

4. Unacceptable Authorship Practices

  • Ghost authorship: omitting a person who made a substantial contribution;
  • Gift or honorary authorship: listing a person, such as a department head or supervisor, who did not contribute;
  • Purchased authorship: buying or selling authorship positions; and
  • AI authorship: listing a generative AI tool as an author (see the AI Use Policy).

For articles based on a student’s thesis or dissertation, the student is normally the first author. Supervisors may be co-authors only if they meet the authorship criteria.

5. Changes to Authorship

The author list, including the order of authors, should be final at submission. Changes (adding, removing, or reordering authors) are considered only before acceptance and require:

  • a written request from the corresponding author explaining the reason for the change; and
  • written confirmation from all authors, including any author being added or removed.

The editor may pause the review process until the request is resolved. Changes after acceptance are made only in exceptional cases and, after publication, only through a correction (see Correction and Retraction).

6. Authorship Disputes

The journal does not adjudicate authorship disputes. Where a dispute arises, the editor follows the COPE flowcharts, asks the authors to resolve the matter, and, if necessary, refers it to the authors’ institution. The review or publication of the manuscript may be suspended until the dispute is resolved.