The IASR Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Science follows responsible authorship practices and expects all listed authors to have made meaningful contributions to the submitted work.
All authors should have made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the study, data collection or analysis, interpretation of results, or development and critical revision of the manuscript. All authors must approve the final version and agree to be accountable for the work.
Individuals who do not meet the criteria for authorship should not be listed as authors. Their contributions may be acknowledged where appropriate.
The corresponding author is responsible for communication with the journal and should ensure that all authors have approved the manuscript and agree with its submission.
Requests to add, remove, or change the order of authors after submission should be accompanied by a clear explanation and confirmation from all affected authors. The journal may require written agreement from all authors before approving such changes.
Where applicable, authors should provide a statement describing their individual contributions to the research and manuscript.
The journal does not permit inappropriate authorship practices, including guest, gift, ghost, or honorary authorship.