Authorship Criteria & Contributorship Policy

Purpose, Scope and Policy Principles

ARCITECH: Journal of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence recognizes authorship as both scholarly credit and responsibility for the integrity of the published work. This policy applies to all submissions, accepted manuscripts, published articles, associated research outputs and requests to amend authorship information.

The policy covers original empirical and computational research and any other manuscript category formally accepted by ARCITECH. The journal expects accurate attribution, transparent contribution statements, agreement among collaborators, and accountability from every listed author.

The Four Criteria for Authorship

ARCITECH adopts the following four conditions, based on the ICMJE approach. Every listed author must satisfy all four criteria:

1. Substantial contribution: made a substantial contribution to the study concept or design, or to the acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data or other research evidence;
2. Intellectual manuscript work: drafted the manuscript or reviewed it critically for important intellectual content;
3. Final approval: approved the version intended for publication; and
4. Accountability: agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work and to help resolve questions about accuracy or integrity.

All individuals who meet these criteria should be offered appropriate participation in manuscript preparation and final approval. Those who do not meet every criterion should be acknowledged where appropriate rather than being added as authors.

Authorship in Computer Science, AI and Computational Research

Substantial contributions may involve original algorithm design, research questions, experimental methodology, meaningful software or model development, dataset construction and curation, statistical or computational analysis, experimental validation, and scientifically important interpretation.

• Writing code, collecting records, annotating data or maintaining infrastructure may support authorship when the overall contribution satisfies all four criteria above.
• Provision of servers, research facilities, standard software, equipment, data access, financial support or routine technical assistance alone is insufficient.
• Responsibility for reproducibility includes honest disclosure of code, dataset provenance, model settings, computational limitations and research permissions as applicable.

No single algorithm, programming language, methodology, academic degree, or job title is an automatic qualification for authorship.

Contributor Roles Using the CRediT Taxonomy

ARCITECH requires a truthful Author Contributions statement using appropriate roles from the CRediT taxonomy. Multiple roles may be assigned to one author, and the same role may be assigned to several authors. Authors should list only roles actually performed.

Important distinction: CRediT describes what contributors did; assigning a CRediT role does not, by itself, establish that someone meets all four authorship criteria.

Contributors Who Do Not Qualify for Authorship

People who provided useful assistance but do not meet all authorship criteria may be recognized in an Acknowledgments section, with appropriate permission. Examples include routine language editing, proofreading, administrative assistance, general supervision, isolated funding acquisition, non-intellectual technical support, or access to laboratory resources.

The type of assistance should be described accurately. The corresponding author should secure permission to name an individual, since acknowledgment can be interpreted as public endorsement of the work.

Author Order, Equal Contributions and Affiliations

The authors collectively determine author order before submission, with any equivalent or joint-first contribution explained accurately in the manuscript. ARCITECH does not assign order based on academic rank, seniority, or institutional influence.

• Record author names, sequence, affiliations and corresponding-author designation consistently in the submitted manuscript information and OJS metadata.
• Affiliations should truthfully represent the institution(s) relevant to the research, with any present address identified when applicable.
• Any equal-contribution note must reflect documented contribution, not serve as a substitute for meeting the authorship criteria.

Responsibilities of the Corresponding Author

The corresponding author serves as the journal's primary contact and coordinates authorship information throughout submission, review, revision, production and post-publication communication.

• Confirm that all authors have agreed to their inclusion, order, affiliations, and the version being submitted.
• Ensure that all authors review and approve the final accepted or publication-ready version.
• Submit accurate author metadata, contribution declarations, ethics information, funding disclosures and competing interests.
• Transmit review correspondence and editorial requests to coauthors when relevant, and help resolve data or integrity queries after publication.

The corresponding author does not acquire unilateral authority to add, remove or reorder coauthors.

Authorship Records and Double-Blind Submission

ARCITECH uses double-blind peer review. Authors must enter accurate author identity, order, affiliations and contact metadata in OJS while preparing an anonymized manuscript for reviewers.

When requested, an identifiable title page, contribution declaration, acknowledgment, or institutional ethics detail should be supplied in an appropriate file or confidential field that is not exposed to reviewers. Authors should not remove scientific citations or distort dataset provenance merely to achieve anonymity.

The editorial office may request written confirmation of individual contributions or author consent when concerns arise.

Author Contributions Statement and Examples

Accepted articles should contain an Author Contributions statement (or the equivalent declaration section required by the journal template). Use author initials and recognized CRediT role labels; do not attribute roles based solely on assumed seniority.

The examples are illustrative and are not statements about any actual ARCITECH publication.

Unacceptable Authorship Practices

• Gift, guest or honorary authorship: adding individuals primarily because of their status, position, relationship, sponsorship or expected benefit.
• Ghost authorship: omitting an individual who qualifies for authorship, including a substantive contributor whose work was concealed.
• Purchased or fictitious authorship: selling author positions, naming nonexistent people, or submitting false contributor identities.
• Coercive authorship: demanding credit through supervisory or institutional power despite not meeting authorship criteria.
• Misrepresentation: inventing roles, securing approvals inaccurately, or concealing assistance material to the research.

Suspected practices are assessed fairly using relevant evidence and the journal's Publication Ethics and misconduct procedures; an allegation alone is not proof of wrongdoing.

Changes in Authorship Before Publication

A request to add, remove, replace or change the order of authors after initial submission must be submitted to the editorial office promptly and must normally include:

1. the submission identification number and a clear explanation of the requested change;
2. an updated contributions declaration and affected metadata; and
3. written agreement from all existing authors and from any author being added or removed, as relevant.

The handling editor may pause editorial processing while the information is checked. Requests made after acceptance receive enhanced scrutiny. The journal will not alter the authorship record solely at the request of one author when others disagree.

Authorship Corrections After Publication

Requests to modify a published article's author list are examined under the journal's corrections policy. A substantive change generally requires an explanation and written agreement from all affected authors, including the person whose name would be added or removed.

If justified, the journal may publish a transparent correction notice and update article metadata. Minor name spelling or affiliation corrections may follow a proportionate process, with affected authors informed. Material disputes or evidence of misconduct may require institutional assessment before changes are implemented.

Read the Corrections, Retractions & Expressions of Concern Policy.

Disagreements and Authorship Disputes

Researchers should agree on contribution expectations and author order early in the project and update that agreement when responsibilities change. The journal may ask for written contribution records and clarification, and will provide appropriate opportunities for the parties to respond.

Editors should not act as an arbitrator of complex disputes about who made a qualifying contribution. If disagreement cannot be resolved by the author group, ARCITECH may suspend the submission and refer the matter to the authors' institution(s) or an appropriate research integrity authority.

Editorial decisions will be based on reliable information and documented procedures; no party will be treated as having committed misconduct merely because a dispute has been reported. Related complaints may be handled under the journal's Complaints & Appeals Policy.

Generative AI and Automated Systems

Chatbots, large language models, autonomous software agents and other AI tools may not be credited as authors or coauthors because they cannot approve a scholarly manuscript or assume responsibility for its integrity.

Human authors are accountable for all AI-assisted material and must disclose substantive uses of generative AI in accordance with ARCITECH's AI & Generative AI Policy. Material AI assistance may be acknowledged or reported in the methods or AI Use Declaration, as appropriate, but does not replace a human author or qualify a tool for authorship.

Routine grammar and spelling assistance is governed by the journal's existing AI disclosure policy. Authors must independently verify references, code, figures, calculations and reported results.

Large Collaborations, Group Authorship and Research Teams

For multi-institutional teams, laboratories and research consortia, the author group should document contributions and agree on author order and the corresponding author's responsibilities before submission. If a group name is used, identify the individuals who meet authorship criteria and distinguish other collaborators as appropriate.

Supervisors and principal investigators are not automatically authors. The same standards apply to students, research assistants, industry collaborators and institutional partners. Power imbalances must not be used to suppress legitimate credit or require unwarranted authorship.

Related Declarations, Research Data and Conflicts of Interest

Accurate attribution works together with the journal's requirements for originality, funding disclosure, competing interests, ethics approvals, and the Data Availability Statement. Authors must not conceal a material contributor behind a sponsor, agency, software supplier or commercial research service.

• Disclose relevant funding and its role, if any, in the research or manuscript.
• Declare relevant financial and nonfinancial competing interests.
• Ensure required data, code and research permissions are consistent with the assigned contributor roles and manuscript claims.

Related guidance: Author Guidelines · Research Data Availability & Reproducibility Policy · Publication Ethics.

Editorial Independence for Submissions by Editors

Editors, editorial board members, peer reviewers and institutional affiliates must meet the same authorship standards as all other authors. Editorial titles or review service confer no automatic advantage in acceptance or authorship.

When an editor is an author or has a relevant conflict, that editor must not select reviewers, manage the editorial assessment or make the acceptance decision on the manuscript. Responsibility should be reassigned to a qualified, conflict-free editor, and the decision process appropriately documented.

If the Editor-in-Chief is an author, a suitably independent editor or authorized editorial representative must assume editorial responsibility consistent with the Peer Review Policy.

Compliance, Contact and Guiding References

ARCITECH may request an authorship confirmation or supporting explanation when necessary. Suspected misattribution may lead to clarification requests, revised declarations, independent review, referral to relevant institutions, or post-publication correction where justified. Measures are proportionate to the available evidence and safeguard procedural fairness.

For authorship questions or written change requests, contact the editorial office at arcitech.journal@iaincurup.ac.id.

Guiding references:

• ICMJE — Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors
• COPE — Core Practices: Authorship and Contributorship
• CRediT — Contributor Role Taxonomy
• Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing

ARCITECH voluntarily adopts these principles as its journal policy; inclusion of references does not imply endorsement or accreditation by these organizations. Implementation is subject to editorial and publisher approval and the journal's applicable procedures.