Authorship

The International Journal of Disaster Risk Management (IJDRM) expects authorship to reflect real scholarly contributions and to be assigned transparently and fairly. Authorship must not be granted based on status, seniority, institutional position, or administrative involvement alone.

To be listed as an author, each author should meet all of the following requirements:

  1. Substantive intellectual contribution to the work (e.g., study conception/design; data collection; data analysis; interpretation of results);
  2. Active participation in manuscript development, by drafting key sections or providing critical revisions that improve the intellectual content;
  3. Final approval of the version to be published;
  4. Responsibility and accountability for the integrity of the work, including cooperation in investigating and resolving any questions related to accuracy, ethics, or research integrity.

Contributors who do not meet these criteria should be acknowledged in an Acknowledgements section (e.g., technical support, proofreading/language editing, administrative assistance, general supervision without intellectual input). Where appropriate, acknowledgements should be included with the contributor’s consent.

Contributor Roles (CRediT)

IJDRM encourages authors to provide a brief Author Contributions statement using standardized contribution roles (CRediT), such as: Conceptualization, Methodology, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – Original Draft, Writing – Review & Editing, Visualization, Supervision, Project Administration, Funding Acquisition. This improves transparency and helps readers understand each author’s role in the research.

Unacceptable Authorship Practices

IJDRM does not accept guest/gift authorship (including individuals who did not contribute meaningfully) or ghost authorship (excluding individuals who did contribute substantially). Any attempt to misrepresent authorship may result in editorial action, which can include: suspension of peer review until clarification, rejection of the manuscript, publication of a correction, or retraction where necessary, consistent with publication ethics.

Changes to Authorship (Additions, Removals, Order)

Any change to the author list (adding/removing authors or changing author order) must:

  • be requested by the corresponding author with a clear justification; and
  • be confirmed in writing by all authors, including any author being added or removed.

IJDRM may pause processing until the matter is resolved and may request evidence that all authors meet the journal’s authorship conditions.

Role of the Corresponding Author

The corresponding author is the main contact with the journal and is responsible for:

  • ensuring all co-authors have reviewed and approved the manuscript and major revisions;
  • keeping co-authors informed of editorial correspondence and decisions;
  • ensuring authorship details (names, affiliations, emails, ORCID where available) are accurate;
  • coordinating the consolidated response to reviewer and editor comments.