Authorship Criteria
Authorship Criteria
The Indonesian Journal of Counter Terrorism and National Security (IJCNTNS) is committed to ensuring transparency, accountability, fairness, and appropriate recognition of contributions to scholarly work. This policy is informed by the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy), and established international publication ethics practices.
1. Authorship Requirements
Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made genuine and substantial scholarly contributions to the research and/or preparation of the manuscript. Individuals listed as authors are expected to:
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Make a significant contribution to the conception or design of the research, the collection or analysis of data or evidence, the interpretation of findings, or the development of the manuscript;
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Review and approve the manuscript submitted to IJCNTNS and its final version for publication; and
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Accept responsibility and accountability for their respective contributions and for ensuring that questions concerning the accuracy, integrity, and reliability of the work are appropriately addressed.
All individuals who meet the journal's authorship requirements must be appropriately included in the author list, while individuals who do not meet these requirements must not be listed as authors.
Academic position, seniority, institutional authority, professional relationships, funding provision alone, or reputation does not independently justify authorship.
2. Author Contributions and CRediT
IJCNTNS requires every manuscript to include an Author Contributions Statement describing the individual contributions of all authors using the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy).
CRediT provides a standardized framework for transparently identifying and describing contributions to scholarly work. The taxonomy consists of the following 14 contributor roles:
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Conceptualization – Ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims.
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Methodology – Development or design of methodology; creation of models.
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Software – Programming, software development, implementation of computer code and supporting algorithms, or testing of existing code components.
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Validation – Verification of the reproducibility or validity of results, experiments, or other research outputs.
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Formal Analysis – Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize research data.
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Investigation – Conducting the research process, including experiments, fieldwork, interviews, surveys, document examination, or other forms of data and evidence collection, as applicable.
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Resources – Provision of study materials, research instruments, facilities, samples, computing resources, archival access, or other research resources.
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Data Curation – Management, organization, annotation, maintenance, and preservation of research data for initial and subsequent use.
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Writing – Original Draft – Preparation and creation of the initial manuscript.
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Writing – Review & Editing – Critical review, commentary, revision, or editing of the manuscript.
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Visualization – Preparation, creation, and presentation of data or research findings in visual forms.
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Supervision – Oversight, leadership, and mentorship related to the planning and execution of the research.
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Project Administration – Management and coordination of the research activity.
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Funding Acquisition – Acquisition of financial support for the research project.
These roles may apply to research on terrorism, counterterrorism, radicalization, deradicalization, violent extremism, national security, security policy, law enforcement, human rights, and related interdisciplinary fields, where relevant to the manuscript.
An author may be assigned more than one CRediT role, and the same role may be assigned to multiple authors where appropriate. Only roles genuinely performed by each contributor should be reported.
CRediT describes the nature of each contributor's work but does not, by itself, determine whether an individual qualifies for authorship. All authors must independently satisfy the journal's authorship requirements.
The Author Contributions Statement must be included in the submitted manuscript and will be published as part of the final article.
Example:
Author 1: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Formal Analysis, Writing – Original Draft; Author 2: Supervision, Validation, Resources, Writing – Review & Editing.
3. Corresponding Author and Mandatory Authorship Declaration
The Corresponding Author serves as the primary contact between the authors and IJCNTNS throughout the submission, peer-review, publication, and post-publication processes.
The Corresponding Author is responsible for ensuring that:
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All listed authors meet the journal's authorship requirements;
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No individual who qualifies for authorship has been omitted, and no individual who does not qualify has been included;
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All authors have reviewed and approved the submitted manuscript and its final version;
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All authors have agreed to the author list and author order;
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The CRediT contribution statement accurately represents the contributions of all authors and has been approved by them;
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All authors have disclosed relevant conflicts of interest, funding sources, and other information required by the journal; and
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All declarations and information submitted to IJCNTNS are complete and accurate.
By submitting a manuscript, the Corresponding Author confirms that the authorship information and declarations have been communicated to and approved by all co-authors.
4. Author Order and Changes in Authorship
The author list and author order must be determined and agreed upon by all authors before manuscript submission. IJCNTNS does not determine author order on behalf of the authors.
Any request to add, remove, or rearrange authors, or otherwise change the authorship of a manuscript after submission, must be accompanied by a valid written explanation and the agreement of all affected authors, including any author being added or removed.
IJCNTNS reserves the right to suspend editorial processing while an authorship change is being reviewed. Any approved change must comply with the journal's editorial policies and applicable publication ethics guidance.
The journal generally does not permit changes in authorship after a manuscript has been accepted for publication, except where necessary to correct a substantiated authorship error or address a publication ethics or research integrity issue.
If an authorship change is approved after publication, the scholarly record will be updated transparently through an appropriate Correction or other post-publication notice, as applicable.
5. Non-Author Contributors and Inappropriate Authorship
Individuals who contribute to the research or manuscript but do not meet the journal's authorship requirements should not be included in the author list. Where appropriate, their contributions may be recognized in the Acknowledgements section, with their permission.
IJCNTNS does not permit inappropriate or misleading authorship practices, including:
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Guest or Gift Authorship – Including an individual as an author despite the absence of a qualifying scholarly contribution.
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Honorary Authorship – Granting authorship primarily because of seniority, academic position, authority, reputation, funding provision alone, or institutional relationships rather than a genuine scholarly contribution.
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Ghost Authorship – Omitting an individual who meets the journal's authorship requirements or concealing a substantial contribution to the research or manuscript.
The sale, purchase, exchange, transfer, or assignment of authorship without genuine scholarly contribution is prohibited.
All authors are expected to ensure that the author list accurately reflects the scholarly contributions made to the work.
6. Authorship Disputes and Misconduct
Authors are expected to resolve questions concerning authorship, author order, and individual contributions before submitting a manuscript to IJCNTNS.
Where an authorship dispute arises during editorial processing, the journal may suspend the manuscript process while the matter is clarified. The Editorial Team may request written statements from the authors, CRediT contribution information, supporting documentation, or clarification from the relevant institution(s).
The editors may assess compliance with the journal's authorship policy but are not normally responsible for adjudicating disputes concerning the relative contributions of individual researchers. Where the authors cannot resolve a substantive dispute, the journal may refer the matter to the relevant institution(s) or research integrity body.
Suspected guest, gift, honorary, ghost, or otherwise inappropriate authorship will be handled in accordance with relevant COPE guidance and the journal's publication ethics policies.
Where necessary to protect the integrity of the scholarly record, IJCNTNS may take appropriate editorial or post-publication action, including requesting corrections, suspending editorial processing, rejecting a manuscript, issuing a Correction, or retracting a published article, as appropriate to the circumstances and consistent with applicable policies.
7. Artificial Intelligence and Authorship
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), Large Language Models (LLMs), chatbots, and other AI-assisted technologies cannot be listed as authors or co-authors because they cannot independently assume responsibility and accountability for scholarly work.
Human authors remain fully responsible for all content submitted to and published by IJCNTNS, including content developed with the assistance of AI or other assistive technologies. This responsibility includes verifying the accuracy of information, references, quotations, data, legal authorities, and other evidence; ensuring that the manuscript contains no fabricated or misleading material; and addressing any potential ethical or legal concerns arising from the use of such technologies.
Any use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in preparing a manuscript must comply with the journal's applicable AI disclosure requirements and publication ethics policies. Authors must disclose such use when required by the journal, including the purpose and nature of the assistance provided.
AI tools must not be used to fabricate research data, evidence, citations, legal authorities, interview records, or other scholarly materials. Authors remain responsible for ensuring the confidentiality of unpublished manuscripts, sensitive research data, personal information, and restricted or classified security-related information when using external AI tools.
The use of AI does not exempt authors from compliance with research ethics, data protection requirements, confidentiality obligations, intellectual property rules, or applicable laws and regulations.
For further guidance, authors should consult the journal's official policy on generative AI, if available, and the relevant submission instructions.
