Authorship Criteria

Informatics and Software Engineering (ISE) recognizes authorship as an essential part of academic integrity. All listed authors must have made significant contributions to the research and manuscript preparation process and are responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the published work.

Authorship and Contributorship
Authorship Criteria Informatics and Software Engineering (ISE) recognizes authors who have made substantial intellectual contributions to the research and manuscript preparation process. All authors listed in the manuscript must be responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and content of the published work.
Author Responsibilities Authors are expected to contribute significantly to research development, methodology, data collection, data analysis, interpretation of findings, manuscript preparation, critical revision, and approval of the final manuscript.
Author Contribution Roles
Contribution Description
Conceptualization Development of research ideas, objectives, and theoretical framework.
Methodology Design and development of research methods and procedures.
Data Collection Collection, organization, and preparation of research data.
Data Analysis Analysis and interpretation of research findings.
Manuscript Preparation Writing the initial manuscript draft and preparing the article structure.
Review and Editing Critical revision and improvement of manuscript quality.
Supervision Providing academic guidance and research oversight.
Corresponding Author Responsibility The corresponding author is responsible for communication with the journal, managing submission and revision processes, ensuring approval from all authors, and confirming compliance with journal policies.
Changes in Authorship Any changes in authorship, including addition, removal, or changes in author order, must be approved by all authors and submitted with a clear explanation to the Editorial Team.
Contributor Recognition Individuals who contribute to the research but do not meet authorship criteria may be acknowledged in the acknowledgment section of the manuscript.
Authorship Ethics Informatics and Software Engineering (ISE) does not accept guest authorship, honorary authorship, or ghost authorship. All listed authors must provide genuine contributions and take responsibility for the published work. The journal follows ethical principles of scholarly publishing to ensure transparency, fairness, and accountability in authorship practices.