Authorship and Ethical Policies | Revista Alergia México

Ethics Policies

Aware of the importance of maintaining high standards of ethics and the inherent responsibility of scientific publication, Revista Alergia México adheres to the principles of transparency and best practices in scientific publications proposed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). In the event of malpractice by authors, the journal will proceed according to the flowcharts established by COPE.

Authorship Policy

In accordance with the guidelines from organizations such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the journal considers that authorship reflects significant contributions to the scientific aspects of the work. To be listed as an author, an individual must meet the following four criteria:

Have made a substantial contribution to the conception or design of the work; or to the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work.
Have participated in drafting the manuscript or critically revising it for important intellectual content.
Have approved the final version to be published.
Be able to answer for all aspects of the manuscript to ensure that issues related to accuracy or integrity are properly investigated and resolved.

It is the collective responsibility of the authors—not the journal—to ensure that all and only those individuals who meet these four criteria are listed as authors. The journal disclaims any responsibility for potential conflicts arising from authorship of the published work. However, to ensure efficiency in the editorial process, the journal will correspond with only one person explicitly designated by the authors.

Acknowledgments

Contributors who do not meet all four authorship criteria should not be listed as authors but may be acknowledged. For example, assisting in data collection, providing funding, helping with writing, or general supervision of a research group are not sufficient criteria for authorship on their own. Contributors may be recognized in the acknowledgments, either individually or collectively, under a single reference (e.g., "participating researchers"), and their contributions should be specified (e.g., scientific advisors, critical reviewers of the study proposal, data collection, or drafting the manuscript).

If consent is required from those acknowledged, it is the responsibility of the authors to obtain written permission.

Author Contribution Using CRediT Taxonomy

To strengthen scientific integrity and reduce potential authorship disputes, authors of multi-author manuscripts are required to describe each author's contributions using the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) Contributor Roles Taxonomy established by CASRAI. This taxonomy must be submitted by the corresponding author as part of the manuscript submission checklist and should be reviewed and approved by all co-authors.

Authors' contributions may include the following CRediT roles:

Conceptualization – Ideas; formulation or evolution of the research goals and objectives.
Data curation – Data management activities, including metadata production, data cleaning, and maintaining research data.
Formal analysis – Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques for data analysis or synthesis.
Funding acquisition – Obtaining financial support for the project.
Investigation – Conducting the research process, including performing experiments or collecting data.
Methodology – Development or design of the methodology; creation of models.
Project administration – Management and coordination responsibility for the research activity.
Resources – Provision of study materials, patients, laboratory samples, or other resources.
Software – Programming and development of computer code and algorithms.
Supervision – Leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution.
Validation – Verification of the overall reproducibility of results or experiments.
Visualization – Data presentation and preparation of figures.
Writing – original draft – Preparation of the initial manuscript draft.
Writing – review and editing – Critical revision of the manuscript.

Number, Order, and Frequency of Authors

The journal accepts manuscripts with a maximum of seven authors. In exceptional cases involving large or complex inter-institutional studies, manuscripts with more than seven authors may be accepted with a justification document signed by all authors. Acceptance of such manuscripts is not guaranteed.

Additionally, the journal will not publish more than one article by the same author in a single issue.

Once submitted, the order and number of authors cannot be changed. All authorship issues must be resolved before initial submission.

Corresponding Author

The corresponding author is the main point of contact with the journal throughout the submission, peer review, and publication process. The corresponding author ensures that all administrative requirements are met and responds to editorial questions promptly.

Permissions and Rights

Authors are responsible for obtaining permissions to reproduce material from other publications and for citing it correctly. If an author wishes to republish an article elsewhere, the journal where it is published must acknowledge the original publication.

The journal reserves the right to print, reproduce, and modify material as deemed necessary.

Conflict of Interest

Authors must disclose any commercial association that could present a conflict of interest related to the submitted article. They must also disclose any source of funding, financial ties, or personal relationships that may influence the work.

Redundancy

Redundant publication (submission of multiple manuscripts derived from the same study) is discouraged. Results should be presented in a single article unless there is a valid justification.

Ethical Considerations

Authors submitting research involving human subjects must comply with:

Research involving animal subjects must comply with:

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