Authorship of publications

In their work, the editors of the journal are guided by the ICMJE criteria for authorship.

ICMJE recommends defining authorship according to 4 criteria:

• substantial contribution to the development of the concept or design of the work; or collection, analysis, interpretation of the obtained data;
• writing the article or editing it to enhance its scientific significance;
• final approval of the version of the work to be published;
• agreement to take responsibility and to ensure that all questions related to the accuracy or integrity of all parts of the work are investigated and resolved.

Involvement consisting only of providing funding or selecting material for an article does not justify inclusion in the author’s group. General leadership of a research team is also not considered sufficient for authorship.

The article must contain the contribution of each author to its writing (see Rules for authors).

First Author. The first in the list of co-authors should be the head of the author’s group of the manuscript, who took the greatest part in the process of preparing the text and is familiar with the entire process of performing scientific work. The head of the author’s group should also be the “corresponding author” – for communication with the editors of the journal and readers (after the publication of the article).

Co-authors can be those who made a significant contribution to the preparation of the text of the manuscript and performed research. If the study participants made a significant contribution in a certain direction in the research project, then they should be listed as persons who made a significant contribution to this study.

The author confirms that all participants who made a significant contribution to the study are listed as co-authors and that no co-authors are listed who did not participate in the study.

All persons listed as authors must approve the final version of the article and agree to submit it for publication in the «Clinical Nephrology» journal under the terms of the offer agreement (including the transfer of exclusive rights), duly authorize the author to submit the article for publication and communicate with the editors.