Authorship and Contributorship Policy

An-Nahdah Al-'Arabiyah recognizes authorship as both scholarly credit and accountability. An author must have made a substantive intellectual contribution to the reported research, participated in drafting or critically revising the manuscript, approved the version submitted and the version accepted for publication, and agreed to be accountable for questions concerning the integrity of the work. These principles are informed by COPE guidance and established authorship recommendations, adapted to research in Arabic language, literature, philology, and related humanities fields.

Authorship Eligibility

  • Authorship must reflect actual scholarly contribution, not seniority, administrative position, financial sponsorship, or personal relationships.
  • Gift, honorary, guest, ghost, fabricated, and coerced authorship are prohibited.
  • Research assistance, language editing, routine supervision, funding, or access to materials alone does not establish authorship; such contributions may be acknowledged with the contributor's permission.
  • Each author must verify their own name, current affiliation, country, and relevant researcher identifier in Roman script.

Contributor Statements

At submission, the corresponding author must provide an approved contribution statement for all authors. The journal recommends the CRediT taxonomy to describe contributions such as conceptualization, methodology, investigation, formal analysis, resources, data curation, supervision, original drafting, and review and editing. CRediT records contributions but does not independently determine authorship eligibility. All named authors must approve the statement.

Corresponding Author

The corresponding author coordinates communication with the journal, confirms that every author agrees to submission and author order, maintains a complete record of approvals, supplies disclosures of funding and competing interests, and communicates decisions and post-publication concerns to co-authors. The corresponding author is not the sole person accountable for the research.

Changes and Disputes

Requests to add, remove, or reorder authors after submission require a written justification, revised contribution statement, and documented consent of every affected author. Editors may pause processing and seek institutional input if consent or eligibility is disputed. Editors should not adjudicate substantive authorship disputes without evidence. Changes after publication ordinarily require a linked correction notice and updated metadata. An authorship disagreement alone does not automatically warrant retraction if the underlying work remains reliable.

Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI systems cannot be authors because they cannot approve a manuscript or accept accountability. Authors must disclose material AI assistance as required by the journal's AI policy and remain responsible for factual accuracy, references, originality, data, and permissions.

Accountability

The Editor-in-Chief oversees application of this policy. Editorial decisions are made fairly and without favoritism; the publisher supports recordkeeping and institutional communication where necessary. Allegations of authorship misconduct are handled under the Research Misconduct Policy.

Guidance

COPE Discussion Document on Authorship:
https://publicationethics.org/files/COPE_DD_A4_Authorship_SEPT19_SCREEN_AW.pdf 

CRediT Contributor Role Taxonomy:
https://credit.niso.org/