Authorship & Contributorship Policy

Jurnal Multidisiplin Dehasen (MUDE)

e-ISSN 2828-1799

Policy Statement

Jurnal Multidisiplin Dehasen (MUDE) applies transparent authorship and contributorship standards to ensure that scholarly credit is assigned fairly and that all individuals listed as authors accept appropriate responsibility for the integrity of the published work.

Authorship should reflect a genuine and substantial scholarly contribution. Individuals who do not meet the journal's authorship criteria should not be listed as authors, while contributors who provide important assistance but do not qualify for authorship should be appropriately acknowledged.

Authorship Criteria

Each person listed as an author should satisfy the following principles:

Contributor Roles

MUDE encourages authors to describe individual contributions using the CRediT Contributor Roles Taxonomy or another clear contributorship statement. Contribution statements improve transparency by identifying the roles performed by each author.

Relevant contributor roles may include:

• Conceptualization;
• Methodology;
• Software;
• Validation;
• Formal analysis;
• Investigation;
• Resources;
• Data curation;
• Writing – original draft;
• Writing – review & editing;
• Visualization;
• Supervision;
• Project administration; and
• Funding acquisition.

Author Order

The order of authors should be determined collectively by the authors according to their contribution and disciplinary conventions. The journal does not determine author order on behalf of a research team.

All authors must agree to the author list and sequence before submission. Disputes regarding author order should normally be resolved by the authors and, where necessary, by their affiliated institutions rather than by the journal.

Equal Contribution

Authors who contributed equally may be identified as having made equal contributions when this accurately reflects the work performed. Any equal-contribution statement should be agreed upon by all authors and clearly indicated in the manuscript.

Responsibilities of the Corresponding Author

The corresponding author serves as the primary contact between the journal and all authors. The corresponding author is responsible for:

• ensuring that all listed authors qualify for authorship and have approved the manuscript;
• confirming that all authors agree with the authorship order;
• maintaining communication with the journal throughout submission, peer review, revision, production, and post-publication processes;
• coordinating responses to reviewer and editor comments;
• ensuring that conflicts of interest, funding sources, ethical approval, informed consent, data availability, and other relevant declarations are accurately disclosed;
• ensuring that any use of artificial intelligence tools requiring disclosure is reported in accordance with the journal's AI Policy; and
• ensuring that all authors approve the final version prior to publication.

Author Identification

Authors are encouraged to provide an ORCID iD and accurate institutional affiliation information. Author names, affiliations, email addresses, and other metadata should be entered accurately during submission to support reliable scholarly attribution and indexing.

Unacceptable Authorship Practices

MUDE does not accept inappropriate or misleading authorship practices, including:

Changes in Authorship

Requests to add, remove, or reorder authors after initial submission must be submitted to the editorial office with a clear written explanation. The request should normally include confirmation from all affected authors.

Acknowledgements and Non-Author Contributors

Individuals who contributed to the work but do not meet the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged when appropriate and with their permission.

Examples may include technical assistance, language editing, data collection support, administrative support, laboratory assistance, professional editing, community assistance, or other contributions that do not independently qualify for authorship.

Funding and Institutional Support

Providing funding, institutional authority, general supervision, administrative support, facilities, or access to research participants does not automatically qualify an individual for authorship. Such support should be appropriately disclosed in the funding statement or acknowledgements when relevant.

Conflicts of Interest Related to Authorship

Authors must disclose relationships or circumstances that could reasonably be perceived as influencing authorship, attribution of contribution, interpretation of results, or publication decisions. Relevant conflicts should be declared in accordance with the journal's Conflict of Interest Policy.

Authorship Disputes

The journal may request supporting documentation when an authorship dispute or allegation arises. Because journals are generally not in a position to determine the factual contribution of individuals within a research team, unresolved disputes may be referred to the authors' institution or another appropriate authority for investigation.

Editorial processing may be suspended while a significant authorship dispute is being investigated. Appropriate corrections or other editorial actions may be issued when necessary to maintain the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record.

Related Journal Policies

This policy should be read together with the following MUDE policies:

• Publication Ethics
• Research Misconduct Policy
• Conflict of Interest Policy
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy