MATHEdunesa is committed to transparency, accountability, fairness, and proper recognition of every contribution to the scholarly work it publishes. This policy sets out the journal’s requirements on authorship, contributorship, author order, the responsibilities of the Corresponding Author, changes in authorship, authorship disputes, and inappropriate authorship practices.
Where applicable, MATHEdunesa follows guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT), and internationally accepted principles of responsible authorship.
1. Authorship Requirements
Authorship is limited to individuals who have made a genuine and substantial scholarly contribution to the research and/or the preparation of the manuscript. Collaboration across study programs, institutions, and countries is welcome. However, collaboration must never be used to justify listing someone who does not qualify as an Author.
Every listed Author is expected to:
- make a substantial contribution to the conception, design, implementation, data collection, analysis, or interpretation of the study, or to the preparation of the manuscript;
- be involved enough in the work to take responsibility for their stated contribution;
- read and approve the manuscript submitted to MATHEdunesa;
- approve the final version accepted for publication; and
- be accountable for their contribution and for the integrity of the published work.
Everyone who meets these criteria should be listed as an Author, and no one who fails to meet them may be listed. Academic rank, seniority, structural position, a supervisory relationship, funding, reputation, or personal relationship does not, on its own, justify authorship.
Generative AI tools cannot be listed as Authors, because they cannot take responsibility or accountability for the work. The use of such tools must be declared according to the Gen-AI Utilization policy.
2. Articles Derived from Student Theses
MATHEdunesa often receives manuscripts based on undergraduate theses (skripsi), master’s theses, or other student research in mathematics education. For such manuscripts:
- the student who carried out the research is normally the First Author;
- a supervisor may be listed as a co-Author only if they meet the criteria in Section 1, for example through substantive involvement in conceptualization, methodology, analysis, or critical revision of the manuscript;
- formal supervisory status alone does not qualify a person for authorship; and
- the manuscript should state that it is derived from a thesis, where relevant.
3. Author Contributions (CRediT)
Every manuscript must include an Author Contributions Statement that describes each Author’s role using the CRediT taxonomy. The 14 CRediT roles are:
- Conceptualization: ideas; formulating or developing the overarching research goals.
- Methodology: developing or designing the methodology, including instruments, learning designs, or models.
- Software: programming, developing software or applets, or testing code.
- Validation: verifying the reproducibility or validity of results, instruments, or other outputs.
- Formal Analysis: applying statistical, mathematical, computational, or qualitative analytic techniques to the data.
- Investigation: conducting the research, including classroom implementation, tests, interviews, or other data collection.
- Resources: providing study materials, participants’ access, instruments, facilities, or computing resources.
- Data Curation: managing, annotating, and preserving research data.
- Writing – Original Draft: preparing the initial manuscript.
- Writing – Review & Editing: critically reviewing, revising, or editing the manuscript.
- Visualization: preparing figures, diagrams, or other visual presentations of data or findings.
- Supervision: oversight and mentorship in planning and carrying out the research.
- Project Administration: managing and coordinating the research activity.
- Funding Acquisition: obtaining financial support for the project.
An Author may hold more than one role, and one role may be shared by several Authors. Only contributions that were actually performed may be reported. A CRediT role describes the nature of a contribution. It does not, by itself, determine whether a person qualifies as an Author. The statement will be published with the article.
Example: Author A: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Writing – Original Draft; Author B: Methodology, Formal Analysis, Validation, Writing – Review & Editing; Author C: Supervision, Writing – Review & Editing.
4. Corresponding Author and Originality Statement
The Corresponding Author is the main point of contact between the Authors and MATHEdunesa during submission, peer review, revision, publication, and any post-publication communication. The Corresponding Author is responsible for ensuring that:
- every listed Author qualifies for authorship, no qualifying contributor has been left out, and no inappropriate Author has been added;
- all Authors have read and approved the submitted manuscript and agreed to the Author list and order;
- the Author Contributions Statement is accurate and agreed upon by all Authors; and
- all declarations and information submitted to the journal are complete and correct.
Any Author may still contact the journal directly about authorship, publication ethics, research integrity, withdrawal, correction, or other legitimate matters. The journal may also contact any or all Authors to confirm consent or request clarification.
Originality Statement. At submission, the Corresponding Author must upload a signed MATHEdunesa Originality Statement as a supplementary PDF file through the journal’s OJS (see the Originality Statement page). In signing it, the Corresponding Author confirms, on behalf of all Authors, that:
- the Author list and order are correct;
- every Author has made an accountable contribution;
- the Author Contributions Statement is accurate;
- the manuscript involves no guest, gift, honorary, ghost, purchased, or transferred authorship; and
- all Authors have been informed of and agree with the statement.
A missing, unsigned, or incomplete Originality Statement may lead to the manuscript being returned to the Authors before editorial processing continues.
5. Author Order and Changes in Authorship
The Author list and order must be agreed upon by all Authors before submission. MATHEdunesa does not decide the order of Authors.
Any change made after submission must be requested in writing to the Editor at [email protected]. This includes adding or removing an Author, changing the order of Authors, or changing the Corresponding Author. The request must include:
- the reason for the change;
- the current and proposed Author lists;
- an updated CRediT statement, if contributions are affected;
- written consent from all Authors, including anyone being added, removed, or reordered; and
- an updated, signed Originality Statement reflecting the new Author list and order.
The Editor may ask for additional supporting evidence and makes the final decision. Authorship changes are generally not permitted after acceptance, except to correct a substantiated error or to resolve an ethics or integrity concern.
6. Post-Publication Authorship Changes
After publication, changes to authorship will be considered only for valid, documented, and ethically appropriate reasons. A published Author list will never be changed silently. Any approved change will be made transparently through a post-publication notice, as described in the Retraction and Correction Policy.
The journal may require written agreement from all Authors, an updated Originality Statement, updated CRediT information, or institutional documentation before approving the change. If the Authors cannot reach agreement, the journal may defer the change until the matter has been clarified by the relevant institution or research-integrity body.
7. Non-Author Contributors
People who contributed to the work but do not meet the authorship criteria must not be listed as Authors. Where appropriate, they may be thanked in the Acknowledgements. Examples include teachers or schools that facilitated data collection, research assistants, language editors, technical or administrative staff, and validators of instruments whose role did not meet the authorship criteria.
8. Inappropriate Authorship Practices
MATHEdunesa does not accept the following practices:
- Guest or gift authorship: listing someone who made no qualifying contribution.
- Honorary authorship: granting authorship mainly on the basis of position, seniority, or institutional relationship.
- Ghost authorship: omitting someone whose contribution qualifies for authorship.
- Purchased or sold authorship: buying or selling a position on the Author list.
- Transferred authorship: assigning an authorship position without a genuine scholarly basis.
- Any other arrangement that misrepresents who actually contributed to the work.
Using a third party, such as an editing service, writing service, paper mill, or institutional intermediary, does not confer authorship on anyone who does not independently meet the criteria. Suspected inappropriate authorship practices are handled according to the Research Misconduct Policy.
9. Authorship Disputes
Authors should resolve questions of eligibility, order, and contribution before submission. If a dispute arises during processing, the journal may suspend the manuscript and request statements from individual Authors, CRediT information, research records, correspondence, or institutional clarification.
The Editors will check whether the journal’s authorship requirements have been met. They do not adjudicate private disputes over relative contribution, ownership, or internal agreements. Unresolved disputes may be referred to the Authors’ institution(s) or a relevant research-integrity body, and processing may remain suspended until the matter is resolved. Allegations of misconduct related to authorship follow the Research Misconduct Policy.
10. Related Policies
- Publication Ethics
- Originality Statement
- Research Misconduct Policy
- Retraction and Correction Policy
- Conflict of Interest
- Gen-AI Utilization
