Authorship Criteria

Authorship Criteria

Jurnal Pendidikan Lingkungan dan Pembangunan Berkelanjutan (PLPB) strictly adheres to international ethical standards for academic publication. To be listed as an author, an individual must have made a significant and substantial contribution to the research and the preparation of the manuscript.

Authorship credit should be based on meeting all four of the following criteria:

  1. Substantial Contributions: Made significant contributions to the conception or design of the research, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work.

  2. Drafting and Revision: Drafted the work or revised it critically for important intellectual content.

  3. Final Approval: Provided final approval of the version to be published.

  4. Accountability: Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Role of the Corresponding Author The corresponding author takes primary responsibility for communication with the journal during the manuscript submission, peer review, and publication process. The corresponding author must ensure that all appropriate co-authors (and no inappropriate co-authors) are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission for publication.

Changes to Authorship Any requests to add, delete, or rearrange author names in an accepted manuscript must be made before the manuscript is published. The corresponding author must provide a valid reason for the proposed change and submit written confirmation (e.g., via email or formal letter) from all authors—including those being added or removed—expressing their agreement with the change.

Acknowledgments (Non-Author Contributors) Contributors who meet fewer than all four of the above criteria for authorship should not be listed as authors, but they should be acknowledged. Examples of activities that alone do not qualify a contributor for authorship include acquisition of funding, general supervision of a research group, general administrative support, or language editing. These individuals should be listed in the Acknowledgments section, and their specific contributions should be described.