Authorship Criteria

The Excellent Midwifery Journal (EMJ) follows the manuscript submission guidelines established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (https://www.icmje.org/ ). To be listed as an author, a person must meet all four of the following criteria:

1. Make a substantial contribution to the conception or design of the study; or to the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of the data; AND
2. Draft the manuscript or critically revise it with respect to important intellectual content; AND
3. Approve the final version of the manuscript for publication; AND
4. Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work to ensure that any questions regarding the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are properly investigated and resolved.

Contributors who do not meet all four of the above authorship criteria should not be listed as authors. They should be acknowledged in the Acknowledgments section (e.g., individuals who provided purely technical assistance, writing assistance, department heads who provided general support, or funders).

Responsibilities of the Corresponding Author: The corresponding author is fully responsible for communicating with the journal during the submission, peer-review, and publication processes. The corresponding author must ensure that all listed authors have approved the final manuscript and agree to submit it to EMJ.