Authorship Criteria

Jurnal Teknik Informatika STMIK DCI is committed to maintaining the integrity, transparency, and accountability of scholarly publishing. Authorship provides academic credit and carries responsibility for the content and integrity of published research. The journal follows the principles of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT), and the guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

1. Requirements for Authorship

An individual may be listed as an author only if they meet all four of the following criteria:

Made a substantial contribution to the conception or design of the study, the development of software or systems, data collection, data analysis, or interpretation of research findings.
Drafted the manuscript or critically revised it for important intellectual content.
Approved the final version of the manuscript for publication.
Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work and to ensure that questions regarding the accuracy or integrity of the research are appropriately investigated and resolved.

All individuals who meet these four criteria must be listed as authors.

2. Contributions That Do Not Qualify for Authorship

Contributions that do not independently justify authorship should be acknowledged in the Acknowledgments section, with the contributors’ consent. These include:

Routine technical assistance, data entry, or administrative support.
Provision of funding, computing facilities, software licenses, or research materials without substantial intellectual contribution.
General supervision or institutional leadership without meaningful involvement in the research.
Assistance with programming, system implementation, or testing that does not meet all authorship criteria.

3. Unacceptable Authorship Practices

Jurnal Teknik Informatika STMIK DCI does not tolerate the following practices:

Ghost authorship: Excluding individuals who meet the authorship criteria.
Gift or guest authorship: Including individuals who have not made a qualifying contribution to the research.
Authorship for sale: Buying, selling, or exchanging authorship positions.
Misrepresentation of contributions: Providing inaccurate or misleading statements about the contributions of authors.

4. Corresponding Author

The corresponding author must be identified with an asterisk (*) in the manuscript and provide an active email address and telephone or WhatsApp number.

The corresponding author is responsible for:

Communicating with the journal throughout submission, peer review, revision, and publication.
Ensuring that all listed authors meet the authorship criteria.
Confirming that all authors have approved the final manuscript and agreed on the author order.
Submitting the manuscript through the journal’s Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform in accordance with the Author Guidelines.
Coordinating responses to editorial queries and ensuring that all required documents and declarations are provided.

5. Author Contribution Statement

Every manuscript must include an Author Contribution Statement describing each author's role in the research and manuscript preparation, using the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) framework where applicable.

Contributions may include Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Data Curation, Formal Analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – Original Draft, Writing – Review & Editing, Project Administration, and Supervision.

Author contributions should be identified using the authors’ initials. For example:

“AB: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software; CD: Data Curation, Formal Analysis; EF: Writing – Original Draft, Writing – Review & Editing.”

The contribution statement must accurately reflect the actual work performed by each author.

6. Changes to the Author List or Author Order

Requests to add, remove, or reorder authors after manuscript submission must:

Be submitted in writing by the corresponding author to the Editor-in-Chief, with a clear justification.
Include written approval from all authors, including any author being added or removed.
Include an updated Author Contribution Statement.

The journal reserves the right to suspend the editorial process or delay publication until all required documentation and approvals have been received.

7. Authorship Disputes

Determining authorship eligibility is the collective responsibility of the authors. If an authorship dispute arises, the editorial board may request clarification or supporting documentation from the authors and, where necessary, seek guidance from their affiliated institution(s).

The journal will handle authorship disputes in accordance with applicable publication ethics principles and COPE guidance.

8. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools

Artificial intelligence tools, including generative AI and AI-assisted coding tools, cannot be listed as authors because they cannot assume responsibility or accountability for published work.

Any use of AI tools in preparing a manuscript, generating or modifying code, analyzing data, or producing research content must be transparently disclosed when it materially contributes to the work. The disclosure should identify the tool and explain how it was used, where relevant.

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and proper citation of all content in the submitted manuscript, including content produced or assisted by AI tools. AI-generated content must be checked by the authors before submission.