Authorship and Contributorship

The Journal of Sports, Exercise, and Performance (JOSEP) values clear, fair, and transparent authorship and contribution statements in scholarly publishing. All individuals listed as authors must have made a meaningful scholarly contribution to the work and must share responsibility for the content of the manuscript.

Authorship Principles

Authorship in JOSEP is reserved only for real individuals who have made scientific, intellectual, and academic contributions to the study. Each listed author should have contributed meaningfully to at least one of the following: study conception, research design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, manuscript writing, critical revision, or final approval.

Authors share responsibility for the accuracy, ethical compliance, originality, and scientific integrity of the manuscript.

Contributions Required for Authorship

An individual listed as an author is expected to have made one or more meaningful contributions in the following areas:

  • Developing the concept, theory, or research question
  • Designing the research
  • Contributing to data collection, measurement, or implementation processes
  • Analyzing or interpreting data
  • Drafting the manuscript
  • Critically reviewing the manuscript for scholarly content
  • Approving the final version of the manuscript
  • Sharing responsibility for the ethical, scientific, and academic integrity of the work

Contribution Statement

JOSEP encourages authors to clearly state their individual contributions to the study. Contribution statements may include research design, data collection, analysis, manuscript writing, critical revision, project management, funding, or other relevant contributions.

Suggested contribution statement format:

Author Contribution Statement: Study design: [Author names]; data collection: [Author names]; data analysis: [Author names]; manuscript writing: [Author names]; critical revision: [Author names]. All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

Corresponding Author

A corresponding author must be designated during manuscript submission. The corresponding author is responsible for manuscript submission, editorial correspondence, revision processes, pre-publication checks, and post-publication communication.

The corresponding author must ensure that all authors are aware of the submission, approve the author order, and agree with the final version of the manuscript.

Author Order

The order of authors should be determined by mutual agreement among all authors before submission. JOSEP does not arbitrate disputes regarding author order; such matters should be resolved by the authors and their institutions.

Any request to change the author list or author order requires written approval from all authors. The editorial office may request justification for the change and confirmation from all authors when necessary.

Inappropriate Authorship Practices

JOSEP considers the following authorship practices unethical:

  • Gift authorship: Listing individuals who made no meaningful contribution to the work
  • Honorary authorship: Including individuals because of academic title, position, or status without contribution
  • Ghost authorship: Excluding individuals who made meaningful contributions to the work
  • Coerced authorship: Including non-contributing individuals due to pressure or hierarchy
  • Unauthorized changes: Changing the author list or author order without approval from all authors

Acknowledgements

Individuals, institutions, or supporting bodies that contributed to the work but do not meet authorship criteria may be acknowledged in the acknowledgements section. Technical support, measurement assistance, language editing, administrative support, or general advisory input may be included in this section.

Individuals named in the acknowledgements section should preferably have agreed to be acknowledged.

AI Tools and Authorship

Artificial intelligence tools, language models, chatbots, or automated text-generation systems cannot be listed as authors or co-authors. Such tools cannot take ethical responsibility, disclose conflicts of interest, or be held accountable in the publication process.

The use of AI tools must be clearly disclosed in accordance with the journal’s Artificial Intelligence Policy.

Transparency Statement

JOSEP adopts a fair, transparent, and responsibility-based approach to authorship and contributorship. All authors are expected to honestly state their contributions and collectively uphold the scientific integrity of the manuscript.