Authorship Criteria

Jurnal Hurriah: Journal of Educational Evaluation and Research, we view authorship as a mark of genuine scholarly credit paired with full public accountability for the published work. To ensure complete transparency, fairness, and compliance with international publishing standards, the journal utilizes the Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT) framework.

CRediT defines 14 distinct contributor roles, allowing research teams to declare individual contributions precisely and consistently. However, while CRediT details what tasks were performed, it does not automatically determine who qualifies for authorship. All named authors must meet our strict core authorship criteria outlined below.

1. Minimum Criteria for Authorship

To be listed as an author on any manuscript submitted to Jurnal Hurriah, every individual must fulfill all four of the following foundational requirements:

Substantial Scholarly Contribution: Made a significant contribution to the conception or design of the educational study, or to the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of educational data, testing instruments, or evidence.
Intellectual Drafting or Revision: Actively participated in drafting the manuscript or critically revising it for important intellectual educational content.
Final Approval: Formally approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission for publication.
Public Accountability: Agreed to take full responsibility for the integrity, accuracy, and defense of the work, and to cooperate fully in resolving any future questions or inquiries regarding the study.

Important Note: Securing funding, collecting routine data, providing administrative oversight, or holding an institutional leadership position does not automatically qualify an individual for authorship unless they also meet all four criteria above.

2. The 14 CRediT Contributor Roles

When submitting your manuscript, contributions must be mapped using the standardized CRediT roles:

Contributor Role	Description of Task
Conceptualization	Formulating and shaping the study's overarching research ideas, hypotheses, and educational objectives.
Data curation	Managing, organizing, cleaning, and preserving quantitative or qualitative research data for reuse.
Formal analysis	Applying statistical, mathematical, or thematic synthesis techniques to evaluate research data.
Funding acquisition	Securing financial grants or material support that made the project possible.
Investigation	Conducting the primary research activities, field evaluations, surveys, or gathering empirical evidence.
Methodology	Designing analytical models, educational frameworks, or evaluation instruments.
Project administration	Managing and coordinating the day-to-day planning, logistics, and implementation of the project.
Resources	Supplying specialized software, equipment, test instruments, or analytical materials.
Software	Developing, implementing, or testing specialized research code, apps, or data tools.
Supervision	Providing overarching research leadership, mentorship, and project oversight.
Validation	Verifying the overall reproducibility or statistical replicability of research outputs.
Visualization	Designing data charts, graphs, and visual presentations of research findings.
Writing – original draft	Producing the initial manuscript draft, including substantive language translations.
Writing – review & editing	Critically reviewing, editing, and refining the manuscript within the research team.

3. Assigning and Confirming Roles

Accuracy: Assign only roles that genuinely reflect work actually performed. Multiple authors can share a role, and one author may hold multiple roles.
Consensus: The corresponding author coordinates role assignments, but every co-author must review and confirm their designated roles prior to submission.
Revision Updates: If the manuscript undergoes major structural revisions during peer review, author contribution statements must be updated to maintain absolute accuracy.

4. CRediT Author Statement Requirements

Every manuscript must feature a dedicated section near the end of the text titled “Author Contributions (CRediT)”.

During double-blind peer review, keep this statement in a separate title page file or anonymized document. Once accepted, integrate it into the final manuscript directly before the References.

Examples:

Multi-Author Example:

Author A: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Writing – original draft. Author B: Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing. Author C: Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing. All authors approved the final manuscript and agree to be accountable for the work.
Single-Author Example:

Author A: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing. The author approved the final manuscript and takes full responsibility for the work.

5. Author Responsibilities & Integrity

Authorship carries deep professional trust. All listed authors are expected to maintain the highest standards of research integrity, which includes:

Ensuring the absolute originality of their work and proper citation of all source materials.
Promptly disclosing all relevant conflicts of interest, external funding sources, and AI tool usage.
Safeguarding participant confidentiality and complying with institutional research ethics standards.
Collaborating with editors during post-publication corrections or inquiries if errors are identified.

6. Non-Author Contributions & Acknowledgments

Individuals who contributed to the project but do not meet the strict four criteria for authorship (such as technical assistants, student aides, institutional leaders, or providers of general funding) should be formally recognized in the Acknowledgments section, with their explicit permission.

Note on Students and Junior Researchers: Junior researchers, graduate students, or field assistants must never be excluded from rightful authorship if their intellectual contributions satisfy the minimum authorship criteria.

7. Author Order and Post-Submission Changes

Determining Order: Author sequence must be mutually agreed upon by all co-authors prior to submission, following standard academic norms in educational research. CRediT roles do not dictate author order.
Post-Submission Modifications: Requests to add, remove, or reorder authors after submission are strictly regulated. Such requests require a formal written explanation, an updated CRediT statement, and signed consent from all affected authors (including any individuals being added or removed). Unauthorized or silent changes during revision rounds are prohibited.

8. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Authorship

No AI Authorship: Artificial intelligence tools, large language models (LLMs), or automated generation software cannot be listed as authors or credited as human contributors in the CRediT statement.
Mandatory Disclosure: Any supportive use of AI in drafting, editing, or data analysis must be transparently disclosed in accordance with the journal's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy. Human authors retain 100% legal and academic responsibility for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of the final publication.

9. Handling Authorship Disputes

Authorship conflicts (such as disputes over author order or omitted contributors) should be resolved amicably among research teams before submission. If an unresolved dispute or allegation of unethical authorship (such as gift, ghost, or coercive authorship) is reported to the journal via our Contact page ([https://academicareview.com/index.php/jh/about/contact](https://academicareview.com/index.php/jh/about/contact)):

The journal will pause editorial processing while investigating evidence.
The journal does not adjudicate internal institutional disputes; unresolved cases may be referred directly to the authors' home universities or research integrity boards for formal resolution.