Authorship policy

The journal Kapitari considers an author to be the researcher who has made a substantive intellectual contribution to the manuscript and who assumes public responsibility for its content. In accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), all of the following criteria must be met in order to be recognized as an author:

1. Significant participation in the conception and design of the study, or in the acquisition/generation of data, or in the analysis and interpretation of the data supporting the article.
2. Active participation in drafting the manuscript or critically revising it with relevant intellectual contributions.
3. Approval of the final version of the manuscript.
4. Acceptance of responsibility for the content of the work, guaranteeing the integrity of their contributions and collaborating in resolving any concerns about accuracy or ethics.

Kapitari does not accept practices of improper authorship, including honorary authorship, guest authorship, gift authorship, or ghost authorship. Individuals who have contributed in a limited way (e.g., administrative support, copyediting, non-substantive translation, data collection without intellectual contribution, general supervision without active participation) should be acknowledged in the Acknowledgments section, but not as authors.

Author Contributions (CRediT)

As part of its quality and transparency policy, Kapitari adopts the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) to describe the individual contributions of each author.

• The corresponding author will be responsible for accurately and completely reporting the contributions of the entire research team at the time of submission.
• Kapitari expects all authors to review, discuss, and agree on the contributions statement and that it accurately reflects the work performed.
• The CRediT statement will be published alongside the final article.

CRediT Roles

Role	Description
Conceptualization	Ideas; formulation or evolution of general research objectives.
Data Curation	Management for annotating (metadata), cleaning, and maintaining data (including code necessary to interpret it).
Formal analysis	The application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other techniques to analyze or synthesize data.
Funding acquisition	Obtaining financial support for the project.
Research	Conducting the research process (experiments or data/evidence collection).
Methodology	Developing or designing methodologies; creating models.
Project management	Directing and coordinating project planning and execution.
Resources	Providing materials, instruments, supplies, patients/samples, computing resources, or other resources.
Software	Programming, developing, and implementing code/algorithms; testing components.
Supervision	Leading and supervising research activity; providing external mentorship to the core team.
Validation	Verifying reproducibility/replication of results.
Visualization	Preparing and presenting visualizations/data for the published work.
Writing: original draft	Writing the first draft (including substantive translation).
Writing: proofreading and editing	Providing critical review, comments, and editing at any stage (pre- or post-publication).

Corresponding Author

The corresponding author acts as the main point of contact with the journal and guarantees that:

• All declared information (authorship, contributions, affiliations, funding, and conflicts of interest) is complete and accurate.
• All authors have approved the submission, the final version, and any changes requested during the editorial process.
• All necessary authorizations (institutional, community, or ethics committee approvals) have been obtained, where applicable.

Authorship order and changes in authorship

Kapitari requests that authors carefully review the authorship order and contribution statement before submission.

Any request for changes in authorship (reordering, addition, or removal of authors) must:

• Be made before the manuscript is accepted, except in exceptional circumstances that are duly justified.
• Be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief through a formal communication that includes:
• Justification for the change.
• Written consent from all authors.
• In the case of an addition or removal, the explicit confirmation of the affected author.

After acceptance, authorship changes will only be considered in extraordinary situations and in accordance with COPE guidelines. If the article has already been published, any modifications will be handled through an editorial note/correction as appropriate.