Authorship and Contributorship Policy

1. General Principles

Jurnal Desain requires that the names and order of authors accurately represent the substantive scholarly contributions to the submitted work. Gift, guest, honorary, and ghost authorship are prohibited.

2. Criteria for Authorship

Each listed author must have made a genuine and substantive intellectual contribution to the research, study design, investigation, evidence generation, analysis, interpretation, or scholarly preparation of the manuscript; participated in drafting or critically revising its intellectual content; approved the version submitted and, subsequently, the final version for publication; and agreed to take appropriate responsibility for the integrity of the work and their contributions.

Funding acquisition, institutional seniority, general supervision, administrative assistance, proofreading, or technical support alone does not confer authorship. Contributors who do not qualify may be acknowledged with their permission.

3. Author Contributions Statement

Every manuscript must contain an Author Contributions Statement describing the substantive contribution of each author. The CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) may be used where appropriate. Single-author manuscripts must contain a sole-author contribution statement.

4. Author Order, OJS Metadata, and Correspondence

All authors must agree on authorship order before submission. The name, number, order, and affiliations of authors recorded in OJS must match the manuscript. One corresponding author must be designated to coordinate communication and confirm that all co-authors have approved the submission, revisions, and final publication version.

5. Requests to Change Authorship

Requests to add, remove, or reorder authors after submission must state the reason and include written agreement from all affected authors. Changes after acceptance require particularly careful editorial verification. The journal may pause editorial processing while material questions remain unresolved.

6. Artificial Intelligence and Authorship

AI tools or systems cannot be credited as authors or co-authors. Relevant AI assistance must be declared in accordance with the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy; human authors remain responsible for the final manuscript.

7. Disputes and Accountability

Authors should seek to resolve disputes in good faith. The journal may request documentation, consult an appropriate institution, or suspend processing pending clarification; it does not independently adjudicate institutional authorship ownership disputes. Suspected misconduct is handled under the Publication Ethics and Research Integrity policy.