Authorship & Contributorship Criteria

Minimum Authorship Criteria
All individuals listed as authors must have made a substantial contribution to the article and meet the following four core criteria:
Substantial Contribution: Direct involvement in the program design, partner situation analysis, field data acquisition, or interpretation of evaluation outcomes.
Drafting & Revision: Active participation in drafting the initial manuscript or critically revising its intellectual content.
Final Approval: Reviewing and giving final approval for the version to be published.
Accountability: Agreeing to be accountable for all aspects of the manuscript, ensuring data validity and ethical compliance.

Author Contribution Statement
All submitted manuscripts must explicitly detail the specific contributions of each author under the Mandatory Declarations section before the References. Author roles must describe concrete tasks, such as program design, field implementation, evaluation data analysis, and manuscript editing.

Author Metadata Rules
OJS Metadata Name: Author names registered in the OJS metadata must consist of at least two words.
No Academic Titles: Academic degrees, honorifics, and structural titles are strictly prohibited. Institutional affiliations must be written out fully.

Misconduct and Prohibited Practices
The journal strictly forbids improper authorship practices :
Ghost Authorship: Omitting individuals who contributed significantly to the article.
Gift/Honorary Authorship: Including individuals who made no meaningful contribution to the project.
AI Tools as Authors: Artificial Intelligence tools cannot be credited as authors. Any use of AI assistance must be disclosed transparently in the AI Use Statement