Authorship Criteria


Authors are required to include a statement of responsibility, to have made substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of the data or drafting the work and substantively revising it. Authorship must include and be limited to those who have contributed substantially to the work. We confirm that all authors attest to having read and approved the manuscript. Apart from it, we request all authors to confirm that they have met the ICMJE's requirements for authorship, that the paper represents their honest efforts, and that they are able to independently validate the accuracy of the data presented.