Authors may request to make changes or remove authorship before and after the publication. The editor-in-chief will discuss the case with his or her publishing contact and agree on what action, if any, is required. The JICC will practice the COPE flowchart to handle these complaints and requests.

• Addition of extra author before publication
• Removal of author before publication
• Addition of extra author after publication
• Removal of author after publication
• Suspected guest, ghost or gift authorship
• How to spot authorship problems

Corrections

A correction provides a forum for communicating critical, scientifically relevant errors or missing information in a published article. Any changes made after publication that have an impact on scientific interpretation (for example, changes to a misleading portion of an otherwise reliable publication, an error in a figure, an error in data that does not affect conclusions or the addition of missing details about a method) are announced with a Correction. 

The author must complete the  Correction Submission Form and submit it to the editorial office.

Removal and Additions of Extra Authors Form

The author must complete the Authorship Change Form and Agreement form with the updated authors' contribution statement. 

Corresponding Author Change Request 

The author must complete the  Corresponding Author Change Request Form and submit it to the editorial office.