An author is an individual/organisation that significantly contributed to the development of a manuscript. NODeLJ recommends that authorship be based on the following four criteria:

(1) Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work;

(2) or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work;

(3) Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content;

(4) Final approval of the version to be published and agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. Individuals who participated in the development of a manuscript but do not qualify as an author should be acknowledged.

Individuals/Organizations that provided support in terms of funding and/or other resources should also be acknowledged. Changes in authourship of a manuscript can only be made before publishing and be communicated to  NODeLJ by only the corresponding authour. Authour will be charged review and pagination fees to be determined by the editor-in-chief.