Emerging Technologies and Governance

Authorship clarifies both credit and responsibility for published scholarly work. In ETG, credit and responsibility are inseparable: authorship must reflect an accurate and honest account of intellectual contributions to research on emerging technologies and governance. Authorship criteria apply to all forms of scholarly output—including text, data, algorithms, models, code, and visual materials. ETG maintains full transparency regarding authorship policies, given the academic, ethical, and reputational implications associated with authorship in interdisciplinary fields such as AI governance, digital regulation, and public policy.

Authorship also entails accountability. Individuals recognized as authors must understand and accept responsibility for the integrity of the work. Because traditional authorship labels do not specify the nature of contributions, ETG strongly encourages the use of a contributorship statement (e.g., CRediT taxonomy) and a clear identification of the “guarantor,” who ensures the integrity of the work as a whole. Such policies reduce ambiguity and help distinguish between authors and other contributors.

Changes To Authorship

Any request to add, remove, or reorder authors after submission or acceptance must be formally submitted by the corresponding author using ETG’s signed Change of Authorship Form.
Changes must be justified, and written confirmation from all original authors—and from any added or removed authors—is required before the request is considered.

Retained Author Rights

Authors, their institutions, or employers retain certain rights after signing ETG’s Author Rights Agreement. ETG publishes under an open-access model that protects author ownership while enabling broad dissemination and reuse consistent with Creative Commons licensing.

 

Criteria For Authorship

ETG follows international COPE-aligned standards. Authorship requires substantial, identifiable intellectual contribution to at least one of the following:

• Conceptualization of the research question, design, or theoretical framework;
• Methodological development (e.g., algorithm design, policy modeling, empirical strategy);
• Data collection, curation, or computational analysis;
• Interpretation of findings in the context of technology and governance;
• Scholarly writing or substantive revisions leading to intellectual improvement.

Technical assistance, translation, administrative oversight, funding acquisition, or access to research infrastructure do not, by themselves, justify authorship, though such contributions may be acknowledged.

One author must serve as the guarantor, taking overall responsibility for the integrity of the work. All authors must approve the final version before submission and should be sufficiently familiar with the work to defend its scholarly integrity.

 

Number Of Authors

ETG does not impose limits on the number of authors. Multi-country, interdisciplinary, computational, or policy-oriented studies may require large research teams.
If the number of authors appears unusually high relative to the scope of the work, the Editor may request detailed statements of contribution and may require removal of individuals who do not meet authorship criteria.

Group authorship or consortium authorship is acceptable when clearly documented, provided that at least one individual assumes full responsibility for the work.

 

Order Of Authorship

The ordering of authors is determined solely by the authors themselves based on their contributions or other agreed criteria.
ETG does not adjudicate order disputes. Authors are encouraged to include a brief note explaining authorship order, which may be published with the manuscript.

 

Authorship Disputes

Authorship disputes should be resolved by the authors’ institutions before journal involvement.
Editors may intervene at their discretion but require written statements from all involved parties. Any change in authorship during review or production requires formal documentation and justification.

 

Author Agreement

To disseminate research under ETG’s open-access model, authors must sign ETG’s Exclusive License Agreement. Authors retain copyright while granting ETG the rights needed for publication.

 

User License Agreement

All articles in ETG are published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, allowing unrestricted reuse, distribution, and adaptation, provided proper credit is given.

 

Conflict Of Interest

Authors must disclose all financial, professional, institutional, or personal relationships that could influence the research.
This includes ties to technology firms, regulatory bodies, startups, funding agencies, consulting work, intellectual property interests, or ideological commitments related to digital governance.

A completed Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form must be submitted with every manuscript.

 

Responsibilities Regarding Conflicts Of Interest

 

Authors

• Must disclose all potential conflicts when submitting their manuscript.
• Must specify funding sources and the role of sponsors.
• Should confirm whether they had full access to all data.

 

Reviewers

• Must decline review if any conflict exists (professional, personal, financial, ideological).
• Must not use pre-publication knowledge for personal benefit.

 

Editors

• Must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts where conflicts exist.
• Must disclose personal or financial relationships that could influence editorial decisions.
• Must not use privileged information for personal or professional gain.

 

Reporting Conflicts

Published articles must include statements about:

1. Declared conflicts of interest;
2. All funding sources and their roles;
3. Whether authors had full access to the data.

Editors may request additional assurances when the sponsor has a vested interest in the results.