Authorship and contribution

Definition of authorship

Authorship is considered to be the person responsible for contributing to the idea and concept, methodology and development of the research, results, conclusions and subsequent corrections (if any) of an article published in Ciudad Esmeralda. Revista de Estudios sobre Literatura Infantil y Juvenil.

Although Ciudad Esmeralda. Revista de Estudios sobre Literatura Infantil y Juvenil does not believe in or defend hierarchies in research, as it understands that everyone plays an important role in achieving the goals of research work, it recommends reviewing the guidelines established by the CRediT Taxonomy. These guidelines can help to organise participation in a more orderly manner and avoid ghost authorship.

The opinions expressed in the papers are those of the authors alone, and no member of the editorial team is responsible for them.

The authors declare that the articles submitted are unpublished and have not been published in any other electronic or paper medium, and that they have all the necessary permissions for the use of images and graphics before being published by Ciudad Esmeralda. Revista de Estudios sobre Literatura Infantil y Juvenil.

To avoid confusion in the attribution of authorship due to coinciding names, Ciudad Esmeralda. Revista de Estudios sobre Literatura Infantil y Juvenil requests your ORCID number. If you do not have one, we recommend that you register on the platform.

Conflict of interest of authors

Authors must disclose any situation that could influence their work, whether for financial reasons—such as contracts, consultancies, shares, fees, or patents—or personal reasons—friendships, academic rivalries, ideological or religious beliefs, etc. Such relationships, whether financial or not, must be disclosed when submitting the manuscript. The aim is not to exclude those with potential links, but to ensure transparency so that readers can assess the possible influence of these links on the study. A note with this information will be included at the end of each article. If there are no conflicts, this will be explicitly stated with the word “None”.

Changes in authorship

Any change in authorship—whether adding, removing, or reordering names—must be requested before the manuscript is finally accepted and will require the approval of the Editorial Team.

To process this request, the corresponding author must send the following to the journal's editorial office:

1. A detailed justification of the reason for the change in the list of authors.

2. Written confirmation from all co-authors expressing their agreement with the proposed modification. In cases of addition or removal of an author, a statement of agreement from the person directly involved must also be included.

Once the manuscript has been accepted, changes in authorship will only be considered if there are duly justified exceptional circumstances. In order not to interfere with the evaluation process of this request, publication of the article will be temporarily suspended. If the article has already been published online, any approved changes will be reflected by issuing a correction note.