BioMedica follows the ICMJE authorship criteria. Each author must meet all four requirements:

1. Make a substantial contribution to the work’s conception or design, or to the acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data.

2. Draft the work or critically revise it for important intellectual content.

3. Approve the final version to be published.

4. Agree to be accountable for the work and help resolve questions about its accuracy or integrity.

Contributors who do not meet all four criteria should be acknowledged, with their permission where appropriate.

ICMJE recommendations: https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html