Bioenergetics Communications Policies

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Bioenergetics Communications is the Open Science journal on bioenergetics and mitochondrial physiology with Living Communications - ISSN 2791-4690

Bioenergetics Communications Policies

Journal policies on authorship and contributorship

Authorship should be based on the following criteria:

• Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the study; or acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data
• Drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content
• Final approval of the version to be submitted for publication

Anyone who has contributed to the study or manuscript, but does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in the 'Acknowledgments'. Permission to include the name and affiliation those mentioned in the Acknowledgments section must be obtained.

If the list of authors changes after publication, a new version of the article and be published with an explanation. Changes in the author list must be confirmed by all authors. In agreement with COPE guidelines, the BEC editorial team cannot take responsibility for any authorship disputes.

How the journal will handle complaints and appeals

Bioenergetics Communications follows the COPE guidelines in relation to complaints and appeals. If you wish to make an appeal about an editorial decision or make a complaint, please contact the editorial team ([email protected] ).

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Bioenergetics Communications is part of the H2020 NextGen-O2k project

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