Author hierarchy:
The order of authors may vary depending on the subject area, in the
journal Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry the principal
investigator, the person mostly responsible for the labour of compiling
the research is positioned as the lead author with the supervisor or
department head in the last position. The order of authors in between
these positions should be decided between all contributors before the
submission of the article. The criteria for authorship as outlined in
the Committee on Publication Ethics Report, 2003 is as follows.
“Authorship credit should be based only on: (1) substantial
contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or
analysis and interpretation of data; (2) drafting the article or
revising it critically for important intellectual content; and (3) final
approval of the version to be published. Conditions (1), (2), and (3)
must all be met. Acquisition of funding, the collection of data, or
general supervision of the research group, by themselves, do not justify
authorship.” \cite{e2003}