MMWR: Contributor Attribution Policy
- Criteria for MMWR Contributors
- External and CDC contributors to MMWR must participate in 1) design of the scientific activity, 2) data collection or data analysis, or 3) drafting of all or major portions of the manuscript. All contributors must assume responsibility for the published version of the manuscript. Contributors should be able to defend their contribution independently. Collectively, contributors should be able to defend the design, execution, and conclusions of the report.
- Persons will not be listed as contributors merely by virtue of their position in an organization or by attendance at a meeting.
- Persons who reviewed a submission for a clearance process or who suggested revisions or limited changes to a submission will not be listed as contributors.
- An acknowledgments section may be used to recognize the work of persons involved in the project but who do not meet the MMWR contributor criteria.
- MMWR attribution policy follows other CDC guidelines for authorship.
- Policies for Specific Publications
- MMWR Weekly. See Instructions for contributors.
- MMWR Recommendations and Reports
- CDC divisions will be arranged in the order of their participation in the preparation and writing of the recommendations or report.
- CDC divisions will designate the order of listing their contributors.
- External contributors will follow CDC contributors.
- An E-mail address of a contributor or other designated person may be included to facilitate responses to inquiries.
- MMWR Surveillance Summaries
- Contributors will be arranged to reflect their involvement in the preparation and writing of the surveillance summary, data collection, and analysis.
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