“I, the Corresponding Author, declare that this manuscript is original

corresponding author  First, on submission, one single author must handle submission to and communications with the journal We will address this task later Second, An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the

Responsibility of the corresponding author When a manuscript has several authors, one of them, the corresponding author, should be designated to receive and If the journal decides that the corresponding author can be changed, a correction should be published The correction should be linked to the original paper,

In decades gone by, the duties of a corresponding author were clear They communicated with the journal editor, declared any conflict We assessed how academic readers interpret the order of authors and designation of “corresponding author” in assigning credit and accountability for scientific