PrerequisitesforPublicationTheeditorsoftheJournalofBoneandMineralMetabolismsubscribetotherecommendationsformulatedbytheinternationalCommitteeofMedicalJournalEditors[AnnInternMed(1988)108:258-265]regardingcriteriaforauthorship.Accordingly,eachpersonlistedasanauthororcoauthorforasubmittedreport(doesnotincludeReviewarticles)mustmeetallthreeofthefollowingcriteria.Anauthororcoauthorshallhave:1.Conceived,planned,andperformedtheworkleadingtothereport,orinterpretedtheevidencepresented,orboth;2.Writtenthereportorreviewedsuccessiveversionsandsharedintheirrevisions;3.Approvedthefinalversion.Meetingthesecriteriashouldprovideeachauthorwithsufficientknowledgeofandparticipationintheworkthatheorshecanacceptpublicresponsibilityforthereport.Theseniororcorrespondingauthorisrequestedtocertifythatalllistedauthorsmeettheabovethreecriteria.Investigationsonhumansmustbeconductedinaccordancewiththeethicalstandardsoftheresponsiblecommitteeonhumanexperimentation(institutionalorregional)orwiththeHelsinkiDeclarationof1964andallsubsequentrevisions.CertificationForm－tobesubmittedwithmanuscriptJournalofBoneandMineralMetabolismManuscript’sTitle:Authors’Names:I(We)herebycertifythattheauthorsoftheabovemanuscripthaveall:1.conceived,planned,andperformedtheworkleadingtothereport,orinterpretedtheevidencepresented,orboth;2.writtenthereportorreviewedsuccessiveversionsandsharedintheirrevisions;and3.approvedthefinalversion.Further,I(we)certifythat:1.thisworkhasneitherbeenpublishednorisunderconsiderationelsewhere;and2.humaneprocedureshavebeenutilizedinthetreatmentofexperimentalanimals.DateFirstauthor’ssignaturehttp://www.springer.com/journal/774
