ACAM follows the authorship criteria defined by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Authorship is based on substantial contributions to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the study; drafting or critically revising the manuscript; final approval of the version to be published; and agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

The journal requires authors to specify individual contributions using the CRediT taxonomy (e.g., conceptualization, methodology, data curation, writing, supervision). Ghostwriting, guest authorship, and honorary authorship are strictly prohibited.

• Funding sources and the role of funders in the research must be clearly disclosed.
• Conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial) must be declared by all authors.
• For human or animal studies, ethics committee approval and informed consent must be stated.
• Clinical trial registration (e.g., ClinicalTrials.gov or national registries) is required where applicable.

Authors are also encouraged to make underlying data, materials, and methods openly available to support reproducibility and verification of findings.