CAPIBARA Collaboration Authorship & Publication Policy#

Version 1.0 | Effective Date: January 1, 2026#

1. Publication Categories#

A. Technical/Instrument Papers#

(e.g., “Design of the CAPIBARA-1 GAGG Detector”)

Author list: All contributors to the specific work described, listed alphabetically.

Collaboration author: “for the CAPIBARA Collaboration”

B. Science Results Papers#

(e.g., “First GRB detection with CAPIBARA-1”)

Author list: The CAPIBARA Collaboration (with consortium author list in appendix)

Writing committee: 5-7 members who drafted the paper, listed first alphabetically

C. Student Theses#

Students may use collaboration data for theses with approval from their programme lead.

2. Authorship Requirements#

To be listed as author on collaboration papers, one must:

  1. Make significant contribution to instrumentation, software, data analysis, or interpretation

  2. Participate in paper review

  3. Approve final manuscript

3. Dispute Resolution#

Authorship disputes go to the programme lead and/or the Advisory Board for mediation.