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5.2
Acknowledgments .
If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people.
Proverb
In scientific publication,
Acknowledgments typically are used to list grant or funding support, donors of equipment or supplies, technical assistance, and important specific contributions from individuals who do not qualify for authorship ( see 2.10
Acknowledgments (Article Information). 2.10 ,
Acknowledgments [Article Information], and 5.1.1 Authorship: Definition, Criteria, Contributions, and Requirements. 5.1.1 , Authorship: Definition, Criteria
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did not fit on the first page would be placed first in the
Acknowledgment section. Online,
Acknowledgment sections are typically placed at the end of the article. The JAMA Network journals publish
Acknowledgments as Article Information ( see 2.3.1 Order of Footnotes for Print or PDF Page. 2.3.1 , Order of Footnotes for Print or PDF Page, where some additional types of
acknowledgment footnotes are discussed [placement of such footnotes may vary among journals]). Examples of various parts of the
Acknowledgment section (also called Article Information) follow, as used
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2.10.18 Additional Information (Miscellaneous
Acknowledgments ).
Occasionally, other types of information may be provided in the
Acknowledgment section. However, permission or credit for reproduction of a figure or a table, even if modified, should be given in the figure legend or the table footnote, not in the
Acknowledgment section ( see 4.0 Tables, Figures, and Multimedia 4.0 , Tables, Figures, and Multimedia).
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5.2.11 Standards for Tagging Metadata in
Acknowledgments .
To ensure appropriate display in print and online journals as well as indexing, search, and retrieval in bibliometric databases, journals should follow standards for tagging (coding) to identify the
Acknowledgment or Article Information section and important elements, such as author conflict of interest disclosures, funding or sponsorship information, lists of nonauthor collaborators, and group author information. The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the National Library of Medicine
