摘要
Recently, the editorial office of Zoological Research （ZR） received a statement from Prof. Shu-Yi Zhang regarding his authorship of an old publication （Ma et al., 2003） in ZR （see below）. He requested to withdraw his authorship of this article. The editorial office took this statement seriously and the editor- in-chief and associate editors-in-chief had in-depth discussions on this issue. Despite the fact that ZR announces clearly that it copes with the authorship measurements of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors （ICMJE, 2013）, and gives guidance to authors regarding the proper authorship in the Instruction to Author, the actual practice still depends on the author himself or herself （Liu, 2016）. As a way to clarify the related concerns, ZR decided to publish the clarification provided by Prof. Zhang and the corresponding replies from the other co-authors of this article.
Recently, the editorial office of Zoological Research （ZR） received a statement from Prof. Shu-Yi Zhang regarding his authorship of an old publication （Ma et al., 2003） in ZR （see below）. He requested to withdraw his authorship of this article. The editorial office took this statement seriously and the editor- in-chief and associate editors-in-chief had in-depth discussions on this issue. Despite the fact that ZR announces clearly that it copes with the authorship measurements of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors （ICMJE, 2013）, and gives guidance to authors regarding the proper authorship in the Instruction to Author, the actual practice still depends on the author himself or herself （Liu, 2016）. As a way to clarify the related concerns, ZR decided to publish the clarification provided by Prof. Zhang and the corresponding replies from the other co-authors of this article.
