This document details the policy of publication and authorship

• Writing Committee is responsible for manuscript preparation under the guidance of Steering Committee

• Manuscripts are classified into 2 categories (Major and Investigator-Initiated). Authorship in each category includes:

  • Major: Writing Committee also comprising one or two statisticians, and ‘on behalf of the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium Investigators’. Steering Committee, Site Investigators and all other contributors to be listed in the appendix as contributors.

  • Investigator-Initiated: Writing Committee also comprising one or two statisticians, and ‘on behalf of the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium Investigators’.

  • All authors must satisfy the requirements stated by ICMJE, in particular, substantial contributions and critical review of the manuscript.

  • Any author who fails to review and respond within 7 days will be removed as authors and credited as contributor/collaborator