在研究中只擔負單一功能的人員，例如：建議或指導統計分析、收集或鍵入資料、修改或撰寫電腦程式、協助招募受試者等，則可將他們列在論文的「致謝」欄位（acknowledgement）中，以表達對其感謝之意。

1. Those whose contributions do not justify authorship may be acknowledged individually or together as a group under a single heading (e.g. "Clinical Investigators" or "Participating Investigators"), and their contributions should be specified (e.g., "served as scientific advisors," "critically reviewed the study proposal," "collected data," "provided and cared for study patients," "participated in writing or technical editing of the manuscript").
   

2. It is appropriate for a related party who does not satisfy the requirements for being an author to be mentioned in the “acknowledgements.” This include persons who secured funding for the research, laboratory supervisors, principal investigators, person who provided advice and who helped the author in composing a draft or writing a paper in English (persons who are not eligible to be included as authors).
   

1. 周倩、潘璿安（2023，8月）。論文作者定義與掛名原則〔線上課程〕。教育部臺灣學術倫理教育資源中心。http://ethics.moe.edu.tw
2. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (May 2022). Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors. https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html
3. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Editing Committee. (2015). For the Sound Development of Science - The Attitude of a Conscientious Scientist.  Maruzen Publishing.  

• 原則上「單字中英文釋義」欄位的內容皆採用原文引用（即未經改寫），僅少部分內容有經微幅文字編輯。若欲對釋義內容有更深入的瞭解，敬請參考「資料來源」欄位所提供之原始出處的完整內容。
• 資料來源無編號：代表釋義內容出自同一筆來源。
• 資料來源有項目符號：代表釋義內容是引用多筆來源合寫而成。
• 資料來源有編號：代表該來源是相同編號之釋義內容的原始出處。