Navigating First vs Corresponding Authorship

corresponding author  Technically, the author is the one who is the principal architect of the article Co-authors are those who work in tandem with the author to While the corresponding author is in charge of the communications with the journal and coordinating the review and the publication processes,

A corresponding author is the individual who, when working on a paper with multiple authors, takes primary responsibility for communicating with the journal you For large projects, the corresponding author is usually a senior researcher For smaller projects, the corresponding author may or may not be

Given that the corresponding author cannot be contacted to confirm if the nature of any figure manipulation merits retraction, would it be appropriate to Yes, articles can be published with more than one corresponding author, but the peer review system can accommodate only one Authors can include more than one