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Transparency in authors’ contributions and responsibilities to promote integrity in scientific publication

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  • Marcia K. McNutt

    (National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC 20001)

  • Monica Bradford

    (Science Journals, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC 20005)

  • Jeffrey M. Drazen

    (New England Journal of Medicine, Boston, MA 02115)

  • Brooks Hanson

    (American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC 20009)

  • Bob Howard

    (SAGE Publishing, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320)

  • Kathleen Hall Jamieson

    (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104)

  • Véronique Kiermer

    (PLOS (Public Library of Science), San Francisco, CA 94111)

  • Emilie Marcus

    (Cell Press, Cambridge, MA 02139)

  • Barbara Kline Pope

    (The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC 20418)

  • Randy Schekman

    (University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720; eLife, Cambridge CB2 1JB, United Kingdom)

  • Sowmya Swaminathan

    (Nature Research, San Francisco, CA 94104)

  • Peter J. Stang

    (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112)

  • Inder M. Verma

    (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, CA 92037)

Abstract

In keeping with the growing movement in scientific publishing toward transparency in data and methods, we propose changes to journal authorship policies and procedures to provide insight into which author is responsible for which contributions, better assurance that the list is complete, and clearly articulated standards to justify earning authorship credit. To accomplish these goals, we recommend that journals adopt common and transparent standards for authorship, outline responsibilities for corresponding authors, adopt the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) ( docs.casrai.org/CRediT ) methodology for attributing contributions, include this information in article metadata, and require authors to use the ORCID persistent digital identifier ( https://orcid.org ). Additionally, we recommend that universities and research institutions articulate expectations about author roles and responsibilities to provide a point of common understanding for discussion of authorship across research teams. Furthermore, we propose that funding agencies adopt the ORCID identifier and accept the CRediT taxonomy. We encourage scientific societies to further authorship transparency by signing on to these recommendations and promoting them through their meetings and publications programs.

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  • Marcia K. McNutt & Monica Bradford & Jeffrey M. Drazen & Brooks Hanson & Bob Howard & Kathleen Hall Jamieson & Véronique Kiermer & Emilie Marcus & Barbara Kline Pope & Randy Schekman & Sowmya Swaminat, 2018. "Transparency in authors’ contributions and responsibilities to promote integrity in scientific publication," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 115(11), pages 2557-2560, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nas:journl:v:115:y:2018:p:2557-2560
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    1. Ioan Ianoş & Alexandru-Ionuţ Petrişor, 2020. "An Overview of the Dynamics of Relative Research Performance in Central-Eastern Europe Using a Ranking-Based Analysis Derived from SCImago Data," Publications, MDPI, vol. 8(3), pages 1-25, July.
    2. Shinichi Nakagawa & Edward R. Ivimey-Cook & Matthew J. Grainger & Rose E. O’Dea & Samantha Burke & Szymon M. Drobniak & Elliot Gould & Erin L. Macartney & April Robin Martinig & Kyle Morrison & Matthi, 2023. "Method Reporting with Initials for Transparency (MeRIT) promotes more granularity and accountability for author contributions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-5, December.
    3. Haeussler, Carolin & Sauermann, Henry, 2020. "Division of labor in collaborative knowledge production: The role of team size and interdisciplinarity," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(6).

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