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ArticleLearned publishing : journal of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers2023

Evolution and adoption of contributor role ontologies and taxonomies.

Mohammad Hosseini, Julien Colomb, Alex O Holcombe, Barbara Kern, Nicole A Vasilevsky, Kristi L Holmes

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Article in Learned publishing : journal of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Enhancing, Understanding and Adoption of the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT).Learned publishing : journal of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers · 2026
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  4. Working in biocuration: contemporary experiences and perspectives.Database : the journal of biological databases and curation · 2025
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  5. Using AI to write scholarly publications.Accountability in research · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Mohammad HosseiniDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2385-985X
Julien ColombInstitute of Biology, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3127-5520
Alex O HolcombeSchool of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2869-0085
Barbara KernThe John Crerar Library, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1184-911X
Nicole A VasilevskyOregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5208-3432
Kristi L HolmesDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8420-5254

Funding

Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS)UL1TR001422 · NCATS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI D'AQUILA, RICHARD · 2015 to 2023
$56.8M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001422
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Contributor Role Ontologies and Taxonomies (CROTs) are standard vocabularies to describe individual contributions to a scholarly project or research output. Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) is one of the most widely used CROTs, and has been adopted by numerous journals to describe author's contributions, and recently formalized as a ANSI/NISO standard. Despite these developments, there is still much work left to be done to improve how CROTs are used across different research domains, research output types, and scholarly workflows. In this paper, we describe how CROTs could be extended to include roles from various disciplines in an ethical and inclusive manner. We explore potential approaches to apply CROTs to diverse research objects and various disciplines; as well as envision their integration into various scholarly workflows, such as promotion and tenure in academic institutions. Lastly, we discuss potential mechanisms for wide adoption and use. While acknowledging that improving current systems of attribution is a slow and iterative process, we believe that engaging the community in the evolution of CROTs will ultimately enhance the ethical attribution of credit and responsibilities in scholarly publications.

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authorshipcontributor rolescontributorshipethical attributionresearch integrity

Identifiers

PMID41768780
PMCPMC12945348

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