We are delighted to report that the Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT) has been awarded a ‘Highly Commended‘ status in the ‘Practices’ category of the UK Hidden REF Competition for 2024. Founded in 2020, the Hidden REF was launched to...
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) today announces its publication of the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) as an ANSI/NISO standard, Z39.104-2022. The taxonomy, which was originally developed in 2014, describes 14 roles that represent the typical range of contributors to...
In short: Learn about the CRediT Contributor Roles Taxonomy, now an ANSI/NISO standard! Discover how it recognizes and facilitates transparency for scholarly contribut... (AI summary)
We are delighted to report that the Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT) has been awarded a ‘Highly Commended’ status in the ‘Practices’ category of the UK Hidden REF Competit…
Wikipedia is, oddly, quite isolated from academia. As we all know, Wikipedia is one of the world’s most relied-on sources of knowledge. Academia is one of the greatest producers of knowledge, I hope we can agree, and moreover academia also includes many of the world’s top experts on...
Frontiers chief executive editor Dr. Frederick Fenter says, “We are committed to continuous improvement and fostering a culture of openness within the scholarly community. By integrating CRediT, we aim to further enhance the quality and...
Scholastica say “We’re excited to announce the ability to add CRediT Taxonomy fields to Scholastica’s peer review system submission form and machine-readable metadata exports, as well as the option to include CRediT details in the body and...
Team CRediT will share updates at upcoming in person and virtual meetings. We are also working to generate more awareness of opportunities to adopt and participate. While you don’t need to wa…
Funds awarded to support a two-year outreach & engagement campaign The CRediT Steering Committee are delighted to announce that the CRediT project has been awarded generous grant funding from t…
Following a survey of their stakeholder community in Spring 2023, Crossref recently announced their priorities for metadata development for the coming year and beyond. Among the priorities include:…
The American Chemical Society recently announced the adoption of the Contributor Roles Taxonomy across 18 journals. Within the pilot adoption running from June – September, these 18 journals …