CRediT secures philanthropic funding
Funds support two-year engagement campaign The CRediT Steering Committee are delighted to announce that the CRediT project has been awarded generous grant funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation...
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CRediT Springs Forward
A round up of contributor roles related news from across the ecosystem This Spring, CRediT hits its stride, with several milestone events announced. First, we are delighted to announce that CRediT is...
View ArticleIdentity in Peer Review?
It is Peer Review Week, and this year’s theme is Identity in Peer Review. We are excited to participate by sharing some videos across the week. Stay tuned to hear contribution community thoughtleaders...
View ArticleIdentity in Peer Review: An Interview with Simon Kerridge
As part of our CRediT Peer Review Week contributions, NISO Associate Executive Director Nettie Lagace interviewed CRediT Co-Chair Simon Kerridge on Identity in Peer Review. Please watch and enjoy...
View ArticleCelebrating Peer Review Week: A discussion
Peer Review Week (PRW) 2021 is upon us, and to celebrate, we are discussing Contributor Identity & Peer Review with leading Metascience researchers. This year’s PRW theme is Identity in Peer...
View ArticleContributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) Formalized as ANSI/NISO Standard
Baltimore, MD – February 08, 2022 – The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) today announces its publication of the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) as an ANSI/NISO standard,...
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Spreading the word: Upcoming Talks
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 wait for a...
View ArticleAdoption Milestone: ACS adds CRediT
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 will...
View ArticleAdoption Milestone: Scholastica adds CRediT
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...
View ArticleAdoption Milestone: Frontiers Adopts CRediT
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...
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Crossref’s metadata schema to include CRediT
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:...
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Translating CRediT into non-English languages
By Alex O. Holcombe1, Malgorzata Lagisz2 & Eli Thoré3 The use of CRediT enriches the information available about the people associated with published research projects. CRediT became an ANSI NISO...
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CRediT springs forward
In 2021, CRediT achieved a number of important milestones, including: CRediT awarded the Council for Science Editors’ Meritorious Award – we are honored to be recognized with the CSE’s Meritorious...
View ArticleCRediT recognised in UK Hidden REF awards
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...
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CRediT gets a Wikipedia page
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...
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