Method Reporting with Initials for Transparency (MeRIT) promotes more granularity and accountability for author contributions

Nakagawa, S. et al. (2023) Method Reporting with Initials for Transparency (MeRIT) promotes more granularity and accountability for author contributions. Nature Communications, 14, 1788. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37039-1) (PMID:37012240) (PMCID:PMC10070262)

Abstract

Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) has recently changed how author contributions are acknowledged. To extend and complement CRediT, we propose MeRIT, a new way of writing the Methods section using the author’s initials to further clarify contributor roles for reproducibility and replicability.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Ivimey-Cook, Dr Edward
• Authors: Nakagawa, S., Ivimey-Cook, E. R., Grainger, M. J., O’Dea, R. E., Burke, S., Drobniak, S. M., Gould, E., Macartney, E. L., Martinig, A. R., Morrison, K., Paquet, M., Pick, J. L., Pottier, P., Ricolfi, L., Wilkinson, D. P., Willcox, A., Williams, C., Wilson, L. A. B., Windecker, S. M., Yang, Y., and Lagisz, M.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine
• Journal Name: Nature Communications
• Publisher: Nature Research
• ISSN: 2041-1723
• ISSN (Online): 2041-1723
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Nature Communications 14: 1788
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