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

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, Matthieu Paquet, Joel L. Pick, Patrice Pottier, Lorenzo Ricolfi, David P. Wilkinson, Aaron Willcox, Coralie Williams, Laura A. B. Wilson, Saras M. Windecker, Yefeng Yang and Malgorzata Lagisz ()
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Shinichi Nakagawa: UNSW
Edward R. Ivimey-Cook: University of Glasgow
Matthew J. Grainger: Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Rose E. O’Dea: Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
Samantha Burke: UNSW
Szymon M. Drobniak: Jagiellonian University
Elliot Gould: University of Melbourne
Erin L. Macartney: UNSW
April Robin Martinig: UNSW
Kyle Morrison: UNSW
Matthieu Paquet: University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP
Joel L. Pick: University of Edinburgh
Patrice Pottier: UNSW
Lorenzo Ricolfi: UNSW
David P. Wilkinson: University of Melbourne
Aaron Willcox: University of Melbourne
Coralie Williams: UNSW
Laura A. B. Wilson: The Australian National University
Saras M. Windecker: University of Melbourne
Yefeng Yang: UNSW
Malgorzata Lagisz: UNSW

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-5

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.

Date: 2023
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