A ten-year drive to credit authors for their work — and why there’s still more to do Information about the roles of each author of a paper can help to build trust, integrity and responsible research assessment. Coordinated efforts are needed to consolidate progress.

Three steps that can help CRediT (Contributor Role Taxonomy) remain effective and achieve its promise.

#Contributorship #Authorship

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In about two hours (12:30 UTC) I'll be hosting a hackathon where we'll work on a checklist for generating research collaboration statements. Register for free and join us in the brainstorming: bigteamscience.github.io

#BigTeamScience #BigTeamScience2025 #bts2025 #OpenScience #authorship […]

How to earn authorship on many authored papers? The existence of what I jokingly call MAPs (Massively-Authored-Papers) has been a reality in ecology for a few decades now. They are primarily the results of working and synthesis groups. A group o…

Interesting post on #authorship in working and synthesis groups in ecology, with lively discussion in the comments. The practicalities of putting together papers in ‘MAPs (Massively-Authored-Papers)’ along with experiences and suggestions.

#Contributorship #AcademicSky #NewPI #ECRchat #PhDchat

ICMJE | News & Editorials

The #ICMJE is highlighting its guidance relevant to journals’ responses to requests to withdraw, revise, or alter authorship of manuscripts.

Note that ‘While not explicitly stated in the recommendations’ is mentioned twice.

#Authorship #Contributorship #Retraction #PublicationEthics #Journals

Censorship at the CDC. Your questions answered. From details to legal issues, here's what we know after this weekend's bombshell revelations.

Answers relayed with great clarity by @jeremyfaust.bsky.social to many of the questions raised by the CDC censorship

#ResearchPublication #ResearchPublishing #PublicationEthics #Authorship #Contributorship #Retraction #ScientificPublishing #ScientificCommunication #SciComm #SciArt #AcademicSky

UKRIO launches new collaborative project to improve authorship practices in research settings - UK Research Integrity Office UKRIO is seeking participants for a new project it is leading to improve authorship practices in research settings: Supporting Collaborative Thinking and Progress on Discussing Authorship Disputes.  T...

Improving authorship practices in research settings:

@ukrio.bsky.social is seeking participants with diverse perspectives for this new project, commissioned by @ukri.org .

Expressions of interest by 31 January.

#Authorship #Contributorship #ResearchIntegrity

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Science would advance more quickly if we rewarded specialization.
We've been held back by authorship rules that emphasize writing and "intellectual" contributions, plus the emphasis on hiring principal investigators rather than those with technical skills.
#contributorship

This emerged from a broader effort to better indicate and reward those who contribute to the many things that go into a scientific paper. #Contributorship, not authorship.