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 YangMalgorzata Lagisz

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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.
Original languageEnglish
Article number1788
JournalNature Communications
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Apr 2023

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