Naming authors on research papers and presentations ensures that appropriate people get credit and are accountable for the reported research.
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) recommendations comprise four criteria, all of which are required to claim authorship:
- "Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND
- Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND
- Final approval of the version to be published; AND
- Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved..." (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors)
The CRediT Taxonomy provides the opportunity to describe each person’s specific contribution to the scholarly output. The 14 roles listed in the CRediT Taxonomy are: "Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing"
