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

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

Lack of information on authors’ contribution to specific aspects of a study hampers reproducibility and replicability. Here, the authors propose a new, easily implemented reporting system to clarify contributor roles in the Methods section of an article.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: 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, Malgorzata Lagisz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37039-1

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37039-1

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