Nature Communications (Apr 2023)
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,
- Malgorzata Lagisz
Affiliations
- Shinichi Nakagawa
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
- Edward R. Ivimey-Cook
- School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow
- Matthew J. Grainger
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
- Rose E. O’Dea
- Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
- Samantha Burke
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
- Szymon M. Drobniak
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University
- Elliot Gould
- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne
- Erin L. Macartney
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
- April Robin Martinig
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
- Kyle Morrison
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
- Matthieu Paquet
- Institute of Mathematics of Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP
- Joel L. Pick
- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Edinburgh
- Patrice Pottier
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
- Lorenzo Ricolfi
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
- David P. Wilkinson
- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne
- Aaron Willcox
- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne
- Coralie Williams
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
- Laura A. B. Wilson
- School of Archaeology & Anthropology, The Australian National University
- Saras M. Windecker
- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne
- Yefeng Yang
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
- Malgorzata Lagisz
- Evolution & Ecology Research Centre and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37039-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 5
Abstract
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.
