2026-06-10 –, HA Room 2416
The Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT) is a community-owned 14 role taxonomy that can be used to describe the key types of contributions typically made to the production and publication of research output such as research articles. In 2022, CRediT was approved as an ANSI/NISO standard, and many journals nowadays require that authors explicitly indicate their contributions through CRediT when submitting a paper. As such, CRediT has ensured that authorship criteria have become more transparent and that a variety of contributions are now explicitly recognized. However, many people in the BTS community have indicated that the 14 roles do not cover all BTS roles adequately. In this Hackaton/Unconference, we therefore want to hear your experiences so that we may suggest additional or alternative CRediT roles for BTS projects, ensuring that no one’s contributions go unrecognized.
Emily Friedel, Flavio Azevedo.
Please classify your session as the theme it fits best in:: Incentives/Culture - Content related to the incentive structure of science, culture, and norms of science What is your end product?:A proposal outlining suggested additions, modifications, or clarifications to CRediT roles to better capture BTS-specific contributions.
How will the session's content foster diversity & inclusion (e.g., who will present, who will it serve), and how will it improve psychological science?:Big Team Science relies on many forms of labor that are often undervalued or invisible under traditional authorship norms. By identifying gaps in the CRediT taxonomy and proposing roles that better reflect BTS contributions, this session aims to make recognition systems more inclusive and equitable.
More accurate crediting particularly benefits early-career researchers, research staff, and scholars from underrepresented regions whose work may otherwise go unrecognized. Improving how we assign credit strengthens incentives for collaboration, transparency, and infrastructure-building-ultimately supporting a more equitable and robust psychological science.
No previously knowledge/expertise needed.
