Taxonomía CRedit

CRediT Taxonomy (Contributor Roles Taxonomy)

With the aim of ensuring transparency, integrity, and accountability in academic authorship, Géneroos journal adopts the CRediT Taxonomy (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) as the standard for identifying and declaring authorship contributions, in accordance with the good publishing practices promoted by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and other international organizations.

The CRediT taxonomy allows for the clear, standardized, and verifiable identification of the specific contributions made by each author and helps prevent inappropriate authorship practices, such as honorary, guest, or ghost authorship.

 Scope of application

The declaration of contributions using the CRediT taxonomy is mandatory for all research, dissemination, and academic essays published in the journal.

This declaration is not mandatory for texts corresponding to the Arts and Letters sections or for Reviews, due to the creative or individual nature of such content. However, in exceptional cases of complex co-authorship, the editorial team may request clarification on the contributions made.

Mandatory nature and timing of the declaration

For research, dissemination, and academic essay texts, the declaration of contributions using the CRediT taxonomy is mandatory, regardless of the number of people involved.

Authors must explicitly record this information in the Letter of Authorization to Publish, which is sent together with the Letter of Originality.

The absence, inconsistency, or ambiguity in the declaration of contributions may be grounds for requesting clarification, returning the manuscript, or suspending the editorial process until the information is duly corrected.

Contribution roles (CRediT)

Contributions should be declared using one or more of the following roles, as appropriate:

  • Conceptualization: formulation or evolution of the overall research ideas, objectives, and goals.
  • Data curation: activities to annotate, clean, document, manage, and preserve research data, including code when necessary for interpretation.
  • Formal analysis: application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize data.
  • Funding acquisition: acquisition of financial support for the project that led to the publication.
  • Investigation: execution of the research and performance of empirical work or data collection.
  • Methodology: development or design of the methodological approach; creation of models.
  • Project management: managing and coordinating the planning and execution of the research project.
  • Resources: provision of materials, instruments, equipment, computer resources, or other tools necessary for analysis.
  • Software: programming, development, implementation, and testing of software or code.
  • Supervision: academic supervision and leadership of the research process, including mentoring the team.
  • Validation: verification of results, including replication or reproducibility of research products.
  • Visualization: preparation and presentation of figures, tables, or other graphic elements.
  • Writing – original draft: preparation of the initial manuscript.
  • Writing – review and editing: critical review, substantive corrections, and editing of the manuscript, including approval of the final version.

Each author must have made at least one substantive contribution to the work. It is not necessary for all authors to participate in all roles.

Publication of authorship information

Information regarding authorship contributions, declared in accordance with the CRediT taxonomy, will be published alongside the article in the authorship record as part of the journal's commitment to editorial transparency and academic accountability.

 Responsibilities of authors

  • All authors must review, approve, and take responsibility for the final version of the manuscript.
  • The corresponding author is responsible for coordinating the submission of letters and ensuring that the statement of contributions accurately reflects the participation of each author.
  • Signing the letter of authorization to publish implies express acceptance of the declared authorship attribution and its public dissemination.

Changes in authorship

Any request to modify the number, order, or attribution of authorship contributions must be submitted in writing to the editorial team, duly justified and with the explicit consent of all persons involved. No changes will be accepted once the manuscript has been accepted for publication, except in exceptional cases evaluated by the editorial committee.

Editorial note

The journal may verify the consistency between the declaration of contributions, the content of the manuscript, and other editorial statements (including that of IAG use) as part of its mechanisms for ensuring scientific integrity, in accordance with SciELO standards.