The Contributor Role Taxonomy tool must serve to record extent of authorship

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CORRESPONDENCE 24 February 2026 By Xiaohui Xia0 Xiaohui Xia Hubei University, Wuhan, China. The Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT) system was introduced in 2014 to clarify the roles of each author of a research paper (L. Allen et al. Nature 508, 312–313; 2014). Your Comment, written by authors who had a central role in developing and promoting CRediT, argues that the types of contribution should be updated and extended (L. Allen et al. Nature 648, 33–34; 2025). We agree that CRediT has improved transparency around authorship, which was its aim. Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription 27,99 € / 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access 185,98 € per year only 3,65 € per issue Rent or buy this article Prices vary by article type from$1.95 to$39.95 Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout Additional access options: Log in Learn about institutional subscriptions Read our FAQs Contact customer support Nature 650, 1070 (2026) doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00591-z Competing Interests The author declares no competing interests. Related Articles A ten-year drive to credit authors for their work — and why there’s still more to do ‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research Chain retraction: how to stop bad science propagating through the literature Subjects Latest on: Publishing Research management Authorship Five ways to spot when a paper is a fraud Technology Feature 25 FEB 26 Pop-up journals for policy research: can temporary titles deliver answers? Nature Index 25 FEB 26 Account for AI in the environmental footprint of scientific publishing Correspondence 24 FEB 26 What's the best way to change research fields? These three scientists have ideas Career Feature 25 FEB 26 Historically Black US universities chase top research ranking Career News 23 FEB 26 Why every scientist needs a librarian Career Feature 23 FEB 26 AI research deluge: why one conference is asking authors to rank their own papers Nature Index 04 FEB 26 Is the journal legitimate? Aletheia-Probe can help you decide Technology Feature 02 FEB 26 Three tips for scientific writing: a guide for graduate students Career Column 14 JAN 26