CRediT Contributor Roles Policy

Purpose

GJCCPH uses the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) to make authors’ contributions transparent. CRediT describes contributions; it does not determine who qualifies for authorship. Authorship must also meet the journal’s authorship requirements.

The 14 CRediT Roles

Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration; Resources; Software; Supervision; Validation; Visualization; Writing — original draft; Writing — review & editing.

How Roles Are Assigned

• Each author is assigned every CRediT role that accurately describes their contribution; non-applicable roles are not selected, and not every role needs to appear on every article.
• An author may hold multiple roles, and the same role may apply to multiple authors.
• Contributors who do not qualify for authorship but made other valuable contributions may be recognized in the Acknowledgments.

Authorship

GJCCPH expects authorship to reflect substantial intellectual contribution, participation in drafting or critically revising the work, final approval, and accountability for the work, consistent with current ICMJE authorship principles.

Submission and Publication

CRediT information is entered in the submission metadata and provided on the Title Page. The published article includes the final CRediT statement using author names or initials.

Changes After Submission

Changes to authorship or CRediT assignments after submission require a documented explanation and consent from all affected authors, with editorial review. Post-publication changes are handled through an appropriate correction.

AI Tools

AI systems cannot be listed as authors or assigned a CRediT role. Any substantive use of generative AI is disclosed under the journal’s AI Policy.

Reference

CRediT: Contributor Role Taxonomy, NISO Z39.104-2022. https://credit.niso.org/