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+# ESIIL's Guideline for Intellectual Contributions and Credit
+ESIIL's guidelines for intellectual contributions and credit take a comprehensive and inclusive
+approach to contributorship, as per Allen et al. 2019 and the CRediT taxonomy (Brand et al.
+2015). We advocate for contributions that adhere to the principles of open science while also
+respecting data sovereignty (Carroll et al. 2020). We urge all ESIIL participants to implement
+these guidelines in all our endorsed research and educational ventures. We acknowledge that
+different disciplines, sectors, and institutions may have unique approaches to contributions,
+credit, and authorship. However, we strongly advise teams to develop an agreement around
+contributions and credit, which should be regularly revisited and updated throughout the project.
+When in doubt, lean towards giving credit rather than withholding it.
+
+**Guidelines:**
+1. Initiate early and ongoing conversations among teams about expectations and roles,
+acknowledging that these may change over time. Teams should document these discussions
+and formalize their decisions (e.g., such as through an authorship agreement form and
+contributions table).
+2. Honor various forms of contribution, for example, the categories from the CRediT taxonomy:
+Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation,
+Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation,
+Visualization, Writing – original draft, and Writing – review & editing (and there may be other
+forms of contribution not adequately addressed here);
+3. Consider including author contributions in publications, even if it is not a requirement of the
+journal or other outlet;
+4. Clarify how credit is attributed to early-career scientists, and ensure that mechanisms are in
+place to actively involve them in the contribution process;
+5. Create leadership opportunities for, and promote the contributions of, members of
+underrepresented communities in work outputs;
+6. Where appropriate, provide open access publication of products throughout the entire
+scientific process, including pre-prints (Hoy 2020) and for data, tools, code, models, educational
+materials, manuscripts, and other intellectual contributions;
+7. Consider alternative author listings that provide better recognition of contributions, such as
+shared and indicated lead author roles, team author names for very large author groups, and/or
+tiered authorship based on efforts;
+8. Consider open source licenses when publishing;
+9. Explore ways to track success beyond traditional publication citations, for example, altmetrics
+that capture attention and engagement on digital platforms, patents and inventions, policy
+impact, among others.
+These guidelines on intellectual contribution and credit are intended to create a safe intellectual
+space for idea exchange, acknowledgment of individual contributions, and facilitation of
+large-scale collaborations.
+
+**References:**
+Allen, L., A. O’Connell, and V. Kiermer. 2019. How can we ensure visibility and diversity in
+research contributions? How the Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT) is helping the shift from
+authorship to contributorship. Learned Publishing 32:71–74.
+Brand, A., L. Allen, M. Altman, M. Hlava, and J. Scott. 2015. Beyond authorship: attribution,
+contribution, collaboration, and credit. Learned Publishing 28:151–155.
+Carroll, S. R., I. Garba, O. L. Figueroa-Rodríguez, J. Holbrook, R. Lovett, S. Materechera, M.
+Parsons, K. Raseroka, D. Rodriguez-Lonebear, R. Rowe, R. Sara, J. D. Walker, J. Anderson,
+and M. Hudson. 2020. The CARE Principles for Indigenous data governance. Data Science
+Journal 19:43.
+Hoy, M. B. 2020. Rise of the Rxivs: How preprint servers are changing the publishing process.
+Medical Reference Services Quarterly 39:84–89.