CRediT Author Statement

The Vietnam Journal of Mechanics adopts the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) system to provide transparent recognition of individual author contributions to published research. CRediT is an internationally recognized standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022) that clearly identifies the specific roles and contributions of each author in scholarly publications.

What is CRediT?

CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) was developed following a 2012 collaborative workshop led by Harvard University and the Wellcome Trust, with input from researchers, publishers, and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). The system defines 14 standardized contributor roles that encompass the full spectrum of activities involved in scholarly research and publication.

The 14 CRediT Roles

Role

Definition

Conceptualization

Ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims

Data curation

Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), scrub data and maintain research data (including software code, where it is necessary for interpreting the data itself) for initial use and later reuse

Formal analysis

Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize study data

Funding acquisition

Acquisition of the financial support for the project leading to this publication

Investigation

Conducting a research and investigation process, specifically performing the experiments, or data/evidence collection

Methodology

Development or design of methodology; creation of models

Project administration

Management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and execution

Resources

Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools

Software

Programming, software development; designing computer programs; implementation of the computer code and supporting algorithms; testing of existing code components

Supervision

Oversight and leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution, including mentorship external to the core team

Validation

Verification, whether as a part of the activity or separate, of the overall replication/reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outputs

Visualization

Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically visualization/data presentation

Writing – original draft

Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically writing the initial draft (including substantive translation)

Writing – review & editing

Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work by those from the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary or revision – including pre- or post-publication stages

Submission Requirements

  1. All submissions to the Vietnam Journal of Mechanics must include a CRediT author statement.
  2. The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that the CRediT descriptions are accurate and agreed upon by all authors.
  3. CRediT statements must be provided during the manuscript submission process.
  4. The statement will appear in the published article above the acknowledgment section.

Format Options

Vietnam Journal of Mechanics accepts CRediT statements in author-based format.

Example:

Nguyen Van A: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft. Tran Minh B: Conceptualization, Validation, Resources, Writing – review & editing, Supervision, Project administration, Funding acquisition. Le Duc C: Software, Investigation, Data curation, Visualization. Pham Quoc D: Validation, Writing – review & editing.