Contributorship Collaboration: Translating the CrediT taxonomy into Russian
https://doi.org/10.24069/SEP-24-09
Abstract
CRediT is a high-level taxonomy with 14 roles to describe author participation in scientific research. Although this taxonomy is used by thousands of journals around the world, it is currently available only in the English language. Volunteers from around the world have joined their efforts to make CRediT a multi-lingual instrument. The intention is to create not only human-readable, but also machine-readable translations that could be integrated into various systems (e.g., digital editorial offices). In this paper, we describe the process and outcome of translating the CRediT taxonomy into the Russian language. We note some flaws in the description of individual roles in the original language, which created additional translation difficulties. The question is raised about the necessity of describing the types of author participation in cases where the study is carried out by one researcher.
Supporting agencies: The study was conducted within the state assignment of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (topic 122040800182-0).
About the Authors
D. M. Kochetkov
Ural Federal University; Leiden University; Institute for the Study of Science, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitry M. Kochetkov, Cand. Sci. (Econ.), Ph.D. Candidate at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University; Senior Researcher of the Laboratory for University Development, Ural Federal University; Senior Researcher, Institute for the Study of Science, Russian Academy of Sciences; Managing Editor of Economics of Science
Yekaterinburg; Leiden; Moscow
N. G. Popova
Institute of Philosophy and Law, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia G. Popova, Cand. Sci. (Sociol.), Senior Researcher, Centre for Theoretical Linguistics and Academic Communication, Founder and Head of Laboratory for Scientific Translation by Natalia Popova
Yekaterinburg
I. A. Kochetkova
RUDN University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina A. Kochetkova, Cand. Sci. (Phys. and Math.), Associate Professor, Applied Probability and Informatics Department)
Moscow
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Kochetkov D.M., Popova N.G., Kochetkova I.A. Contributorship Collaboration: Translating the CrediT taxonomy into Russian. Science Editor and Publisher. 2024;9(1):38-43. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24069/SEP-24-09
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