In practice — medical research context
When this role applies
Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically visualization / data presentation. In biomedical and clinical-research contexts, this role typically attaches to the team member(s) who shaped the corresponding aspect of the work — distinct from acknowledgement of those who contributed materials, technical service, or general support.
Authors may hold multiple CRediT roles on a single paper. The optional degree qualifier (lead / equal / supporting) clarifies relative responsibility when several authors share a role.
In the CASRAI Dictionary, the Visualization role connects to the controlled-vocabulary concepts of Open materials, and DataCite metadata schema.
Encoding
Use in your systems
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vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/credit"
vocab-term="Visualization"
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"description": "Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically visualization / data presentation.",
"inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/credit",
"url": "https://casrai.org/credit/roles/visualization",
"license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"bibliographicCitation": "CASRAI Editorial Board (2026). Visualization — CRediT contributor role (v2022.1). CASRAI. https://casrai.org/credit/roles/visualization",
"citation": "https://casrai.org/credit/citation",
"dateModified": "2022-08-01",
"version": "2022.1",
"inLanguage": "en",
"audience": {
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"audienceType": "Researchers, editors, publishers, librarians"
}
}<contributor sequence="additional" contributor_role="author">
<given_name>Jane</given_name>
<surname>Doe</surname>
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<credit_roles>
<credit_role vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/credit/roles/visualization">Visualization</credit_role>
</credit_roles>
</contributor>Identifiers
Persistent identifiers
| Canonical URI | https://casrai.org/credit/roles/visualization |
| JATS vocab | credit |
| CASRAI PID |
Frequently asked
Common questions about Visualization
- What does the "Visualization" CRediT role mean?
- Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically visualization / data presentation.
- How do I cite "Visualization" in an author contribution statement?
- Per ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022, list the contributor's name followed by their CRediT role(s). Example: "A. Smith — Visualization". You can add an optional degree qualifier (lead / equal / supporting) when several authors share a role. See CASRAI's author-statement guidance at https://casrai.org/credit/for-authors for templates and worked examples.
- What is the canonical machine-readable URI for "Visualization"?
- The canonical URI is https://casrai.org/credit/roles/visualization. Use this in JATS XML (vocab-term-identifier), Crossref deposits (credit_role), JSON-LD (sameAs), and any system that stores contributor metadata. CASRAI's encoding guides cover JATS, Crossref Schema 5.5, and JSON-LD at https://casrai.org/credit/jats and https://casrai.org/credit/json-ld.
- Can one author hold "Visualization" plus other CRediT roles?
- Yes — CRediT roles are not mutually exclusive. A single contributor typically holds 3–4 roles. The optional "lead / equal / supporting" qualifier clarifies the contributor's relative responsibility within each role they share with others.
Cite this role
Cite the Visualization role
These citations reference this specific role page as a standards-body definition aligned with ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022. For guidance on citing CRediT generally, the underlying standard, or worked statement examples, see How to cite CRediT.
APA 7
CASRAI Editorial Board (2026). Visualization — CRediT contributor role (v2022.1). CASRAI. https://casrai.org/credit/roles/visualization
Vancouver
CASRAI Editorial Board. Visualization — CRediT contributor role [Internet]. CASRAI; 2026 [cited 2026]. Version v2022.1. Available from: https://casrai.org/credit/roles/visualization
Chicago (author-date)
CASRAI Editorial Board. 2026. "Visualization — CRediT contributor role." Version v2022.1. CASRAI. https://casrai.org/credit/roles/visualization.
BibTeX
@misc{casrai_credit_visualization_2026,
author = {{CASRAI Editorial Board}},
title = {{Visualization — CRediT contributor role}},
year = {2026},
version = {v2022.1},
publisher = {CASRAI},
howpublished = {\url{https://casrai.org/credit/roles/visualization}},
note = {Aligned with ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022. Licensed CC-BY 4.0.}
}Notable examples
Papers exemplifying the Visualization role
These published papers demonstrate the Visualization CRediT role in practice. Each example links to its DOI and explains why the role applies.
Example 1 of 4 The 2014 ALMA Long Baseline Campaign: First Results from High Angular Resolution Observations Toward the HL Tau Region
ALMA Partnership, Brogan, C. L., Pérez, L. M., Hunter, T. R., Dent, W. R. F., Bauer, J. R., et al. · 2015 · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · vol. 808 · pp. L3
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/808/1/L3
The HL Tau protoplanetary-disc image is one of the most-circulated scientific visualisations of the 2010s. The visualisation team — image reconstruction, deconvolution, false-colour rendering — turned interferometric visibilities into a single iconic figure that defined public understanding of planet formation. CRediT Visualization makes that data-presentation contribution attributable, distinct from the underlying observation and analysis work.
Example 2 of 4illustrative The WU-Minn Human Connectome Project: An Overview
Van Essen, D. C., Smith, S. M., Barch, D. M., Behrens, T. E., Yacoub, E., Ugurbil, K., & WU-Minn HCP Consortium · 2013 · NeuroImage · vol. 80 · pp. 62-79
The Human Connectome Project paper presents brain-mapping visualisations that became canonical in modern neuroscience. The visualisation work — surface-based registration, multi-modal cortical-parcellation displays, multivariate statistical maps — is a substantial, separable scientific contribution. CRediT Visualization captures the contribution of authors who designed and produced these data-presentation artefacts.
Example 3 of 4illustrative Highly Accurate Protein Structure Prediction with AlphaFold
Jumper, J., Evans, R., Pritzel, A., Green, T., Figurnov, M., Ronneberger, O., et al. · 2021 · Nature · vol. 596 · pp. 583-589
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03819-2
AlphaFold's headline figures — superimposed predicted vs experimental structures coloured by per-residue confidence — became immediately iconic. The visualisation contribution (PyMOL renderings, attention-pattern heatmaps, confidence-coloured ribbon diagrams) is substantial and attributable separately from the methodology and software work. CRediT Visualization captures this presentation-design contribution.
Example 4 of 4illustrative An Integrated Encyclopedia of DNA Elements in the Human Genome
The ENCODE Project Consortium · 2012 · Nature · vol. 489 · pp. 57-74
DOI: 10.1038/nature11247
ENCODE's integrated visualisations — multi-track genome-browser displays, chromatin-state colour palettes, hierarchical clustering heatmaps — were a substantial data-presentation achievement separate from the underlying data production. Designing the visual language for a complex integrated annotation is a CRediT Visualization contribution that the consortium attributes to specific authors via its contribution declarations.
Examples curated by the CASRAI editorial board. Inclusion is illustrative of the role, not an endorsement of methodology or claims. Pre-CRediT-era papers are flagged illustrative.
Translations
Available in
The canonical, normative version of Visualization is this English page (ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022). Community-drafted translations are available below for working reference; the English text prevails in case of any divergence.
- English (canonical)en-GB
- Visualisation(Français)fr
- Visualización(Español)es
- Visualização(Português)pt-BR
- 可视化(中文)zh
- 可視化(日本語)ja
All translations are community drafts. CRediT has not been officially translated by NISO.
Dictionary
Related CASRAI Dictionary terms
The Visualization role connects to these CASRAI Dictionary terms — the controlled-vocabulary concepts a contributor in this role typically works with. Each links to its canonical definition with worked examples and machine-readable encodings.
Adoption
Who collects Visualization — by publisher
The Visualization role is collected by the major publishers that have adopted CRediT portfolio-wide. See how each implements the taxonomy in their submission systems:
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