Writing — review & editing

In practice — medical research context

When this role applies

Encoding

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Identifiers

Persistent identifiers

Frequently asked

Common questions about Writing — review & editing

What does the "Writing — review & editing" CRediT role mean?

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.

How do I cite "Writing — review & editing" 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 — Writing — review & editing". 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 "Writing — review & editing"?

The canonical URI is https://casrai.org/credit/roles/writing-review-editing. 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 "Writing — review & editing" 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 Writing — review & editing 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.

CASRAI Editorial Board (2026). Writing — review & editing — CRediT contributor role (v2022.1). CASRAI. https://casrai.org/credit/roles/writing-review-editing

CASRAI Editorial Board. Writing — review & editing — CRediT contributor role [Internet]. CASRAI; 2026 [cited 2026]. Version v2022.1. Available from: https://casrai.org/credit/roles/writing-review-editing

CASRAI Editorial Board. 2026. "Writing — review & editing — CRediT contributor role." Version v2022.1. CASRAI. https://casrai.org/credit/roles/writing-review-editing.

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  author       = {{CASRAI Editorial Board}},
  title        = {{Writing — review & editing — CRediT contributor role}},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {v2022.1},
  publisher    = {CASRAI},
  howpublished = {\url{https://casrai.org/credit/roles/writing-review-editing}},
  note         = {Aligned with ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022. Licensed CC-BY 4.0.}
}

Notable examples

Papers exemplifying the Writing — review & editing role

These published papers demonstrate the Writing — review & editing CRediT role in practice. Each example links to its DOI and explains why the role applies.

1. Example 1 of 4

   Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine

   Polack, F. P., Thomas, S. J., Kitchin, N., Absalon, J., Gurtman, A., Lockhart, S., et al. · 2020 · New England Journal of Medicine · vol. 383 · pp. 2603-2615

   DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2034577

   The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine trial paper: every co-author contributed Writing — Review & Editing on the manuscript text even where only a subset wrote the original draft. NEJM's published CRediT statement distinguishes the two roles explicitly, demonstrating exactly the granularity the taxonomy was designed to provide.

2. Example 2 of 4illustrative

   Array Programming with NumPy

   Harris, C. R., Millman, K. J., van der Walt, S. J., Gommers, R., Virtanen, P., Cournapeau, D., et al. · 2020 · Nature · vol. 585 · pp. 357-362

   DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2

   A retrospective paper with two dozen authors. Writing — Review & Editing applies broadly across the author list as contributors reviewed and revised text covering parts of the codebase they each owned. CRediT distinguishes this distributed reviewing/editing contribution from the smaller-scope Writing — Original Draft contribution, making both attributable on a per-author basis.

3. Example 3 of 4

   The PRISMA 2020 Statement: An Updated Guideline for Reporting Systematic Reviews

   Page, M. J., McKenzie, J. E., Bossuyt, P. M., Boutron, I., Hoffmann, T. C., Mulrow, C. D., et al. · 2021 · BMJ · vol. 372 · pp. n71

   DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n71

   PRISMA 2020 was assembled by an international expert panel through iterative consensus drafting, comment cycles, and editing. The dominant contribution profile across most authors is Writing — Review & Editing: critical review, revision, and editorial refinement of a community guideline. The paper is the standards-document archetype for the role.

4. Example 4 of 4illustrative

   Global Burden of 369 Diseases and Injuries in 204 Countries and Territories, 1990-2019

   GBD 2019 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators · 2020 · The Lancet · vol. 396 · pp. 1204-1222

   DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32540-0

   The Global Burden of Disease collaboration paper has thousands of named authors across hundreds of institutions. Most contribute through the Writing — Review & Editing role: critical review of country-level estimates, methodological commentary, and revision of the assembled draft. CRediT is the only viable mechanism for distinguishing this contribution from the smaller-scope Original Draft work.

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 Writing — review & editing 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
• Rédaction — révision et édition(Français)fr
• Redacción — revisión y edición(Español)es
• Redação — revisão e edição(Português)pt-BR
• 撰写——审阅与编辑(中文)zh
• 執筆 — 査読・編集(日本語)ja

All translations are community drafts. CRediT has not been officially translated by NISO.

Dictionary

Related CASRAI Dictionary terms

The Writing — review & editing 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 Writing — review & editing — by publisher

The Writing — review & editing 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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