Publisher coverage

American Association for the Advancement of Science · 6 journals (the Science family)

The American Association for the Advancement of Science publishes the Science family of journals — the flagship Science plus five sister titles. Structured CRediT capture across the portfolio since around 2021; statements published with the article and deposited in Crossref.

American Chemical Society · ~80 journals

The American Chemical Society publishes ~80 journals across chemistry and chemical engineering. Early CRediT pilot participant from around 2017; structured capture in Paragon Plus; CRediT deposited to Crossref across the portfolio.

American Geophysical Union · ~25 journals (Earth, space, and planetary sciences)

The American Geophysical Union publishes ~25 journals covering Earth, space, and planetary sciences. CRediT supported portfolio-wide since around 2018 via the Wiley publishing platform.

American Physiological Society · ~15 physiology journals

The American Physiological Society publishes ~15 journals covering all aspects of physiology. CRediT supported via Editorial Manager across the portfolio; per-journal expectations vary.

BMJ Publishing Group · ~70 journals

BMJ Publishing Group publishes The BMJ and around 70 specialist medical journals. CRediT structured capture across the portfolio via ScholarOne, with strong editorial commitment to transparent authorship.

University of Cambridge · ~430 journals

Cambridge University Press is the publishing arm of the University of Cambridge, with around 430 journals across all disciplines. CRediT coverage varies by journal — some titles capture structured roles, others retain narrative statements.

Elsevier (RELX) · ~50 journals

Cell Press publishes Cell plus ~50 sister journals across the life sciences. CRediT pilot publisher from 2014, predating the formal taxonomy release; structured capture across all titles via Elsevier Editorial Manager.

eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd · 1 (eLife)

eLife is a non-profit open-access publisher backed by Wellcome, HHMI, and Max Planck. Innovative editorial model: public peer review with structured eLife Assessment. CRediT required since 2018.

RELX Group · ~2,500 journals

The largest scholarly publisher by output, with ~2,500 journals including The Lancet, Cell Press (acquired 1995), and ScienceDirect. Full CRediT support via Editorial Manager since 2018; deposits CRediT in Crossref metadata; supports ORCID + ROR on author profiles.

Frontiers Media SA · ~250 journals

Open-access publisher with ~250 journals, distinctive AI-supported peer review, and transparent reviewer identification. Portfolio-wide CRediT adoption since 2023.

Institute of Physics (IOP) · ~85 journals

IOP Publishing is the publishing arm of the Institute of Physics, with ~85 journals across physics and related disciplines. CRediT available across the portfolio with per-journal opt-in.

S. Karger AG · ~120 medical and biomedical journals

S. Karger AG is a family-owned Swiss medical publisher with ~120 journals. CRediT supported via Editorial Manager on a per-journal opt-in basis.

Oxford University Press · ~500 journals

Oxford University Press journals — ~500 titles across humanities, social sciences, and STEM. CRediT supported across the portfolio with per-journal adoption variation.

Public Library of Science (non-profit) · 12 journals

The original open-access mega-publisher and a CRediT pioneer (2016). All PLOS journals are CC BY by default; CRediT is mandatory at submission; deposits comprehensive metadata to Crossref and DataCite.

Royal Society of Chemistry · ~50 journals

The Royal Society of Chemistry publishes ~50 journals across chemistry, materials, and analytical sciences. CRediT adopted across the portfolio from around 2020.

SAGE Publications · ~1,100 journals

SAGE Publishing has ~1,100 journals across social sciences, humanities, and health. CRediT supported via ScholarOne across the portfolio since around 2019.

Holtzbrinck Publishing Group · ~3,000 journals

Springer Nature publishes ~3,000 journals including the Nature portfolio, Scientific Reports, BMC, Springer titles, and Palgrave. Full CRediT support in Nature portfolio (since 2017) and Springer titles. AI-disclosure policy explicit since January 2023.

Informa plc · ~2,700 journals

Taylor & Francis publishes ~2,700 journals across the humanities, social sciences, and STEM. CRediT supported on a per-journal opt-in basis via ScholarOne and Editorial Manager.

John Wiley & Sons · ~1,700 journals

Major US publisher with ~1,700 journals including Angewandte Chemie and EMBO Press titles. Adopted CRediT across the portfolio via ScholarOne; CRediT in Crossref metadata.

Wolters Kluwer N.V. · ~280 medical and health journals

Wolters Kluwer Health publishes ~280 medical and health-sciences journals, including the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins portfolio. CRediT supported on a per-journal opt-in basis via Editorial Manager.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers · ~200 journals, transactions, and magazines

IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organisation, publishing around 200 journals, transactions, and magazines across electrical engineering, electronics, and computer science via IEEE Xplore. Authorship is governed by the IEEE authorship policy; structured CRediT capture is available on some titles.

Association for Computing Machinery · ~80 journals and transactions

The Association for Computing Machinery is the leading professional society for computing, publishing around 80 journals and transactions plus Communications of the ACM via the ACM Digital Library. Authorship is governed by the ACM author-roles policy; ORCID iDs are required, and structured contributor-role capture is available on some titles.

MDPI AG · ~440 open-access journals

MDPI is a Switzerland-based open-access megapublisher with around 440 journals across the sciences. Fully Gold OA (CC BY); CRediT author-contributions statements are a standard part of the article template, captured in the SuSy submission system.

Annual Reviews (non-profit) · ~50 review journals

Annual Reviews is a non-profit US publisher of around 50 authoritative review journals across the sciences and social sciences, and a pioneer of the Subscribe to Open access model. Articles are predominantly invited reviews; structured CRediT capture is not a portfolio-wide feature.

The Royal Society · ~10 journals

The Royal Society is the UK's national academy of sciences and the oldest continuously operating scientific publisher, with around 10 journals including Proceedings B and Philosophical Transactions. CRediT author-contributions reporting is used across the portfolio via ScholarOne.

Springer Nature · 1 flagship (part of the ~50-title Nature Portfolio)

Nature, published weekly since 1869, is one of the world's highest-impact multidisciplinary science journals, covering original research of significance across all scientific fields. It is part of the Springer Nature group and sits at the head of the ~50-title Nature Portfolio. Structured CRediT capture is required across the Nature Portfolio.

Springer Nature · 300+ fully open-access journals

BioMed Central (BMC) pioneered fully gold open-access publishing from 1999 and is now part of Springer Nature, with more than 300 fully open-access peer-reviewed journals across the biomedical, clinical, and life sciences. Structured CRediT capture via Editorial Manager is required across the portfolio.

National Academy of Sciences · 2 journals (PNAS and PNAS Nexus)

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), published since 1914, is one of the world's most widely cited multidisciplinary research journals, covering the biological, physical, and social sciences. Published by the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS requires structured CRediT author contributions and mandatory ORCID iDs for corresponding authors.

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · ~400 journals

De Gruyter (now De Gruyter Brill) is a long-established German academic publisher with around 400 journals across the humanities, social sciences, and STEM. CRediT author-contributions capture is supported on a per-journal opt-in basis.