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. AAAS’s own editorial policy encourages (but does not require) contribution statements framed around the CRediT model; no confirmed structured-capture or Crossref-deposit pipeline was found.

American Chemical Society · ~80 journals

The American Chemical Society publishes ~80 journals across chemistry and chemical engineering. Confirmed adoption is a mid-2022 pilot (18 journals, optional CRediT roles) per the official NISO registry — not a confirmed portfolio-wide mandate.

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 2017 via the Wiley publishing platform, per AGU’s own Eos.org account.

American Physiological Society · ~15 physiology journals

The American Physiological Society publishes ~15 journals covering all aspects of physiology. APS’s own author-info page encourages use of the CRediT taxonomy for contribution statements; a specific adoption year could not be confirmed from a primary source.

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 offered to authors from 2015 per Elsevier’s own press release, predating the formal ANSI/NISO standard; 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 Jan 2017.

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 rolled out across all IOP proprietary journals in May 2025, per IOP’s own press release — offered to authors but not mandatory.

S. Karger AG · ~120 medical and biomedical journals

S. Karger AG is a family-owned Swiss medical publisher with ~120 journals. Karger’s own publication-ethics page recommends CRediT as a structuring aid for narrative Author Contribution Statements; a structured-capture pipeline and adoption date could not be independently confirmed.

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. RSC strongly recommends (but per its own author-responsibilities page does not require) use of the CRediT taxonomy for author-contribution statements, dating to its June 2020 transparency framework.

SAGE Publications · ~1,100 journals

SAGE Publishing has ~1,100 journals across social sciences, humanities, and health. SAGE’s own CRediT page confirms adoption is per-journal, not portfolio-wide — several titles use it (some on a trial basis) while others do not.

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 the Nature portfolio and Springer titles, rolled out in the approximate 2017–2018 period (exact year not independently confirmed). 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 support is commonly assumed but not independently confirmed — Taylor & Francis does not appear on the official NISO CRediT adopter registry.

John Wiley & Sons · ~1,700 journals

Major US publisher with ~1,700 journals including Angewandte Chemie and EMBO Press titles. Wiley’s own author-services page frames CRediT adoption as a per-journal decision, not a uniform portfolio-wide mandate.

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.