Applicability of Existing Attribution Systems to Visualization and HCI

Determine to what degree existing systems of attribution, including the Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT), apply to research practices in visualization and human-computer interaction, with the aim of identifying and addressing mismatches between those systems and the contribution types common in these fields.

Background

The paper observes that contribution statements and formal contributorship systems remain uncommon in visualization and HCI. It identifies a potential barrier to their adoption: existing attribution systems may have been developed around disciplinary assumptions that do not align with visualization and HCI research practices.

CRediT is presented as a particularly salient example because its “Visualization” role is intended for the preparation of visualizations as manuscript figures, making the role confusing when applied to research in the field of visualization itself. The unresolved issue is therefore whether, and to what extent, current attribution frameworks can represent the range of conceptual, design, participatory, qualitative, and technical contributions found in visualization and HCI.