emLab affiliation and author contribution

emLab affiliation

Since emLab is joint between MSI and Bren and also its own research entity, we recommend emLab staff use the following affiliations for any emLab publication:

1. Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
2. Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
3. Environmental Markets Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Note that journals may list affiliation addresses slightly different than what is listed above.

Author contribution

Transparency in authors’ contribution is a critical component of open science. Determining authorship is ultimately the responsibility of the project leads (i.e. principal investigator and/or first author), but because author contribution is not always straightforward, we follow McNutt et al. (2018) and others in recommending the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) system. For a simplified version of this most relevant to our project infrastructure, feel free to use and modify our Author Contribution Template, which allows individuals to identify their contributions or to opt-out of participation in a paper. We recommend discussing authorship expectations early in a project to avoid future complications.