Open science, team science, and a drive to understand meaningful outcomes have transformed research at all levels. It is not sufficient to consider scholarship simply from the perspective of papers written, citations garnered, and grant dollars awarded. We need a more nuanced characterization and contextualization of contributions of varying types and intensities that are critical to power research. Unfortunately, little infrastructure exists to identify, aggregate, present, and understand the impact of these contributions. Moreover, these challenges are technical as well as social and require an approach that assimilates cultural perspectives for investigators and organizations, alike. Here we will present ongoing work through the US National Center for Data to Health (CD2H) to address these challenges, including a discussion of the role of PIDs, contributor roles and assertions, and stakeholders and systems to recognize and credit a diverse complement of work.
