AuthorshipExtractor

A multi-dimensional scientific authorship framework — both a paper describing the approach and a live, interactive demonstration of it. Built with MyST.

What is this?

The traditional author list compresses complex, multi-dimensional contributions into a single ordered sequence of names. AuthorshipExtractor reimagines this by letting readers explore contributions along multiple axes simultaneously:

• CRediT roles — 14 standardized contributor roles with effort levels (lead / equal / supporting)
• Section-level attribution — showing who contributed to each part of the text
• Dynamic sorting — re-order authors by name, CRediT role, number of roles, or join date
• Collaboration graph — network visualization of shared contributions with role-colored arcs
• Timeline — when each contributor joined the project
• Rich profiles — ORCID, affiliations, social links
• Simulated ↔ Real toggle — switch between a fictional demo team and real contributors

The site renders a real academic paper about this framework while simultaneously demonstrating it via an interactive anywidget plugin.

Live demo

Deployed via GitHub Pages: https://AllenNeuralDynamics.github.io/AuthorshipExtractor/

Quick start

# Install MyST CLI (requires Node.js 18+)
npm install -g mystmd

# Start dev server
myst start

# Production build
myst build

Project structure

article.md                # Full paper in MyST Markdown
myst.yml                  # MyST project configuration
authors.yml               # Simulated contributor data (7 fictional authors)
authors-real.yml           # Real contributor data
authorship-plugin.mjs      # MyST plugin: directive + transform
authorship-widget.mjs      # Interactive widget (vanilla JS, anywidget)
authorship-widget.css      # Widget styles
references.bib             # Bibliography
gen_figure.py              # Script to regenerate the author-count figure
author-count-growth.yaml   # Source data for the figure
author-count-growth.png    # Pre-rendered figure
CONTRIBUTING.md            # How to add yourself as a contributor

Adding yourself as a contributor

This project practices what it preaches — you can become a real contributor by adding your profile to authors-real.yml and opening a pull request. See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full guide.

Tech stack

• MyST — Markedly Structured Text for scientific publishing
• anywidget — Interactive widget framework
• Vanilla JavaScript (no React/bundler required)
• YAML-based contributor data

License

MIT