User:Lisbk/Microattribution

Microattribution

A Microattribution ascribes a small scholarly contribution to a particular author.

Origin
The term was probably first used in a paper published in a Nature Genetics paper in March 2010. An example of the value of microattributions can be seen in the description of genetic variation. A paper published in Nature Genetics paper in March 2011 concluded that microattribution demonstrably increased the reporting of human variants, leading to a comprehensive online resource for systematically describing human genetic variation.

Developments
A workshop session held at the Science Online London 2011 conference in September 2011 suggested other types of microattributions including:


 * Wikipedia updates
 * Software enhancements submitted to software repositories such as Guthub.
 * Twitter posts (tweets)