https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0198117
Intellectual contributions meriting authorship: Survey results from the top cited authors across...
Authorship is the currency of an academic career for which the number of papers researchers publish demonstrates creativity, productivity, and impact. To...
from the topsurvey results
https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/meriting
meriting - Wikivortaro