As noted in the session description any research object produced should be made ’FAIR’; but ‘FAIR’ objects require attribution. What does that mean for the vast variety of research objects? What roles need to be acknowledged, how and where? These are questions the Federation of Earth Science Data Partners (ESIP) Research Object Citation cluster have been addressing. In particular, we have been applying the lens of the CREDiT taxonomy roles in these discussions. Here our conclusions to date will be described.