19 CRediT Framework
We provide a high level classification of the diverse roles performed in the work leading to this publication through the CRediT (contributor role taxonomy) framework (Brand et al. 2015).
19.1 Conceptualization
Ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims
Tegwen Marlais, Heidi Hopkins, David Mabey, Chris Drakeley, Liz Ashley, Mayfong Mayxay, David Lalloo, Nick Feasey, Quique Bassat, Katharina Kranzer, Paul Newton, John Crump, David Bell, Yoel Lubell, Arjun Chandna and Chrissy h Roberts
19.2 Methodology
Development or design of methodology; creation of models
Tegwen Marlais, Chris Drakeley, Chrissy h Roberts
19.3 Software
Programming, software development; designing computer programs; implementation of the computer code and supporting algorithms; testing of existing code components
Chrissy h Roberts, Tegwen Marlais
19.4 Validation
Verification, whether as a part of the activity or separate, of the overall replication/ reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outputs
Chrissy h Roberts, Tegwen Marlais
19.5 Formal Analysis
Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize study data
Chrissy h Roberts, Tegwen Marlais
19.6 Investigation
Conducting a research and investigation process, specifically performing the experiments, or data/evidence collection
Tegwen Marlais, Becca Handley, Hira Tanvir
19.7 Resources
Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools
Chrissy h Roberts, Tegwen Marlais
19.8 Data curation
Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), scrub data and maintain research data (including software code, where it is necessary for interpreting the data itself) for initial use and later reuse
Chrissy h Roberts, Tegwen Marlais
19.9 Writing – Original Draft
Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically writing the initial draft (including substantive translation)
Chrissy h Roberts, Tegwen Marlais
19.10 Writing – Review & Editing
Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work by those from the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary or revision – including pre- or postpublication stages
Chrissy h Roberts, Tegwen Marlais, Chris Drakeley
19.11 Visualization
Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically visualization/ data presentation
Chrissy h Roberts, Tegwen Marlais
19.12 Supervision
Oversight and leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution, including mentorship external to the core team
Chrissy h Roberts, David Mabey, Chris Drakeley
19.13 Project Administration
Management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and execution
Becca Handley, Esther Amon
19.14 Funding acquisition
Acquisition of the financial support for the project leading to this publication.
Chrissy h Roberts, Heidi Hopkins, David Mabey, Chris Drakeley