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