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520520 <p > </p >
521521 </sec >
522522 </sec >
523+ <sec id =" contributor-roles" >
524+ <title >Contributor Roles</title >
525+ <p >The
526+ <ext-link ext-link-type =" uri" xlink : href =" https://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles" >Contribution
527+ Role Taxonomy (CRediT)</ext-link > defines fourteen standard roles of
528+ authors. Each author can be annotated with one or more contribution
529+ roles.</p >
530+ <list list-type =" order" >
531+ <list-item >
532+ <p ><ext-link ext-link-type =" uri" xlink : href =" https://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/conceptualization" >conceptualization</ext-link ></p >
533+ </list-item >
534+ <list-item >
535+ <p ><ext-link ext-link-type =" uri" xlink : href =" https://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/data-curation" >data-curation</ext-link ></p >
536+ </list-item >
537+ <list-item >
538+ <p ><ext-link ext-link-type =" uri" xlink : href =" https://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/formal-analysis" >formal-analysis</ext-link ></p >
539+ </list-item >
540+ <list-item >
541+ <p ><ext-link ext-link-type =" uri" xlink : href =" https://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/funding-acquisition" >funding-acquisition</ext-link ></p >
542+ </list-item >
543+ <list-item >
544+ <p ><ext-link ext-link-type =" uri" xlink : href =" https://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/investigation" >investigation</ext-link ></p >
545+ </list-item >
546+ <list-item >
547+ <p ><ext-link ext-link-type =" uri" xlink : href =" https://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/methodology" >methodology</ext-link ></p >
548+ </list-item >
549+ <list-item >
550+ <p ><ext-link ext-link-type =" uri" xlink : href =" https://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/project-administration" >project-administration</ext-link ></p >
551+ </list-item >
552+ <list-item >
553+ <p ><ext-link ext-link-type =" uri" xlink : href =" https://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/resources" >resources</ext-link ></p >
554+ </list-item >
555+ <list-item >
556+ <p ><ext-link ext-link-type =" uri" xlink : href =" https://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/software" >software</ext-link ></p >
557+ </list-item >
558+ <list-item >
559+ <p ><ext-link ext-link-type =" uri" xlink : href =" https://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/supervision" >supervision</ext-link ></p >
560+ </list-item >
561+ <list-item >
562+ <p ><ext-link ext-link-type =" uri" xlink : href =" https://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/validation" >validation</ext-link ></p >
563+ </list-item >
564+ <list-item >
565+ <p ><ext-link ext-link-type =" uri" xlink : href =" https://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/visualization" >visualization</ext-link ></p >
566+ </list-item >
567+ <list-item >
568+ <p ><ext-link ext-link-type =" uri" xlink : href =" https://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/writing-original-draft" >writing-original-draft</ext-link ></p >
569+ </list-item >
570+ <list-item >
571+ <p ><ext-link ext-link-type =" uri" xlink : href =" https://credit.niso.org/contributor-roles/writing-review-editing" >writing-review-editing</ext-link ></p >
572+ </list-item >
573+ </list >
574+ <p >JATS also specifies three degrees which can be used to quantify
575+ the impact of a contribution:</p >
576+ <list list-type =" order" >
577+ <list-item >
578+ <p ><monospace >Lead</monospace ></p >
579+ </list-item >
580+ <list-item >
581+ <p ><monospace >Supporting</monospace ></p >
582+ </list-item >
583+ <list-item >
584+ <p ><monospace >Equal</monospace > - for use if multiple equivalent
585+ leads</p >
586+ </list-item >
587+ </list >
588+ <p >Together, these can be used to identify which authors materially
589+ contributed to the paper, such as through
590+ <monospace >formal-analysis</monospace > or
591+ <monospace >data-curation</monospace > and which authors contributed
592+ immaterially, such as through <monospace >supervision</monospace >. It
593+ also allows for saying if multiple people made the same kind of
594+ contribution, who took the lead.</p >
595+ <code language =" yaml" >authors:
596+ - name: John Doe
597+ affiliation: [ 1 ]
598+ roles:
599+ - type: 'formal-analysis'
600+ degree: 'lead'
601+
602+ - name: John Boss
603+ affiliation: [ 1 ]
604+ roles:
605+ - type: 'funding-acquisition'
606+ degree: 'lead'
607+ - type: 'supervision'
608+ degree: 'lead'</code >
609+ <p >Roles are optional, and within roles, degrees are optional. It’s
610+ possible to shorthand roles by using strings directly:</p >
611+ <code language =" yaml" >authors:
612+ - name: John Doe
613+ affiliation: [ 1 ]
614+ roles:
615+ - 'formal-analysis'
616+
617+ - name: John Boss
618+ affiliation: [ 1 ]
619+ roles:
620+ - 'funding-acquisition'
621+ - 'supervision'</code >
622+ </sec >
523623 <sec id =" affiliations" >
524624 <title >Affiliations</title >
525625 <p >Each affiliation requires an <monospace >index</monospace > and
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