At the time of submission, the corresponding author is required to complete a document containing the manuscript data and information for all co-authors. In this document, the specific contribution of each author must be detailed, in accordance with the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy).

The CRediT Taxonomy defines 14 types of contribution, which must be assigned to the authors according to their participation in the development of the submitted work:

1. Conceptualization: Formulation or evolution of overarching research ideas, aims, and goals.

2. Data Curation: Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), clean, and maintain research data (including software code, where it is necessary for interpreting the data itself) for initial use and later reuse.

3. Formal Analysis: Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize study data.

4. Funding Acquisition: Acquisition of financial support for the project leading to this publication.

5. Investigation: Conducting the investigation and research process, specifically performing experiments or collecting data/evidence.

6. Methodology: Development or design of methodology; creation of models.

7. Project Administration: Management and coordination responsibility for the planning and execution of the research activity.

8. Resources: Provision of study materials, reagents, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools.

9. Software: Programming, software development, design of computer programs; implementation of computer code and supporting algorithms; testing of existing code components.

10. Supervision: Leadership and oversight responsibility for the research activity planning and execution, including mentorship external to the core team.

11. Validation: Verification, whether as a part of the activity or separately, of the overall reproducibility/replication of results, experiments, and other research outputs.

12. Visualization: Preparation, creation, and/or presentation of the published work, specifically the visualization and presentation of data.

13. Writing – Original Draft: Preparation, creation, and/or presentation of the published work, specifically writing the initial draft (including substantive translation).

14. Writing – Review & Editing: Preparation, creation, and/or presentation of the published work by members of the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary, or revision—including pre- or post-publication stages.