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Table 7.1 Role categories of scientists during an investigation (Allen et al., 2014)
Category—role Description

Conception of the study Ideas; formulation of research question(s);
statement of hypotheses
Methodology Development or design of methodology; creation
of models
Computation Programming; software development; designing
computer programs; implementation of
computer code and supporting algorithms
Formal analysis Application of statistical, mathematical or other
formal techniques to analyze study data
Investigation; performing Conducting the research and investigation process,
experiments specifically performing experiments
Investigation; collecting Conducting the research and investigation process,
data/evidence specifically collecting data/evidence
Resources Provision of study materials, reagents, materials,
patients, laboratory samples, animals,
instrumentation, or other tools
Data curation Management activities to annotate and maintain
research data for initial use and later re-use;
producing metadata
Writing Preparation, creation, presentation of the published
work; providing critical review, comments,
writing revisions
Manuscript preparation: Preparation, creation, presentation of the published
visualization and data work, specifically taking care of data
presentation presentation in all possible forms
Supervision Responsibility for supervising research; project
orchestration; being the principal investigator
Project administration Coordination or management of research activities
leading to the publication
Funding Acquisition of the financial support for the project,
leading to the publication

Another important role is that of corresponding author. This role
most often goes to the person in charge of supervision, which is usually
the principal investigator (PI).

7.2.2 Forms of Collaboration
Excluding single-author publications, one can subdivide collaborative
research into four types: Collaborations with colleagues from the same