template_create {CRediTas}

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Create a template to fill the CRediT author statement.

Description

Create a template to fill the CRediT author statement. (https://credit.niso.org). The template is a table where the authors are the rows and the columns are the roles.

Usage

template_create(authors, file, roles = roles_get())

Arguments

authors	A character vector with all the authors to be included in the statement.
file	If a path is provided, the template is saved as a csv for excel
roles	A character vector with the roles to be included in the statement. If NULL, it uses all the roles defined in the CRediT author statement.

Details

The dataframe can be edited in R or, if file is provided, it is exported to a csv to be edited manually in your preferred csv editor. The csv is created to be compatible with Microsoft Excel, since it is the most popular spreadsheet software among scientists. Therefore, it is separated by semicolon.

Value

A dataframe with a row for each author and a column for each role, filled with zeros.

Examples

template_create(authors = c("Josep Maria", "Jane Doe"))

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