Table 1.

Examples of what involvement can look like

Degree of involvement	Example
Receiving information only	Presenting the written protocol, no active involvement besides receiving the information
Actively contributing	Discussing the written parts of the protocol, and asking for your feedback, no active involvement in the decision how to response to the provided feedback from all members of the research team
Actively influencing content	Writing together with a researcher, therefore actively involved during the writing process
Actively controlling content	Writing on your own a preferred section of the protocol and therefore defining content of the protocol
Actively leading the writing process	Acting as first or last author of the protocol