Table 3.

(A) Proposed new IAO terms to define publication sections that were derived from analyzing the sections of 2,441 publications. (B) Proposed new IAO terms to define parts of a table section. Elements in italics have previously been submitted by us for inclusion into IAO and added in the v2020-12-09 IAO release.

	Proposed definition	Proposed synonyms
(A) Proposed category
Disclosure	“A part of a document used to disclose any associations by authors that might be perceived as to potentially interfere with or prevent them from reporting research with complete objectivity.”	Author disclosure statement, declarations, disclosure, disclosure statement, disclosures
Graphical abstract	“An abstract that is a pictorial summary of the main findings described in a document.”	Central illustration, graphical abstract, TOC image, visual abstract
Highlights	“A short collection of key messages that describe the core findings and essence of the article in concise form. It is distinct and separate from the abstract and only conveys the results and concept of a study. It is devoid of jargon, acronyms and abbreviations and targeted at a broader, non-technical audience.”	Author summary, editors' summary, highlights, key points, overview, research in context, significance, TOC
Participants	“A section describing the recruitment of subjects into a research study. This section is distinct from the ‘patients' section and mostly focusses on healthy volunteers.”	Participants, sample
(B) Proposed category
Table title	“A textual entity that names a table.”
Table caption	“A textual entity that describes a table.”
Table footer	“A part of a table that provides additional information about a specific other part of the table. Footers are spatially segregated from the rest of the table and are usually indicated by a superscripted number or letter, or a special typographic character such as †.”	Table key, table note, table notes