Corresponding author always takes the * footnote.
Remaining footnote symbols follow the order of :
†, ‡, §, ‖, ¶
Order of footnotes (not all of these will always appear, so footnote symbol cannot be mapped direct to each footnote):
These authors contributed equally to this work (can have multiples, each new group takes a new footnote symbol)
Additional footnotes related to authors, one off occurrences. Example - These authors are listed in alphabetical order
Present address (can have multiples, each new group takes a new footnote symbol)
Deceased
Corresponding author always takes the * footnote. Remaining footnote symbols follow the order of : †, ‡, §, ‖, ¶
Order of footnotes (not all of these will always appear, so footnote symbol cannot be mapped direct to each footnote): These authors contributed equally to this work (can have multiples, each new group takes a new footnote symbol) Additional footnotes related to authors, one off occurrences. Example - These authors are listed in alphabetical order Present address (can have multiples, each new group takes a new footnote symbol) Deceased
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