A procedure for writing multi-author consensus manuscripts: implementation and reflections on conflict resolution and generalizations

A domain/field of research can often benefit from a consensus. Agreement regarding terminology and tasks used to measure specific constructs may be particularly beneficial. Our group authored such a consensus paper on measuring the Approximate Number System in young children (Krajcsi et al., 2024). In preparing that paper, we followed the procedure described here. In the current paper, we describe a method for preparing multi-author consensus papers along with our reflections on implementing and streamlining this procedure. We hope it is useful to authors interested in initiating such collaborative projects.