Self-registration · free · 3-day moderation
Register your institution as a CASRAI adopter
Public, free, community-maintained registry of universities, publishers, funders, and infrastructure providers using CRediT and the CASRAI Dictionary. Submission takes about five minutes and moderation completes within three business days.
What this gets you
Three concrete benefits
Public registration carries real signalling value to your peers, your funders, and your search-engine presence.
Public listing
On the adopter registry
Your institution appears at /adopt/registered with its name, country, type, and a link to your CASRAI-referencing page. Browsable, searchable, indexed by Google.
Learn moreAnnual report
In State of CRediT
Adopters are referenced in the annual State of CRediT report, our most-cited publication, distributed to publishers, funders, and standards bodies.
Learn moreReciprocal recognition
Backlink consideration
Approved adopters that link to casrai.org from their guidance pages are eligible for reciprocal recognition in our publisher and library directories.
Learn moreWho should register
Any institution that uses, requires, or recommends CASRAI standards
- Universities & research institutes — if your CRIS, library, or research-office guidance references CRediT or the CASRAI Dictionary.
- Publishers & journals — if your submission system captures structured CRediT roles or your author guidelines reference the standard.
- Funders — if your grant guidance, biosketch templates, or final-report formats reference CRediT or any CASRAI Dictionary terms.
- Infrastructure providers — repository platforms, CRIS vendors, identifier registries, scholarly-communication tooling that supports CRediT or CASRAI vocabulary.
- Hospital networks & clinical-research organisations — if your research-output reporting includes structured contributorship.
- Consortia & standards bodies — if your federation activities include CASRAI alignment or cross-walk maintenance.
What you will submit
A short, structured form
- Institution name — your full official name.
- Institution type & country — for browseable filtering.
- Website — your main institutional URL.
- Primary contact email — for the moderation outcome; never displayed publicly.
- Adopted standards — CRediT, the CASRAI Dictionary, or both.
- Evidence URL — the page on your domain referencing CASRAI standards.
- Brief notes (optional) — pilot scope, integration depth, contact for press enquiries.
- Submitter name & ORCID iD — for our internal verification; never displayed publicly.
How moderation works
Lightweight verification, three business days
Submissions enter a moderation queue. A CASRAI editor reviews each entry within three business days. We check three things: (1) the institution exists and matches the name submitted, (2) the submitter has plausible authority to register on its behalf (institutional email domain, ORCID iD, or related public-record signals), and (3) the evidence URL actually references a CASRAI standard rather than pointing at an unrelated page. Approved entries are published immediately to /adopt/registered; declined entries receive an email explaining the gap and inviting re-submission. There is no fee, no membership obligation, and no preferential ordering — the listing is published in registration order, filterable by type and country.
If your institution has multiple adoption points across different units (a library, a research office, a hospital research arm), you can register multiple entries, one per organisationally-distinct unit. Use the brief-notes field to clarify scope.
Frequently asked
Registration FAQ
- Is there a fee to register as an adopter?
No. Registration is free and there is no membership requirement. CASRAI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit; we maintain the adopter listing as a public service, and the listing has no paid placement, no sponsorship, and no preferential ordering.
- How long does moderation take?
We aim to review submissions within 3 business days. The moderator verifies that the institution exists, that the submitter has plausible authority to register on its behalf, and that the evidence URL actually references CASRAI standards. We will email the contact address with the outcome.
- What counts as evidence of adoption?
A page on your institution's own domain that references CRediT, the CASRAI Dictionary, ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022, or links to casrai.org. Common locations: library research-support pages, author-guidance pages, research-data-management policy, open-research statements, repository submission guidance.
- Can publishers and funders register?
Yes. The adopter listing covers universities, publishers, funders, infrastructure providers, hospital networks, government bodies, and consortia. Each institution type renders with a distinct badge in the public listing.
- What if our adoption is partial or experimental?
Register anyway. You can choose which standards you have adopted (CRediT, Dictionary, or both) and note the scope in the brief-notes field. Partial and pilot adoptions are valuable signal to the community; declared experimental scope does not affect listing eligibility.
