CRTP (CASRAI)Professional
Credit And Contributorship Stewardship — Professional
- Nominal
- 90 h
- Domains
- 8
- Exam items
- 40
- Cut score
- 70%
$249USD
View credentialCRTF (CASRAI)
CRediT & Contributorship Certification — Foundation
LevelFoundationCRTCRTF (CASRAI)
30 h
Nominal
Self-paced study
6
Lessons
6 modules
6
Domains
Exam blueprint
39
Exam items
Per attempt
70%
Pass mark
Fixed, uncurved
90
Retake wait
Days
What you earn
The credential itself
Pass the examination and CASRAI issues this certificate and the post-nominal CRTF (CASRAI), signed by the Programme Director and verifiable by anyone, permanently, from the code on its face.
CASRAI Certification
Certificate of Professional Competence
This is to certify that
Dr. Amelia R. Hartley
has completed the prescribed programme of study and passed the examination in
Credit And Contributorship Stewardship — Foundation
and is admitted to the designationCRTF (CASRAI)
Verify atcasrai.org/verify/CASRAI-CRT-2026-JZS4VA
Certifications
CRTF (CASRAI) — Credit And Contributorship Stewardship, Foundation
CASRAI·Issued Mar 2026·Credential ID CASRAI-CRT-2026-JZS4VA
casrai.org/verify/CASRAI-CRT-2026-JZS4VA
Every certificate is issued under the signature of Dr. Diana Nieves Castro, MD, Programme Director of CASRAI Certification, who sets the syllabus, blueprint and pass mark for this credential.
It certifies that its holder passed the CASRAI examination for this course on the date shown, scored against the blueprint and pass mark published on this page — and anyone can confirm it from the verification code, without an account and without contacting us.
About this credential
What it covers
Body of knowledge
Exam blueprint
The exam is assembled to these weights on every attempt. They are published before purchase because a blueprint you cannot see is not a blueprint.
| Domain | Proportion of exam | Weight | Items |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contributorship, authorship and why the distinction existsF1 | 18%≈ 7 items | ≈ 7 | |
| The fourteen CRediT rolesF2 | 26%≈ 10 items | ≈ 10 | |
| Authorship criteria and how they differ from CRediTF3 | 20%≈ 8 items | ≈ 8 | |
| Author order, conventions and common problemsF4 | 16%≈ 6 items | ≈ 6 | |
| Preparing and reviewing a contribution statementF5 | 14%≈ 5 items | ≈ 5 | |
| Where CRediT lives: publishers, systems and machine-readabilityF6 | 6%≈ 2 items | ≈ 2 | |
| Total | 100% | 39 |
Item counts are approximate. Each attempt draws a fresh form to the weights above, so the exact number of items per domain varies between attempts.
Syllabus
6 modules, 6 lessons
Every lesson and every learning outcome is listed. The lesson bodies open on enrolment; nothing else about the course is withheld.
6 modules · 6 lessons · 30 h
Lesson material opens once you are enrolled. The full syllabus and every learning outcome are shown here so you can judge the coverage before you pay.
Module 1
F-M1
1 lesson · 5 h
- Locked.Authorship, contributorship and where CRediT came from5 h · Locked
On completion you will be able to
- By the end of this module the learner can:
- Distinguish authorship from contributorship and explain why the distinction was introduced.
- State accurately where CRediT originated, who stewarded it and who stewards it now.
- Identify the problems contributorship was designed to solve.
- Explain why credit and accountability are two sides of the same record.
Module 2
F-M2
1 lesson · 8 h
- Locked.The fourteen roles8 h · Locked
On completion you will be able to
- State all fourteen role names and recall their definitions.
- Assign the correct role or roles to a described contribution.
- Discriminate between the six commonly confused role pairs.
- Recognise contributions that map to no CRediT role.
Module 3
F-M3
1 lesson · 6 h
- Locked.Authorship criteria, and why CRediT is not one6 h · Locked
On completion you will be able to
- State the four ICMJE criteria and explain the conjunction between them.
- Determine, from a described set of contributions, whether a person meets them.
- Explain why CRediT does not answer that question.
- Describe ICMJE's provisions on corresponding authors, group authorship and acknowledgements.
Module 4
F-M4
1 lesson · 5 h
- Locked.Author order, conventions and things that go wrong5 h · Locked
On completion you will be able to
- Interpret an author list according to the relevant disciplinary convention, and state when it cannot be interpreted at all.
- Distinguish first, last/senior and corresponding author.
- Recognise gift, guest, ghost and coercive authorship from a description.
- Identify when a situation requires escalation.
Module 5
F-M5
1 lesson · 4 h
- Locked.Writing and reviewing a contribution statement4 h · Locked
On completion you will be able to
- Draft a CRediT contribution statement for a described project.
- Review a statement and identify its defects.
- Raise a concern about an inaccurate statement.
Module 6
F-M6
1 lesson · 2 h
- Locked.Where CRediT lives2 h · Locked
On completion you will be able to
- Locate a contribution statement in a published article.
- Explain why machine-readable encoding matters.
Assessment
How the exam works
The exam is closed-book and multiple choice. Each attempt draws a fresh form to the domain weights above, so no two attempts are the same paper and no answer key circulates. The pass mark is 70% and is fixed — there is no curve, no quota and no adjustment by cohort.
Scoring is immediate. You are shown your overall result and, for every item, the option you chose, the correct option and the reasoning behind it — whether you passed or not. A failed attempt may be retaken after 90 days. The wait exists so a retake is a second attempt at the material rather than a second attempt at remembering the paper.
Forms are assembled to the blueprint above or not at all: where a domain cannot yet be sampled to that standard, the exam declines to start rather than issue an unbalanced paper. Your material and progress are never affected, and there is no time limit on when you sit.
Passing candidates are issued a certificate with a verification code. Anyone can check that code on our public verification page without an account and without contacting us.
Certifying authority
Signed by Dr. Diana Nieves Castro, MD
CASRAI’s certification programme is academically and medically directed by Dr. Diana Nieves Castro, MD, Programme Director, who sets the syllabus and blueprint for this credential and signs every certificate issued under it.
CASRAI has maintained the terminology and reporting standards of research administration for over a decade. It assumed leadership of the CRediT contributor-roles taxonomy in 2014 and carried it through to adoption as ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022, now in use by publishers, funders and institutions worldwide. This examination is drawn from that body of work.
What the credential certifies: that its holder passed the CASRAI examination for this course on the date shown, scored against the blueprint and pass mark published above — verifiable by anyone, permanently, from the code on its face.
The ladder
Other levels of Credit And Contributorship Stewardship
Levels are independent purchases. There is no prerequisite chain — sit whichever level matches the work you already do.
Common questions
About CRTF (CASRAI)
What is the CRediT taxonomy?
CRediT is the contributor roles taxonomy describing 14 distinct roles that can be attributed to contributors on a research output. CASRAI assumed leadership of CRediT in 2014 and it was subsequently standardised as ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022.
What is the difference between CRediT and ICMJE authorship criteria?
They answer different questions. ICMJE sets a threshold test for who qualifies as an author; CRediT describes what each contributor actually did. A person can hold a CRediT role without meeting the ICMJE authorship threshold, and the two are used together rather than interchangeably.
How do you write a CRediT author statement?
Each named contributor is mapped to the CRediT roles they performed, optionally with degree of contribution. The syllabus works through real cases including multi-author papers, consortium authorship and contested attributions.
