CRTP (CASRAI)

CRediT & Contributorship Certification

LevelProfessionalCRTCRTP (CASRAI)

90 h

Nominal

Self-paced study

Lessons

10 modules

Domains

Exam blueprint

Exam items

Per attempt

70%

Pass mark

Fixed, uncurved

Retake wait

Days

What you earn

The credential itself

Pass the examination and CASRAI issues this certificate and the post-nominal CRTP (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 — Professional

and is admitted to the designationCRTP (CASRAI)

Verify atcasrai.org/verify/CASRAI-CRT-2026-987GZ0

Specimen. Issued as a signed PDF and as a machine-readable Open Badge; the holder and code shown are illustrative.

How it appears on your CV

Certifications

CRTP (CASRAI) — Credit And Contributorship Stewardship, Professional

CASRAI·Issued Mar 2026·Credential ID CASRAI-CRT-2026-987GZ0

casrai.org/verify/CASRAI-CRT-2026-987GZ0

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.

Domains and weights8 domains · 40 scored items
Domain	Weight	Items
Contributorship: history, standardisation and governanceP1	10%≈ 4 items	≈ 4
The CRediT taxonomy appliedP2	18%≈ 7 items	≈ 7
Authorship frameworks: ICMJE, COPE and disciplinary normsP3	14%≈ 6 items	≈ 6
Author order, credit allocation and disciplinary conventionP4	10%≈ 4 items	≈ 4
Authorship failures, disputes and their resolutionP5	16%≈ 6 items	≈ 6
Institutional policy, authorship agreements and preventionP6	12%≈ 5 items	≈ 5
CRediT in infrastructure: publishing, metadata and systemsP7	12%≈ 5 items	≈ 5
Contributorship beyond the article, and research assessmentP8	8%≈ 3 items	≈ 3
Total	100%	40

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

10 modules, 10 lessons

Every lesson and every learning outcome is listed. The lesson bodies open on enrolment; nothing else about the course is withheld.

10 modules · 10 lessons · 90 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
P-M1
1 lesson · 6 h
1. Locked.Contributorship: history, standardisation and governance6 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Give an accurate account of CRediT's origin, stewardship transfer and current governance, and correct the common misconceptions.
  - Explain what ANSI approval of a NISO standard means and does not mean.
  - Describe the Standing Committee's remit and identify the route by which a practitioner raises a disciplinary gap.
Module 2
P-M2
1 lesson · 12 h
1. Locked.The fourteen roles at adjudication depth12 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Assign roles accurately and justify each assignment against the published definition.
  - Adjudicate a disagreement about role assignment between two contributors.
  - Diagnose the misconception behind a common misassignment.
  - Design and deliver role-assignment training for researchers.
Module 3
P-M3
1 lesson · 10 h
1. Locked.Applying CRediT where it fits badly10 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Apply CRediT to research types the taxonomy handles awkwardly and state where the mapping breaks.
  - Advise a discipline whose conventions CRediT does not fit.
  - Evaluate whether CRediT is the right instrument for a given output.
Module 4
P-M4
1 lesson · 10 h
1. Locked.ICMJE, COPE and the framework landscape10 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Apply the ICMJE criteria to a contested case and document the reasoning.
  - Locate and apply the relevant COPE guidance or flowchart in a live case.
  - Compare the treatment of authorship across the major integrity codes.
  - Advise an institution on why its policy must accommodate more than one framework.
Module 5
P-M5
1 lesson · 8 h
1. Locked.Author order, hyperauthorship and credit allocation8 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Explain author position across disciplines and state its evidential limits.
  - Advise a promotion or hiring panel on what an author list does and does not show.
  - Evaluate fractional credit models and identify their assumptions.
Module 6
P-M6
1 lesson · 8 h
1. Locked.Gift, guest, ghost and coercive authorship8 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Classify an authorship failure by type.
  - Analyse the incentives that produce each.
  - Distinguish a failure that is a policy breach from one that is misconduct.
Module 7
P-M7
1 lesson · 10 h
1. Locked.Disputes and their institutional resolution10 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Triage an authorship complaint into dispute, policy breach or misconduct.
  - Run or advise a resolution process.
  - Document a determination defensibly.
  - Advise on correction of the published record.
  - State the limits of institutional jurisdiction.
Module 8
P-M8
1 lesson · 8 h
1. Locked.Policy, authorship agreements and prevention8 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Draft an institutional authorship policy.
  - Design an authorship agreement for use at project start.
  - Embed the agreement into an existing administrative process.
  - Design training that changes behaviour rather than recording attendance.
Module 9
P-M9
1 lesson · 10 h
1. Locked.CRediT in publishing and metadata infrastructure10 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Specify a CRediT implementation in a submission and publishing workflow.
  - Encode contributor roles in JATS and in metadata deposits.
  - Configure contributor roles in a CRIS or repository.
  - Assess contribution data quality at scale.
Module 10
P-M10
1 lesson · 8 h
1. Locked.Beyond the article: datasets, software and assessment8 h · Locked
  On completion you will be able to
  - Advise on contributor roles for datasets, software and preprints.
  - Advise an assessment process on the appropriate use of contribution data.
  - Identify and challenge misuse of contribution data.

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.

CRTF (CASRAI)Foundation

Credit And Contributorship Stewardship — Foundation

Nominal: 30 h
Domains: 6
Exam items: 39
Cut score: 70%

$99USD

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Common questions

About CRTP (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.