In practice — medical research context
When this role applies
Management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and execution. In biomedical and clinical-research contexts, this role typically attaches to the team member(s) who shaped the corresponding aspect of the work — distinct from acknowledgement of those who contributed materials, technical service, or general support.
Authors may hold multiple CRediT roles on a single paper. The optional degree qualifier (lead / equal / supporting) clarifies relative responsibility when several authors share a role.
In the CASRAI Dictionary, the Project administration role connects to the controlled-vocabulary concepts of Project plan, Project milestone, Project ID (RAiD-anchored), RAiD, and Coordinator (grant consortium).
Encoding
Use in your systems
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</contributor>Identifiers
Persistent identifiers
| Canonical URI | https://casrai.org/credit/roles/project-administration |
| JATS vocab | credit |
| CASRAI PID |
Frequently asked
Common questions about Project administration
- What does the "Project administration" CRediT role mean?
- Management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and execution.
- How do I cite "Project administration" in an author contribution statement?
- Per ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022, list the contributor's name followed by their CRediT role(s). Example: "A. Smith — Project administration". You can add an optional degree qualifier (lead / equal / supporting) when several authors share a role. See CASRAI's author-statement guidance at https://casrai.org/credit/for-authors for templates and worked examples.
- What is the canonical machine-readable URI for "Project administration"?
- The canonical URI is https://casrai.org/credit/roles/project-administration. Use this in JATS XML (vocab-term-identifier), Crossref deposits (credit_role), JSON-LD (sameAs), and any system that stores contributor metadata. CASRAI's encoding guides cover JATS, Crossref Schema 5.5, and JSON-LD at https://casrai.org/credit/jats and https://casrai.org/credit/json-ld.
- Can one author hold "Project administration" plus other CRediT roles?
- Yes — CRediT roles are not mutually exclusive. A single contributor typically holds 3–4 roles. The optional "lead / equal / supporting" qualifier clarifies the contributor's relative responsibility within each role they share with others.
Cite this role
Cite the Project administration role
These citations reference this specific role page as a standards-body definition aligned with ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022. For guidance on citing CRediT generally, the underlying standard, or worked statement examples, see How to cite CRediT.
APA 7
CASRAI Editorial Board (2026). Project administration — CRediT contributor role (v2022.1). CASRAI. https://casrai.org/credit/roles/project-administration
Vancouver
CASRAI Editorial Board. Project administration — CRediT contributor role [Internet]. CASRAI; 2026 [cited 2026]. Version v2022.1. Available from: https://casrai.org/credit/roles/project-administration
Chicago (author-date)
CASRAI Editorial Board. 2026. "Project administration — CRediT contributor role." Version v2022.1. CASRAI. https://casrai.org/credit/roles/project-administration.
BibTeX
@misc{casrai_credit_project_administration_2026,
author = {{CASRAI Editorial Board}},
title = {{Project administration — CRediT contributor role}},
year = {2026},
version = {v2022.1},
publisher = {CASRAI},
howpublished = {\url{https://casrai.org/credit/roles/project-administration}},
note = {Aligned with ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022. Licensed CC-BY 4.0.}
}Notable examples
Papers exemplifying the Project administration role
These published papers demonstrate the Project administration CRediT role in practice. Each example links to its DOI and explains why the role applies.
Example 1 of 4 Initial Sequencing and Analysis of the Human Genome
International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium · 2001 · Nature · vol. 409 · pp. 860-921
DOI: 10.1038/35057062
A 13-year multi-institutional effort that depended on sustained project-administration work: coordination across 20 sequencing centres in 6 countries, milestone planning, data-sharing agreements, and the Bermuda Principles negotiations. The named PIs and project managers performed CRediT Project Administration as a primary contribution, distinct from their bench or analytical work. The paper exists because someone managed the project.
Example 2 of 4 An Integrated Encyclopedia of DNA Elements in the Human Genome
The ENCODE Project Consortium · 2012 · Nature · vol. 489 · pp. 57-74
DOI: 10.1038/nature11247
The ENCODE flagship paper coordinated 442 authors across 32 institutions to deliver an integrated functional annotation. Project-administration work — milestone tracking, data-format coordination, working-group governance — is the invisible structure that makes such consortium papers possible. CRediT now makes that contribution attributable to the specific authors who held coordination roles, separable from the data producers and analysts.
Example 3 of 4illustrative Quantum Supremacy Using a Programmable Superconducting Processor
Arute, F., Arya, K., Babbush, R., Bacon, D., Bardin, J. C., Barends, R., et al. · 2019 · Nature · vol. 574 · pp. 505-510
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1666-5
Google Quantum AI's supremacy paper required coordination across hardware fabrication, control electronics, software, and theory teams over multiple years. The project-administration role — milestone alignment between sub-teams, infrastructure procurement, vendor management — is non-trivial and entirely separable from any individual scientific contribution. Industrial-research consortia routinely use CRediT to make this role visible.
Example 4 of 4 Array Programming with NumPy
Harris, C. R., Millman, K. J., van der Walt, S. J., Gommers, R., Virtanen, P., Cournapeau, D., et al. · 2020 · Nature · vol. 585 · pp. 357-362
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2
The NumPy retrospective paper documents two decades of open-source project administration: release engineering, governance, contributor onboarding, community coordination. The authors include the maintainers whose CRediT Project Administration contribution is plainly visible in the repository history but historically invisible in citations. The paper is an exemplary case for explicit role attribution.
Examples curated by the CASRAI editorial board. Inclusion is illustrative of the role, not an endorsement of methodology or claims. Pre-CRediT-era papers are flagged illustrative.
Translations
Available in
The canonical, normative version of Project administration is this English page (ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022). Community-drafted translations are available below for working reference; the English text prevails in case of any divergence.
- English (canonical)en-GB
- Administration du projet(Français)fr
- Administración del proyecto(Español)es
- Administração do projeto(Português)pt-BR
- 项目管理(中文)zh
- プロジェクト管理(日本語)ja
All translations are community drafts. CRediT has not been officially translated by NISO.
Dictionary
Related CASRAI Dictionary terms
The Project administration role connects to these CASRAI Dictionary terms — the controlled-vocabulary concepts a contributor in this role typically works with. Each links to its canonical definition with worked examples and machine-readable encodings.
Adoption
Who collects Project administration — by publisher
The Project administration role is collected by the major publishers that have adopted CRediT portfolio-wide. See how each implements the taxonomy in their submission systems:
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