Resources

In practice — medical research context

When this role applies

Encoding

Use in your systems

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      vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/credit"
      vocab-term="Resources"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/credit/roles/resources" />

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  "name": "Resources",
  "identifier": "https://casrai.org/credit/roles/resources",
  "description": "Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools.",
  "inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/credit",
  "url": "https://casrai.org/credit/roles/resources",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "bibliographicCitation": "CASRAI Editorial Board (2026). Resources — CRediT contributor role (v2022.1). CASRAI. https://casrai.org/credit/roles/resources",
  "citation": "https://casrai.org/credit/citation",
  "dateModified": "2022-08-01",
  "version": "2022.1",
  "inLanguage": "en",
  "audience": {
    "@type": "Audience",
    "audienceType": "Researchers, editors, publishers, librarians"
  }
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  <given_name>Jane</given_name>
  <surname>Doe</surname>
  <ORCID>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-XXXX-XXXX</ORCID>
  <credit_roles>
    <credit_role vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/credit/roles/resources">Resources</credit_role>
  </credit_roles>
</contributor>

Identifiers

Persistent identifiers

Frequently asked

Common questions about Resources

What does the "Resources" CRediT role mean?

Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools.

How do I cite "Resources" 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 — Resources". 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 "Resources"?

The canonical URI is https://casrai.org/credit/roles/resources. 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 "Resources" 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 Resources 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.

CASRAI Editorial Board (2026). Resources — CRediT contributor role (v2022.1). CASRAI. https://casrai.org/credit/roles/resources

CASRAI Editorial Board. Resources — CRediT contributor role [Internet]. CASRAI; 2026 [cited 2026]. Version v2022.1. Available from: https://casrai.org/credit/roles/resources

CASRAI Editorial Board. 2026. "Resources — CRediT contributor role." Version v2022.1. CASRAI. https://casrai.org/credit/roles/resources.

@misc{casrai_credit_resources_2026,
  author       = {{CASRAI Editorial Board}},
  title        = {{Resources — CRediT contributor role}},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {v2022.1},
  publisher    = {CASRAI},
  howpublished = {\url{https://casrai.org/credit/roles/resources}},
  note         = {Aligned with ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022. Licensed CC-BY 4.0.}
}

Notable examples

Papers exemplifying the Resources role

These published papers demonstrate the Resources CRediT role in practice. Each example links to its DOI and explains why the role applies.

1. Example 1 of 4illustrative

   RNA-Guided Human Genome Engineering via Cas9

   Mali, P., Yang, L., Esvelt, K. M., Aach, J., Guell, M., DiCarlo, J. E., et al. · 2013 · Science · vol. 339 · pp. 823-826

   DOI: 10.1126/science.1227969

   The first demonstrations of CRISPR-Cas9 in human cells depended on plasmid and cell-line resources that the authors subsequently deposited at Addgene for community re-use. Resource provision — the cell lines, reagent plasmids, and engineered constructs — is a primary contribution of papers like this. CRediT Resources makes that contribution attributable, distinct from the lead investigative or analytical roles.

2. Example 2 of 4

   A Conditional Knockout Resource for the Genome-Wide Study of Mouse Gene Function

   Skarnes, W. C., Rosen, B., West, A. P., Koutsourakis, M., Bushell, W., Iyer, V., et al. · 2011 · Nature · vol. 474 · pp. 337-342

   DOI: 10.1038/nature10163

   The EUCOMM/KOMP knockout-mouse resource paper. The authors' primary contribution is the provision of a curated, genome-wide collection of conditional alleles available to the entire mouse-genetics community. The paper itself is a resource description — its CRediT profile is dominated by Resources, by Data Curation (the database), and by Project Administration (the consortium). It is the textbook example of CRediT Resources as a publishable contribution.

3. Example 3 of 4illustrative

   The Cellosaurus, a Cell-Line Knowledge Resource

   Bairoch, A. · 2018 · Journal of Biomolecular Techniques · vol. 29 · pp. 25-38

   DOI: 10.7171/jbt.18-2902-002

   Cellosaurus aggregates and curates information for over 100,000 cell lines used in research. The paper describes the resource itself — provenance, contamination warnings, authentication data — as a community good. Provision of validated cell-line records and the API to query them is CRediT Resources in the most direct sense: provision of laboratory samples and analysis tools.

4. Example 4 of 4illustrative

   Mouse Genome Database (MGD) 2021

   Bult, C. J., Blake, J. A., Smith, C. L., Kadin, J. A., Richardson, J. E., & the Mouse Genome Database Group · 2021 · Nucleic Acids Research · vol. 49 · pp. D981-D987

   DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1083

   MGD provides the model-organism community with curated mouse-genome data, gene-function annotations, and phenotype records. The contribution profile of the staff scientists named on update papers like this is dominated by CRediT Resources (the database content, expert annotation curation) and Data Curation. These periodic database papers exist primarily to make those resource contributions citable.

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 Resources 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
• Ressources(Français)fr
• Recursos(Español)es
• Recursos(Português)pt-BR
• 资源提供(中文)zh
• 資源提供(日本語)ja

All translations are community drafts. CRediT has not been officially translated by NISO.

Dictionary

Related CASRAI Dictionary terms

The Resources 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 Resources — by publisher

The Resources 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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