Curated link library
Authoritative source library
The reference library the dictionary draws on. Standards bodies first, then major journals and publisher guidance, then university library pages, then adjacent reform initiatives.
This library is the curated authority record behind the dictionary. Every substantive claim in a dictionary entry should anchor to a source on this page — a NISO standard, an ICMJE recommendation, a publisher policy, a university adoption page, an adjacent reform initiative. The list is organised by source type. Within each section the most authoritative items come first.
For the peer-reviewed literature anchoring CRediT and the contributorship case, see the separate bibliography. For citing the dictionary itself, see the citation guide.
Standards bodies
The federation that stewards CRediT, the CASRAI Dictionary, and the wider research-information vocabulary. These are the canonical references for any formal claim about the standards.
- NISO — CRediT homepage
The canonical CRediT page; current 14-role definitions, updates, governance.
https://casrai.org/credit
- NISO — The 14 CRediT roles defined
The formal definitions used in publisher author guidance.
https://casrai.org/credit/contributor-roles-defined/
- NISO — CRediT origins
NISO's account of the taxonomy's origins at the 2012 Harvard / Wellcome workshop and Project CRediT.
https://casrai.org/credit/origins/
- NISO — ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022 publication page
The formal standard publication. The authority reference for the standard text.
https://www.niso.org/publications/z39104-2022-credit
- NISO press release — CRediT formalised as ANSI/NISO standard
The 2022 announcement formalising CRediT.
https://www.niso.org/press-releases/contributor-roles-taxonomy-credit-formalized-ansiniso-standard
- NISO Standards Committees — CRediT
The standing committee that maintains the standard.
https://www.niso.org/standards-committees/credit
- NISO — Stewarding ex-CASRAI assets, joint statement
The 2022 joint NISO / euroCRIS / CODATA statement on stewardship.
https://www.niso.org/press-releases/stewarding-ex-casrai-assets-future
- NISO IO blog — CRediT formalized
NISO editorial commentary on the formalisation.
https://www.niso.org/niso-io/2022/02/ansiniso-standard-formalized-contributor-roles-taxonomy-credit
- JATS4R — CRediT taxonomy recommendation
The JATS4R recommendation for encoding CRediT in JATS XML — essential for publisher implementations.
https://jats4r.niso.org/credit-taxonomy/
- CRediT updates feed
The model for our /news/working-group-updates pattern.
https://casrai.org/credit/category/updates/
- CRediT press releases
NISO's CRediT-specific press archive.
https://casrai.org/credit/category/press-releases/
- CRediT news & views
CRediT editorial blog.
https://casrai.org/credit/blog/
- euroCRIS homepage
The European research-information federation; stewards the CERIF standard.
https://eurocris.org/
- euroCRIS — CASRAI domain handover
euroCRIS's account of the domain handover and the joint stewardship arrangement.
https://eurocris.org/casrai-domain-handover
- EuroCRIS / CASRAI-Dictionaries GitHub
The public repository of legacy CASRAI dictionary content.
https://github.com/EuroCRIS/CASRAI-Dictionaries
- CODATA homepage
The Committee on Data of the International Science Council; partner in the federation.
https://codata.org/
- CODATA — Joint statement on ex-CASRAI assets
CODATA's reading of the joint stewardship statement.
https://codata.org/stewarding-ex-casrai-assets-for-the-future-a-joint-statement-from-codata-eurocris-and-niso/
- ICMJE — Recommendations browse page
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors recommendations — authoritative for medical journal editorial policy.
https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/
- ICMJE — Defining the role of authors and contributors
The current ICMJE definition; the basis for medical journal contributorship policy.
https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html
- ICMJE recommendations PDF
The full recommendations document, downloadable.
https://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf
- ICMJE — About
ICMJE governance.
https://www.icmje.org/about-icmje/
- Crossref schema documentation
Crossref's schema documentation — important for understanding how CRediT enters the deposit-metadata layer.
https://www.crossref.org/categories/schema/
- Crossref blog — Proposed schema changes (CRediT in 5.5)
The schema 5.5 announcement formalising Crossref CRediT support.
https://www.crossref.org/blog/proposed-schema-changes-have-your-say/
- Crossref blog — Metadata schema development plans
Crossref roadmap; useful for vendors planning integrations.
https://www.crossref.org/blog/metadata-schema-development-plans/
- DataCite metadata schema 4.3 (PDF)
The DataCite metadata kernel; the data-citation equivalent of the Crossref schema.
https://schema.datacite.org/meta/kernel-4.3/doc/DataCite-MetadataKernel_v4.3.pdf
- DataCite & Crossref joint metadata guide
Joint guidance on metadata for integrity.
https://datacite.org/blog/why-metadata-matters-for-research-integrity-a-new-joint-guide-from-crossref-and-datacite/
- ORCID — FAQ on contributor information for works
ORCID's guidance on contributor information for works and funding items.
https://info.orcid.org/ufaqs/what-contributor-information-should-i-include-when-adding-works-or-funding-items/
- ORCID blog — Contributor recognition, Project CRediT, contributorship badges
The 2015 ORCID statement aligning with Project CRediT.
https://orcid.org/blog/2015/08/11/contributor-recognition-update-orcid-project-credit-and-contributorship-badges
Major journals and publisher guidance
Authoritative editorial-policy pages from the major journals and publishers. Useful both for citing real-world editorial policy and for showing publisher-level CRediT adoption.
- Allen, Brand, Scott, Altman, Hlava (2014) — Publishing: Credit where credit is due
The canonical Nature comment introducing the contributor-roles taxonomy case. DOI 10.1038/508312a.
https://www.nature.com/articles/508312a
- Nature (2025) — A ten-year drive to credit authors for their work
Nature editorial reviewing a decade of CRediT.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03860-5
- Nature Portfolio — Authorship policy
Nature's editorial policy on authorship and contributorship.
https://www.nature.com/nature-portfolio/editorial-policies/authorship
- Nature Communications (2023) — MeRIT: Method Reporting with Initials for Transparency
Complementary inline contributor-attribution proposal.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37039-1
- JAMA — Authorship Criteria and Disclosure of Contributions
Comparison of three general medical journal authorship criteria.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/199013
- NEJM — Editorial Policies
The New England Journal of Medicine editorial-policy hub.
https://www.nejm.org/about-nejm/editorial-policies
- NEJM — On Authors and Contributors (editorial)
NEJM editorial on the authorship / contributorship distinction.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe020063
- NEJM — Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
Historical reference for the ICMJE uniform requirements.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199102073240624
- The Lancet — Author guidelines (PDF)
Lancet author guidelines, including contributorship requirements.
https://www.thelancet.com/pb-assets/Lancet/authors/tl-info-for-authors-1690986041530.pdf
- The BMJ — overview
Overview reference for the British Medical Journal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BMJ
- Cambridge — Publishing ethics: authorship and contributorship
Cambridge University Press guidance on authorship and contributorship.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/publishing-ethics/authorship-and-contributorship-journals
- Elsevier — CRediT author statement
Elsevier's author-facing CRediT guidance.
https://www.elsevier.com/researcher/author/policies-and-guidelines/credit-author-statement
- Wiley — CRediT (Contribution Roles Taxonomy)
Wiley's CRediT author guidance.
https://authors.wiley.com/author-resources/Journal-Authors/open-access/credit.html
- Taylor & Francis — CRediT
Taylor & Francis CRediT policy.
https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/editorial-policies/credit-at-taylor-francis/
- SAGE — CRediT
SAGE CRediT author guidance.
https://www.sagepub.com/journals/information-for-authors/submitting-your-manuscript/credit
- Oxford Academic — British Medical Bulletin instructions for authors
OUP example of CRediT-enabled author instructions.
https://academic.oup.com/bmb/pages/instructions_for_authors
- Cell Mentor — Authors reflect on the CRediT taxonomy
Cell editorial blog on author reactions to CRediT.
https://crosstalk.cell.com/blog/authors-reflect-on-the-credit-taxonomy
University library and research-office guidance
Institutional adoption pages from universities around the world. Double-duty: they document institutional practice and they are themselves high-trust references.
- UCL — Library Services: CRediT taxonomy
University College London library guidance on CRediT.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/research-support/open-access/credit-taxonomy
- UCL — Open Access Blog: Introduction to the CRediT taxonomy
UCL's introductory write-up.
https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/2021/06/21/credit-taxonomy/
- University of Sheffield — Open Research: Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT)
Sheffield's researcher-facing CRediT page.
https://sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch/home/contributor-role-taxonomy-credit
- University of Surrey — Authorship and contributorship
Surrey library guidance.
https://www.surrey.ac.uk/library/open-research/authorship-and-contributorship
- UK Research Integrity Office — Authorship
The UKRIO authoritative guidance on authorship for UK researchers.
https://ukrio.org/ukrio-resources/authorship/
- Memorial Sloan Kettering — Giving CRediT Where Credit is Due
MSK Library blog post on CRediT.
https://library.mskcc.org/blog/2021/03/giving-credit-where-credit-is-due/
- Memorial Sloan Kettering — Contributor roles taxonomy tag
MSK's ongoing CRediT-tagged posts.
https://library.mskcc.org/blog/tag/contributor-roles-taxonomy/
- Illinois Institute of Technology — Authorship & Contributorship LibGuide
IIT library guide covering CRediT.
https://guides.library.iit.edu/c.php?g=1458261&p=10842862
- HKUST Library — Authorship Matters: Using CRediT for Credit
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology library guidance.
https://library.hkust.edu.hk/sc/authorship-credit/
- Singapore Management University — CRediT your contribution in your paper
SMU library guidance.
https://library.smu.edu.sg/topics-insights/credit-your-contribution-your-paper
Adjacent standards and reform initiatives
Adjacent open-research infrastructure and evaluation-reform initiatives that the dictionary aligns with but does not own. Link to these when discussing the wider landscape.
- DORA — Declaration on Research Assessment
The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment; central to the responsible-assessment dictionary domain.
https://sfdora.org/
- COARA — Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment
The European coalition advancing research-assessment reform.
https://coara.eu/
- CERIF (euroCRIS Common European Research Information Format)
The CERIF data model; the standard that CASRAI Dictionary terms map into for European CRIS systems.
https://eurocris.org/cerif/main-features-cerif
- ROR — Research Organization Registry
The persistent identifier for research organisations; central to the PID-ecosystem dictionary domain.
https://ror.org/
- DOI Foundation
The International DOI Foundation.
https://www.doi.org/
- PKP / Open Journal Systems
The Public Knowledge Project; widely used open-source journal publishing platform with CRediT support.
https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/
- Wellcome Trust — research culture / open research
Wellcome's programme on research culture and open research; convened the 2012 Harvard workshop that gave rise to Project CRediT.
https://wellcome.org/what-we-do/our-work/open-research
- NIH Office of Intramural Research
NIH IRP — institutional adopter using CRediT for dispute resolution.
https://oir.nih.gov/
- Harvard / Wellcome 2012 Workshop — final report (PDF)
The foundational workshop report that motivated Project CRediT.
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/files/attribution_workshop/files/iwcsa_report_final_18sept12.pdf
- Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0)
The licence under which the dictionary is released.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Reference and encyclopaedic
Tertiary references useful for orientation, tooltips, and "what is this?" links.
- Wikipedia — Contributor Roles Taxonomy
The Wikipedia article on CRediT; well-maintained, useful as an entry-point reference.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributor_Roles_Taxonomy
- Wikipedia — Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information
The Wikipedia article on CASRAI.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consortia_Advancing_Standards_in_Research_Administration_Information
- Union of International Associations — CASRAI profile
UIA reference profile.
https://uia.org/s/or/en/1122276353
- ConsortiumInfo.org — CASRAI profile
Consortium Information reference profile.
https://consortiuminfo.org/list/consortia-advancing-standards-in-research-administration-information-casrai/
- Consortiapedia — CASRAI profile
Consortiapedia reference profile.
https://consortiapedia.fastercures.org/consortia/casrai/
Suggesting additions
To suggest an addition, write to [email protected] with the URL and a one-sentence note on why the link belongs here. The bar is authority — a standards body, a recognised editorial body, a top-tier journal, an institutional library guide from a research-intensive university, an adjacent reform initiative with established standing. We are not building a directory; we are building the reference table for the dictionary.
