{"id":3389,"date":"2024-02-23T10:46:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/?page_id=3389"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:34:22","slug":"citing-redcap","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/services\/informatics-core\/redcap-home\/citing-redcap\/","title":{"rendered":"Citing REDCap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 14px\"><a href=\"\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/services\/informatics-core\/redcap-home\/\" style=\"background: #eef6f8;color: #1f2937;padding: 6px 12px;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 20px;font-size: 0.95em\">Back to REDCap Homepage<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"top\" class=\"redcap-citations\" style=\"max-width: 1100px;margin: 0 auto;line-height: 1.7;color: #1f2937\">\n<div style=\"background: #64C7C9;border: 1px solid #bae6fd;padding: 18px 20px;margin: 24px 0;border-radius: 6px\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>How to Cite REDCap<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.08em;margin-top: 0\"><strong>Citing REDCap in Publications &amp; Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If your study used REDCap for data collection and\/or data management, you must cite the REDCap publications below in manuscripts, abstracts, posters, presentations, dissertations, and other scholarly works.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #f0f9ff;border: 1px solid #bae6fd;padding: 16px 18px;margin: 24px 0;border-radius: 6px\">\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 10px;font-size: 1.2em\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0;padding-left: 20px\">\n<li><a href=\"#required-citations\">Required REDCap Citations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#recommended-language\">Recommended Boilerplate Language<\/a><a href=\"#required-citations\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#why-cite\">Why Cite REDCap?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#additional-resources\">Additional Citation Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"required-citations\" style=\"background: #329EB8;color: #ffffff;padding: 12px 16px;border-radius: 6px;margin-bottom: 16px\">Required REDCap Citations<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"padding-left: 22px\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 18px\"><strong>Harris PA, Taylor R, Thielke R, Payne J, Gonzalez N, Conde JG.<\/strong><br \/>\nResearch electronic data capture (REDCap) \u2013 A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support.<br \/>\n<em>Journal of Biomedical Informatics.<\/em> 2009;42(2):377\u2013381.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Harris PA, Taylor R, Minor BL, Elliott V, Fernandez M, O\u2019Neal L, McLeod L, Delacqua G, Delacqua F, Kirby J, Duda SN; REDCap Consortium.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe REDCap consortium: Building an international community of software partners.<br \/>\n<em>Journal of Biomedical Informatics.<\/em> 2019;95:103208.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"background: #eff6ff;border-left: 6px solid #2563eb;padding: 14px 16px;margin: 20px 0;border-radius: 4px\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> Some journals may require formatting adjustments based on citation style requirements (e.g., APA, AMA, Vancouver, or journal-specific formatting).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 14px\"><a href=\"#top\" style=\"background: #eef6f8;color: #1f2937;padding: 6px 12px;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 20px;font-size: 0.95em\">Back to top \u2191<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"recommended-language\" style=\"background: #329EB8;color: #ffffff;padding: 12px 16px;border-radius: 6px;margin-bottom: 16px\">Recommended Boilerplate Language<\/h2>\n<p>The following text may be copied directly into your manuscript or presentation:<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #f8fafc;border: 1px solid #dbe4ee;padding: 18px 20px;border-radius: 6px;margin: 20px 0\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">Study data were collected and managed using REDCap electronic data capture tools hosted at the University of Connecticut Health Center. REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure, web-based application designed to support data capture for research studies, providing:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-top: 12px;padding-left: 22px\">\n<li>An intuitive interface for validated data entry<\/li>\n<li>Audit trails for tracking data manipulation and export procedures<\/li>\n<li>Automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to common statistical packages<\/li>\n<li>Procedures for importing data from external sources<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"><sup>1,2<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"why-cite\" style=\"background: #329EB8;color: #ffffff;padding: 12px 16px;border-radius: 6px;margin-bottom: 16px\">Why Cite REDCap?<\/h2>\n<p>REDCap citations help:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 20px\">\n<li>Acknowledge the REDCap platform and consortium<\/li>\n<li>Support continued REDCap development and sustainability<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate the use of validated research data capture tools<\/li>\n<li>Promote reproducibility and transparency in research workflows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Proper citation also helps demonstrate the use of secure, structured, and compliant data management practices within research studies.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #eff6ff;border-left: 6px solid #2563eb;padding: 14px 16px;margin: 20px 0;border-radius: 4px\"><strong>Best practice:<\/strong> Include both the recommended boilerplate language and the REDCap publications in the manuscript references section whenever REDCap was used for study data collection or management.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #fff7ed;border-left: 6px solid #ea580c;padding: 14px 16px;margin: 20px 0;border-radius: 4px\"><strong>Important:<\/strong> Be sure to also include the REDCap publications in your manuscript reference list or bibliography.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 14px\"><a href=\"#top\" style=\"background: #eef6f8;color: #1f2937;padding: 6px 12px;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 20px;font-size: 0.95em\">Back to top \u2191<\/a><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"additional-resources\" style=\"background: #329EB8;color: #ffffff;padding: 12px 16px;border-radius: 6px;margin-bottom: 16px\">Additional Citation Resources<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 20px\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar?cites=14045703512947053415&amp;as_sdt=5,43&amp;sciodt=0,43&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View and search over 20,000+ articles on Google Scholar citing REDCap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/projectredcap.org\/resources\/citations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official REDCap Citation Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"background: #eff6ff;border-left: 6px solid #2563eb;padding: 14px 16px;margin: 20px 0;border-radius: 4px\"><strong>Helpful tip:<\/strong> Reviewing published REDCap manuscripts can help teams identify common approaches for describing study data collection and management workflows.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 14px\"><a href=\"#top\" style=\"background: #eef6f8;color: #1f2937;padding: 6px 12px;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 20px;font-size: 0.95em\">Back to top \u2191<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 12px\"><a href=\"\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/services\/informatics-core\/redcap\/\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"top\" style=\"max-width: 1100px;margin: 0 auto;line-height: 1.7;color: #1f2937\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right;margin-top: 14px\"><a href=\"\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/services\/informatics-core\/redcap-home\/\" style=\"background: #eef6f8;color: #1f2937;padding: 6px 12px;text-decoration: none;border-radius: 20px;font-size: 0.95em\">Back to REDCap Homepage<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to REDCap Homepage How to Cite REDCap Citing REDCap in Publications &amp; Presentations If your study used REDCap for data collection and\/or data management, you must cite the REDCap publications below in manuscripts, abstracts, posters, presentations, dissertations, and other scholarly works. Table of Contents Required REDCap Citations Recommended Boilerplate Language Why Cite REDCap? 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