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Citing REDCap

Please cite the REDCap project and the Penn State CTSI grant when publishing manuscript using the following language:

Study data were collected and managed using REDCap electronic data capture tools hosted at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine.¹ REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure, web-based application designed to support data capture for research studies, providing:

an intuitive interface for validated data entry
audit trails for tracking data manipulation and export procedures
automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to common statistical packages
procedures for importing data from external sources.

¹Paul A. Harris, Robert Taylor, Robert Thielke, Jonathon Payne, Nathaniel Gonzalez, Jose G. Conde, Research electronic data capture (REDCap) – A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support, J Biomed Inform. 2009 Apr;42(2):377-81.

Please Acknowledge NIH Grant Support in each publication, press release or other documents about research that benefited from the Penn State Clinical and Translational Research Institute Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) UL1 Grant and include a disclaimer such as the following:

“This publication (or project) was supported by the Penn State Clinical & Translational Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University CTSA, NIH/NCRR Grant Number UL1RR033184. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH or NCRR.”