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Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
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Research electronic data capture (REDCap) is a novel workflow methodology and software solution designed for rapid development and deployment of electronic data capture tools to support clinical and translational research. We present: (1) a brief description of the REDCap metadata-driven software toolset; (2) detail concerning the capture and use of study-related metadata from scientific research teams; (3) measures of impact for REDCap; (4) details concerning a consortium network of domestic and international institutions collaborating on the project; and (5) strengths and limitations of the REDCap system. REDCap is currently supporting 286 translational research projects in a growing collaborative network including 27 active partner institutions.
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“The total subjects in all Vanderbilt and Meharry production-level clinical research study databases currently numbers 17,959 and demonstrates active use for the REDCap system in the clinical domain.”
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“The cost of purchasing and supporting major vendor solutions for clinical data management systems can be prohibitive.(8)”
§ Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) - A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support > VI. CONCLUSION
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- Not checked yetcites [8] Zubatch M. Value of Hosted Clinical Data Environments. Bio-IT World. 4-14-2006. Ref Type: Magazine Article.
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“In these cases, traditional EDC setup time for CRFs and software expense may outweigh benefits for the study.(9)”
§ Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) - A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support > VI. CONCLUSION
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- Not checked yetcites [9] Weber, 2005, A comparison study: paper-based versus web-based data collection and management, Appl Nurs Res source
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“REDCap accomplishes key functions through use of a single study metadata table referenced by presentation-level operational modules.”
§ Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) - A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support > III. METHODS
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“we realized early in the project that the critical factor for success would lie in creating a simple workflow methodology allowing research teams to autonomously develop study-related metadata in an efficient manner.(3–5)”
§ Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) - A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support > III. METHODS
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- Not checked yetcites [3] Nadkarni, 1995, SQLGEN: a framework for rapid client-server database application development, Comput Biomed Res source
- Not checked yetcites [4] Nadkarni, 2000, WebEAV: automatic metadata-driven generation of web interfaces to entity-attribute-value databases, J Am Med Inform Assoc source
- Not checked yetcites [5] Fraternali, 2000, Model-driven development of Web applications: the AutoWeb system, ACM Trans Inf Syst source
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“REDCap is a novel workflow methodology and software solution designed for rapid development and deployment of electronic data capture tools to support clinical and translational research.”
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“The REDCap user interface provides an intuitive method to securely and accurately input data relating to research studies.”
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“Based on this abstracted programming model, studies are developed in an efficient manner with little resource investment beyond the creation of a single data dictionary.”
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“The REDCap project provides a rapid-development and flexible informatics systems-based approach to supporting studies in the translational research enterprise.”
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“The REDCap project was developed to provide scientific research teams intuitive and reusable tools for collecting, storing and disseminating project-specific clinical and translational research data.”
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“individual scientists often require informatics and other multidisciplinary team expertise that cannot easily be obtained or developed in the independent research environment.(1)”
§ Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) - A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support > II. INTRODUCTION
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- Not checked yetcites [1] Zerhouni, 2003, A new vision for the national institutes of health, J Biomed Biotechnol source
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“An analysis of the number of registered users per project conveys information about the size and diversity of supported studies (median = 4, mean = 5.1, range = 1 to 77).”
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“After the initial researcher demonstration meeting, IC support for a single project typically requires less than 60 minutes over the life of a study (including allowances for mid-study CRF modifications when necessary).”
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“The startup time required to launch a new project is short and almost entirely determined by researcher input in defining a structured study-specific data collection plan.”
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“REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) was initially developed and deployed at Vanderbilt University, but now has collaborative support from a wide consortium of domestic and international partners.”
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“The total number of projects is currently 204 (clinical=189; basic=7; operational=8), including 156 active projects and 48 projects in prototype (pre-production) status.”
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“The first REDCap project was placed in production at Vanderbilt University in August, 2004.”
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“The project creation process may take from less than a day to over a year to move from prototype to production status and depends entirely on the motivation and readiness of the research team in defining CRF requirements and launching the study.”
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“Informatics investment has varied during the time of operation, but has typically not exceeded one person performing new module development work, supporting investigators and working with project consortium partners.”
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“The Vanderbilt, University Office of Research Informatics offers REDCap services at no charge for scientific research teams and considers the modest personnel investment (< 0.5 FTE for universal training and support) a sound investment ensuring researchers have ready access to centralized resources compliant with HIPAA best practices.”
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“The number of registered end-users for all clinical, basic and operational projects is currently 722 unique individuals, including 363 users known through audit logs to have actively participated in data entry or export.”
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“Using this consortium approach, we have successfully added new REDCap modules, created documentation and support processes for adopting centers, added language abstraction (English, Spanish and Japanese versions currently available) and also regularly define and refine near- and long-term plans for improvement and added functionality.”
§ Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) - A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support > IV. RESULTS > B. Multi-Institutional Consortium – Software Availability and Collaborative Network
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“An analysis of the number of projects per registered user conveys information about the diversity of supported users (median = 1, mean = 1.5, range = 1 to 14).”
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“In August, 2006, we launched a pilot initiative to study the process surrounding developing and sharing research informatics resources across academic institutions (Figure 4).”
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“REDCap is currently supporting 286 translational research projects in a growing collaborative network including 27 active partner institutions.”
§ Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) - A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support > Abstract
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“The initial REDCap demonstration meeting provides an opportunity for project-specific informatics consultation concerning data collection and storage, data validation procedures, data security and logging requirements, and forms layout.”
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“REDCap was initially created to support clinical research studies, but we now also use the project to support basic science and operational databases for our CTSA organization (e.g. process database for managing REDCap projects, accounting activity for CTSA Community Engagement core).”
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“The REDCap consortium now consists of 27 partners (26 domestic, 1 international) collaborating on new development and providing support for REDCap operations.”
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“The project benefits from a consortium of academic institutions and we encourage others to consider joining the group of adopting and collaborating sites.”
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“REDCap was successfully deployed and gained a wide reputation within the institution as a toolset and workflow for providing secure, web-based data collection services.”
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“Several factors contribute to REDCap’s successful implementation in the clinical and translational research enterprise.”
§ Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) - A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support > V. DISCUSSION
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“The flat-table structure used for collected research data is inefficient from a data storage standpoint, but very efficient from the perspective of study setup and ideal for embedded data export procedures.”
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“The prototype testing and refinement workflow process ensures a team-based data definition strategy prior to study initiation, thereby improving the timeliness and overall quality of study data.”
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“Although simplistic, this data model is easy to reproduce and tailor for individual research studies during the project creation process and has proven adequate for a wide variety of clinical and translational research studies seen in multiple academic research environments.”
§ Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) - A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support > III. METHODS > C. Architecture
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“Forms contain field-specific validation code sufficient to ensure strong data integrity.”
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“The researcher-led metadata creation process is fast and flexible, but does not encourage the use of data naming standards, with the exception that data dictionary templates are typically reused by researcher teams across studies.”
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“Hardware and software requirements are modest and the system runs in Windows/IIS and Linux/Apache web server environments.”
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“The standard REDCap project requires five distinct tables stored in a single MySQL database:”
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The need to collect and share data securely with numerous collaborators across academic departments or institutions is a formidable challenge.
“However, the need to collect and share data in a secure manner with numerous collaborators across academic departments or even institutions is a formidable challenge.”
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The need for researcher-controlled data services and secure data collection, storage, and export is universal for any single- or multi-center research study.
“Most important, the need for researcher-controlled data services and secure data collection, storage and export is a universal need for any single- or multi-center research study.”
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The academic research environment typically has many preclinical investigator-initiated research studies requiring fewer subjects than larger trials.
“Although costs can be justified in large organizations running multiple sponsored clinical trials, the academic research environment is typically home to many preclinical investigator-initiated research studies requiring a fraction of the subjects needed for larger trials.”
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“REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) [54] is used for data collection, entry and management. REDCap is a secure, password-protected web application designed to support data capture for research studies that includes several features to reduce the amount of missing data and optimize data quality.”
From Unified protocol for the discontinuation of long-term serotonin reuptake inhibitors in obsessive compulsive disorder: Study protocol and methods (2018) · cites this paper as [54]
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe source backs part of the claim, not all of it — or backs it for a different population, condition or comparison.
In the citing paper
“REDCap [182, 183] will be used for data collection (interviews, online surveys). It provides user-level access control as it is only accessible to authorized personnel. To ensure traceability of relevant processing operations, changes with username, date, time, and modification are logged (audit trail) and can be controlled at any time.”
From Efficacy of a transdiagnostic Internet prevention approach in adolescents (EMPATIA study): study protocol of a randomized controlled trial (2024) · cites this paper as [182]
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe source backs part of the claim, not all of it — or backs it for a different population, condition or comparison.
In the citing paper
“The randomization table providing the basis for the computerized allocation in REDCap [182, 183] will be generated by an external researcher, who will be the only one with access to the original randomization table. Enrolment and the generation of the allocation code will be automatized via REDCap [182, 183] and hence cannot be influenced by any member of the research team.”
From Efficacy of a transdiagnostic Internet prevention approach in adolescents (EMPATIA study): study protocol of a randomized controlled trial (2024) · cites this paper as [182]
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe source backs part of the claim, not all of it — or backs it for a different population, condition or comparison.
In the citing paper
“The Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) data management platform is an example of a CTSA-funded clinical research software application that has grown beyond its single institutional use case to be shared with institutions across the world [26].”
From The REDCap consortium: building an international community of software platform partners (2019) · cites this paper as [26]
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe source backs part of the claim, not all of it — or backs it for a different population, condition or comparison.
In the citing paper
“REDCap is a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases, designed to support data capture for research studies [26].”
From The REDCap consortium: building an international community of software platform partners (2019) · cites this paper as [26]
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
The source backs part of the claim, not all of it — or backs it for a different population, condition or comparison.
In the citing paper
“REDCap is a secure, HIPAA-compliant, widely used web-based research application that supports calculations and branching logic programming.”
From A Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) study of medication and CBT sequencing in the treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders (2021) · cites this paper as [165]
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe cited source says what the claim attributes to it.
In the citing paper
“In the full-text review stage, each article was independently assessed by two reviewers (BM, CC, HC, JMP, and MRR) for inclusion in the final data set using our data extraction sheet designed in the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) platform [25].”
From Coaching in undergraduate and graduate medical education: a scoping review of success factors, barriers, and outcomes (2026) · cites this paper as [25]
The cited source says what the claim attributes to it.
In the citing paper
“118 additional families completed a REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture, [51,52]) screening form but were not enrolled.”
The cited source says what the claim attributes to it.
In the citing paper
“Signed informed consent was obtained from all participants via REDCap (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN) [25, 26].”
From Recruitment, retention and recouperation: lessons learned from a study aimed at assessing burnout mitigation in physician learners (2025) · cites this paper as [25]
The cited source says what the claim attributes to it.
In the citing paper
“Allocation was concealed until after enrolment, as researchers had to enter participants’ details into the study's REDCAP database [24] before allocation was revealed.”
The cited source says what the claim attributes to it.
In the citing paper
“The randomization table will be uploaded to the web-based Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) [182, 183] by a REDCap administrator from the Clinical Trials Unit. Afterwards, it will become inaccessible for the external researcher who generated the randomization table and remain inaccessible for the research team.”
From Efficacy of a transdiagnostic Internet prevention approach in adolescents (EMPATIA study): study protocol of a randomized controlled trial (2024) · cites this paper as [182]
The cited source says what the claim attributes to it.
In the citing paper
“After baseline measures (T1) participants are randomized to one of the two conditions by a research assistant who does not conduct assessments, using computerized randomization (REDCAP) [53, 54].”
The cited source says what the claim attributes to it.
In the citing paper
“Allocation to experimental intervention or comparison intervention will be computer-generated using the software REDCap © [50].”
The cited source says what the claim attributes to it.
In the citing paper
“Participants in the RCT will be randomized to either EMPOWER or the control group with a block randomization procedure in REDCap [24] using computer-generated random numbers generated in R Studio [25].”
The check wasn’t confident either way, so it gives no verdict — never disputed.
In the citing paper
“Allocation concealment will be ensured as the allocation code will not be visible to the research team before a participant has been assigned to one of the treatment conditions.”
From Efficacy of a transdiagnostic Internet prevention approach in adolescents (EMPATIA study): study protocol of a randomized controlled trial (2024) · cites this paper as [182]
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe check wasn’t confident either way, so it gives no verdict — never disputed.
In the citing paper
“This randomization sequence was created by a statistician unaffiliated with the study to ensure masking to the randomization scheme and was implemented by REDCAP’s randomization software based on the participant’s location52,53.”
From Autonomous artificial intelligence increases screening and follow-up for diabetic retinopathy in youth: the ACCESS randomized control trial (2024) · cites this paper as [53]
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredIn the citing paper
“Since PTL and PPROM are probably related conditions and share common risk factors,30 we combined them in our primary analyses.”
From Triggers of Spontaneous Preterm Delivery – Why Today? (2014) · cites this paper as [30]
In the citing paper
“Participants were randomly allocated to the intervention or control arm using a 2x4 block randomization sequence, programmed into a Redcap data management system [20], with the individual as the unit of randomization.”
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The REDCap consortium: building an international community of software platform partners
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“The REDCap system data architecture was originally flat, using a set of five replicable database tables for each project as previously described (for scalability, we later moved to an entity-attribute-value data model utilizing global tables in a single MySQL database) [26].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Harris, P. A., Taylor, R., Thielke, R., Payne, J., Gonzalez, N., & Conde, J. G.
- Affiliations
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- University of Puerto Rico System (PR)
- Corresponding author
- Harris, Paul A.
- Venue
- Journal of Biomedical Informatics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-04
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 377-381
- ISSN
- 1532-0464 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2700030
- OpenAlex
- W2093274439
- Cited by
- 51,384
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5202 · 2025: 6530 · 2024: 6650 · 2023: 5897 · 2022: 6019 · 2021: 5548 · 2020: 4337 · 2019: 3000 · 2018: 2318 · 2017: 1841 · 2016: 1426 · 2015: 1083 · 2014: 703 · 2013: 414 · 2012: 227
- FWCI
- 116.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Biomedical Informatics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Center for Research Resources (G12-RR-03051, 5 M01 RR 00095, M01RR000095, M01RR000058, KL2RR024977, TL1RR024978, UL1RR024975, G12RR003051)
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (G12MD007600)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Research Data Management Practices
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Electronic Health Records Systems
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Keywords
- REDCap, clinical research data management
- MeSH terms
- Clinical Trials as Topic, Data Collection, Humans, Medical Informatics, Software, Internet, Biomedical Research
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