Data Extraction & Management Tools

• Plot Digitizer  A free Java program used to digitize scanned plots of functional data.

• RobotReviewer Aims to semi-automate evidence synthesis using machine learning and natural language processing. Automatically assesses bias in clinical trials. Automatically extracts and synthesizes data from Randomized Controlled Trials. Click on "Demo."

For more information on RobotReviewer see: 

Marshall, I. J., Kuiper, J., Banner, E., & Wallace, B. C. (2017). Automating biomedical evidence synthesis: RobotReviewer. Proceedings of the Conference. Association for Computational Linguistics. Meeting, 2017, 7–12. https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/P17-4002

Marshall, I. J., Kuiper, J., & Wallace, B. C. (2016). RobotReviewer: Evaluation of a system for automatically assessing bias in clinical trials. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, 23(1), 193–201. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocv044

• SysRev  An intelligent platform for document reviews and automated data extraction. SysRev optimizes the review process with machine learning in the review process to increase accuracy and efficiency. Free and subscription versions available.

• Systematic Review Data Repository (SRDR+) A powerful and easy-to-use tool for the extraction and management of data for systematic review or meta-analysis. It is also an open and searchable archive of systematic reviews and their data. 

• Cochrane Data Extraction Template Intervention review – RCTs only This form can be used as a guide for developing your own data extraction form. Sections can be expanded and added, and irrelevant sections can be removed.
• Cochrane Data Collection Form for Intervention Reviews– Randomized Controlled trials (RCTs) and Non-Randomized studies (NRS) 
• Cochrane Data Collection Form for Intervention Reviews: RCTs and Non-RCTs 
• Cochrane Data Collection Form for Intervention Reviews: RCTs Only 
• Example Data Extraction Form for Systematic Reviews  (Wilson, et al., 2017). Example data extraction form for systematic reviews. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK424005/
• JBI Template Source of Evidence Details, Characteristics and Results Extraction Instrument Found in the JBI Manual Appendix 11.1 J

Manuals with starting templates for data extraction:

• Cochrane Handbook - Chapter 5: Collecting Data

• Institute of Medicine (2011). Finding what works in health care: Standards for systematic reviews. National Academies Press. See: Managing Data Collection .

• Cochrane Handbook 2023 - 5.4.3: Design of a Data Collection Form

• JBI Manual of Evidence Synthesis See specific review type for relevant data collection/extraction guidance.