Package: metaextractoR
Type: Package
Title: Data Extraction for Meta-Analysis with Large Language Models
Version: 0.1.0
Authors@R: c(
    person(
      given = "Danyang", 
      family = "Dai",
      email = "danyan.dai01@gmail.com",
      role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"),
      comment = c(ORCID = "0009-0006-3984-291X")
    ),
    person(
    given = "Emi",
    family = "Tanaka",
    email = "dr.emi.tanaka@gmail.com",
    role = c("aut"),
    comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-1455-259X")
    ),
    person(
    given = "Jason",
    family = "Pole",
    email = "j.pole@uq.edu.au",
    role = c("ths"),
    comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-0413-5434")
    )
  )
Description: Use Large Language Models (LLMs) to assist with data
        extraction for meta-analysis. This package incorporates three
        modular Shiny apps to implement a human-in-the-loop framework.
        (1) a manual extraction interface for abstracts, (2) refining
        prompt engineering and model selection, and (3) validation of
        LLM-generated outputs. These apps enable researchers to
        iteratively collaborate with LLMs, with each abstract
        undergoing double data extraction—once manually by a human
        researcher and once independently by an LLM-assisted process—to
        emulate the double extraction process recommended by
        international standards. Notably, the package runs fully on
        local machines, with no need for API setup or external data
        transfer, maximising data privacy and accessibility. Robust
        logging features further enhance transparency and
        reproducibility by recording all prompt iterations and outputs.
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Encoding: UTF-8
LazyData: true
RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
Depends: R (>= 3.5)
Imports: ellmer, shiny, tidyr, shinyFiles, cli, dplyr, fs, methods, DT,
        bslib, shinyjs
Suggests: testthat (>= 3.0.0)
Config/testthat/edition: 3
URL: https://danyangdai.github.io/metaextractoR/
BugReports: https://github.com/DanyangDai/metaextractoR/issues
Config/pak/sysreqs: cmake make libicu-dev libuv1-dev libssl-dev
        zlib1g-dev
Repository: https://emitanaka.r-universe.dev
Date/Publication: 2026-04-07 22:22:39 UTC
RemoteUrl: https://github.com/DanyangDai/metaextractoR
RemoteRef: HEAD
RemoteSha: 229c8547ffc83f73d418a860254f066023d9ec0d
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2026-07-05 08:34:35 UTC; root
Author: Danyang Dai [aut, cre, cph] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3984-291X>),
  Emi Tanaka [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1455-259X>),
  Jason Pole [ths] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0413-5434>)
Maintainer: Danyang Dai <danyan.dai01@gmail.com>