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How Cochrane systems work together

People and roles

Editorial team roles

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Editorial Process

1. Add content to Editorial Manager

Invite authors to submit to Editorial Manager

Proposals for new reviews or updates

Protocols, reviews and updates

Move content to Editorial Manager for copy edit and publication (January 2022)

2. Submissions

New submissions

Proposals for new reviews or updates

Edit submissions

Assign Editor

Remove submissions and proposals (invitations)

3. Editorial quality checks

Assign an editorial task

Editorial checks

Declarations of Interest

Similarity and plagiarism checks

Reviews using Risk of Bias 2

4. Internal and external review

Discussions

Reviewer roles

Reviewer forms

Invite comments from editors or peer reviewers

Information Specialist search peer review

Internal and external review for diagnostic test accuracy reviews

End reviewer assignments

5. Editorial decisions

Notify authors of editorial decisions

View peer reviewer comments

Editorial decision following peer review

Return peer review comments to authors

6. Accepting content for publication

Accept content for publication

Copy edit and publication (production)

License for publication forms 

Amendments and Living Systematic Reviews

Withdrawing published content

Features and functions

Searching and reporting 

Search for people

Proxy as another user

Search for reviews

Reports

Enterprise View

Tasks

Information Specialist tasks

Handling Editor tasks

Sign-Off Editor tasks

Production Manager tasks

Copy Editor tasks

Tracking production tasks

View tasks assigned to me

Change a task due date

Proposal Manager tasks

Emails

Template letters

Automatic notifications and reminders

Storing external emails

Ad hoc emails

Settings 

Set reviewer preferences

Notes and flags

Corresponding Editors

Permissions linked to editorial roles

Red-Amber-Green warning thresholds

General

File attachments

Transfers 

Transfer submissions to Central Editorial Service