View co-authors' Declarations of Interest

If you are the Corresponding Authors of a submitted review, you can view your co-authors' Declarations of Interest. This allows you to:

  • Use the information provided to complete the 'Declarations of interest' section in a draft protocol or review  
  • Send reminders to other members of the author team have not yet submitted a Declaration of Interest

Please note, this only applies for authors who submitted before June 2, 2025. For any submission made after June 2, 2025, declarations are submitted in Word form with your initial submission, and the below will not apply. See Required documentation  to submit you your manuscript.

View Declarations

  • Log in to your Author profile.
  • Locate the submission. The link to view co-authors' Declarations of Interest is available when submissions are in the following folders:
    • Submissions with a Decision
    • Submissions Sent Back to Author
    • Revisions Sent Back to Author
    • Submissions Needing Revision
  • In the Action menu, select View Author Conflict of Interest. 
  • On the Conflict of Interest Disclosures window, you can see which authors in your team have submitted their Declarations. You can click to Show Full Details and/or Download PDF.

Complete the 'Declarations of interest' section in your review

When completing the 'Declarations of interest' section in your review in RevMan, follow the guidance for the relevant section in the Cochrane review template.

To avoid editorial delays, the information in authors' Declarations in Editorial Manager must match the 'Declarations of interest' section in your protocol or review.