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Policy
Cochrane Reviews
From July 2019, Cochrane Reviews should only be withdrawn under exceptional circumstances (i.e. for reasons other than those that could be described using the Updating Classification System), for example, if there is a concern about the conduct or reporting of the Cochrane Review:
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Withdrawing a Cochrane Review generates a new citation version. For Cochrane Reviews, this includes a new entry in PubMed.
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If contactable, the authors must be asked if they agree with the proposed withdrawal, as this information can be included in the withdrawn statement.
Step 2. Draft the
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withdrawn statement
In keeping with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines for retracting articles, the published reason for withdrawal must not be potentially defamatory or libelous. Also see “What should an ideal retraction notice look like?”from Retraction Watch for further reading.
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- Reason(s) for withdrawal, starting with: “This Cochrane Review has been withdrawn from publication.”
- Which section(s) of the review is/are affected.
- Who is withdrawing the review (and whether the authors agree).
- Whether the Cochrane Review will be revised and re-published in future.
Statement to accompany the
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withdrawn
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protocol for a Cochrane Review
The withdrawn statement must include the following information:
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Step 3. Notify Editorial & Methods Department
The Editor in Chief (ceu@cochraneemd@cochrane.org) must approve all retraction notices withdrawn notices before publication. Provide the:
- Title
- DOI of the version being withdrawn
- Reason for withdrawal
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- for
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- withdrawal
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Published Cochrane Reviews (including protocols) are not removed from the CDSR. (Up to 16 December 2014, withdrawn protocols were removed from the CDSR after one issue of publication. From this date onwards, withdrawn protocols remain published to maintain the public record of publication and to complement the inclusion in PROSPERO.) A review may be withdrawn temporarily (suspended) and can be reinstated once it is considered satisfactory by the authors and the CRG's editorial team; otherwise it should remain withdrawn. Published versions that precede a withdrawn version are available in the CDSR by clicking on the ‘Other versions’ tab in the article.
Protocols that have not been converted into full Cochrane Reviews within two years of publication should generally be withdrawn from the CDSR.
Reasons for withdrawing Cochrane Protocols and Reviews from the CDSR
Protocols for a Cochrane Review
- The authors have requested this protocol to be withdrawn. The reason/s is/are [insert reason(s)].
- The protocol is out of date and does not meet the current methodological standards of The Cochrane Collaboration.
- Authors have made no progress with this protocol in XX months/years. New authors are being sought to take over this protocol.
- The protocol has been republished as a Diagnostic Test Accuracy Protocol (provide full reference).
- The protocol has been split into these protocols (provide full references).
- The protocol has been merged with another (provide full reference).
- Title reassignment: A new protocol will be published by the review authors (provide list of authors).
- The Cochrane Review Group was unable to maintain contact with the contact author. The co-authors are unable to take over this protocol. New authors are being sought to take over this protocol.
Cochrane Reviews
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