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| General | Section renamed from "Including Cochrane Reviews and Protocols in Scholarly Collaboration Networks (SCNs) and Repositories", and separated into general policy and information about including in PubMed Central. |
| October 2018 | ADD | Clarification of dates in NIHR Programme Grants section |
| General | Updated to include scholarly collaboration networks and to reflect new green open access policy |
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Assigning ‘What’s New’ events to Cochrane Reviews
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Separated Archie/RevMan guidance from general guidance.
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| General | Added an example of when a new citation is not required: addition of a comment and/or a reply to the feedback section but with no other changes to the (apart from minor typographical errors). |
| General | Scenarios updated; the previous iteration of the policy is available as a PDF file. |
Authorship and contributorship
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| Authorship disputes | New section (replace sentence in older version) with link out to relevant COPE resources. | |
| Deceased authors | Updated Archie/RevMan guidance on email address format. |
| Criteria for authorship (authors on the by-line) | Updated section on 'Acknowledgements' to clarify permission must be granted by named individuals and added a link to relevant section of the ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals. |
| Authors using a group name | Separated Archie/RevMan guidance from general guidance. |
| Change in author affiliation | Added new section on a change to author affiliation. | |
| Deceased authors | Updated process for the licence for publication form when author deceased (advised by Publisher): a signed licence is required, but the licence may be submitted by the corresponding author on the others’ behalf (provided he/she had the deceased authors’ agreement and consent to publish in advance of their passing). |
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Cochrane Library complaints procedure
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| Policy (Cochrane Review updates) | Definition of updates and amendments: removed note that definitions from Handbook | |
| General revision | Separated policy into sections |
| Living systematic reviews | Added information about living systematic reviews. |
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| General | Changed to link to policy on Cochrane Library to remove duplication of content. |
Cochrane Review Group Specialized Register: request for exemptions
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Cochrane Review proposals
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| Cochrane Review versions and citations | New page | 14 | Policy for assigning ‘What’s New’ eventsPage title changed from “What's New events (publishing events) in Cochrane Reviews: new publication, new citation, or change in publication status” to “Policy for assigning ‘What’s New’ events” |
| Policy for assigning ‘What’s New’ events | Added an example of when a new citation is not required: addition of a comment and/or a reply to the feedback section but with no other changes to the (apart from minor typographical errors).Cochrane Review updates) | Definition of updates and amendments: removed note that definitions from Handbook | |
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| Living systematic reviews | Added information about living systematic reviews. |
Citation versions: DOIs and URLs
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| Digital object identifier (DOI) and website address (URL) of a Cochrane Review | Updated with new Cochrane Library URL and Crossref DOI display guidelines. |
| Policy for assigning ‘What’s New’ events | Scenarios updated; the previous iteration of the policy is available as a PDF file . |
Comments: policy
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| General | Added report of Comments received during 2018. Updated information on how to cite comments. |
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Serious errors in published Cochrane Reviews
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| General | Updated and revised: definition of serious errors revised to include factual errors in describing one or more included studies; and the process has been revised to direct notication to the Editor in Chief who will work with the Co-ordinating Editor and Senior Network Editor. |
Standards for Cochrane Reviews
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