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August 2017 | General | First version published. |
Appeals policy: editorial management
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| Support resources (appeals) | Added information about COPE and relevant resources. |
August 2017 | General | First version published. |
Access to archive of Cochrane Reviews
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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 2018ADD | Inclusion in PubMed Central | Clarification of dates in NIHR Programme Grants section. |
General | Updated to include scholarly collaboration networks and to reflect new green open access policy. |
Assigning ‘What’s New’ events to Cochrane Reviews
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Cochrane Review updates
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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. |
Citation versions: DOIs and URLs
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| Cochrane Style Manual information | Deleted and include link to separate Cochrane Style Manual location. |
| General | Update to refer to new version of Cochrane Style Basics. |
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International editorial organizations: information for Cochrane Editors
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| General | Updated information on activating ISMTE membership. |
Licence for publication forms
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Note: Note that version 3 of the Cochrane standard (green OA) licence for publication form was due to launch on 21 September 2016. Due to a technical hitch the new licence for publication form was not actually available until 14 October 2016. During this time 53 Cochrane Reviews and 29 Cochrane protocols were published under the previous version of the licence for publication. We would like to apologise for this and assure all Authors affected that we will honour the new licence terms, as described above. If you have any questions about this, please contact the Cochrane Editorial & Methods Department (emd@cochrane.org). |
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Addendum to licence for publication of a World Health Organization (WHO) manuscript as a Cochrane Review Review :
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| Updated contact details and link for permissions. |
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| Updated for consistency with standard licence for a Cochrane Review, version 4. |
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Creative Commons | Cochrane Editorial
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| Updated contact details and link for permissions. |
1 | New - based upon Creative Commons CC BY-NC licence for a Cochrane Review, version 3. |
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Addendum version | Release date | Explanation of changes from previous version |
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PAHO addendum | Standard licence | Protocol or Review
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PAHO addendum | Creative Commons licences | Protocol or Review
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Proposals for new Cochrane Reviews: editorial management
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| Editorial process (titles) | Collated relevant information; added the flowchart (previously linked to Managing expectations: what does Cochrane expect of authors, and what can authors expect of Cochrane?). |
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Open access
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| Gold open access | Clarified that PDF version submitted is set out in the licence for publication forms. |
| Green open access | Clarified that PDF version submitted is set out in the licence for publication forms. |
| Policy overview (open access) | New page for this overview; and added subheading and text for Editorials. |
| Green open access | Clarification of green open access arrangements for Cochrane Reviews and protocols. |
| Open access policy | Green open access policy was updated. |
| Open access policy (first version) | Open-access options were introduced for the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR). |
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| Inviting peer reviewers | Redirected link to Peer reviewer conduct from previous reference to a 'Resources for peer reviewers' page. |
| Exceptions to named peer review: special cases | New page added for the post-implementation phase. |
| Type of peer review | Added in text in italic: Note that Consumer peer reviewers are exempt from the named peer review process, and may remain anonymous if they wish to do so. (Consumers still follow the policy for Declarations of potential conflicts of interest for peer reviewers). |
| Peer review policy | Removed "Note: this policy is currently being implemented across all Cochrane groups. It will be implemented fully by all Cochrane groups by January 2019." |
| Type of peer review | Added statement regarding consumer reviewers remaining anonymous. |
May 2018 | Peer review policy | Organizational peer review policy published: ADD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
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| General update | Policy focuses on Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) and section heading reflects this. General revisions for currency. Removed following sections as information available on the Cochrane Library: Permission Permission to re-use of material from the Cochrane Library website; Reprints of Cochrane Review Removed following section as information available on the Handbook Cochrane pages: Permission to re-use material from the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions |
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| Across policy | Minor revisions for currency and updates of contact details. |
September 2014 | n/a | New policy; the following group of people contributed to the development of this policy: Ann Jones, Anna Hobson, Gavin Stewart, Harriet MacLehose, Karin Dearness, Laura Prescott, Liz Wager, Paul Garner, Peter Tugwell, Phil Wiffen, Ruth Brassington, Sera Tort. The starting point for this policy was text drafted by Liz Wager and Phil Wiffen on publication ethics, including plagiarism. |
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| Across policy | Minor revisions for currency and updates of contact details. |
September 2014 | n/a | New policy; the following group of people contributed to the development of this policy: Ann Jones, Anna Hobson, Gavin Stewart, Harriet MacLehose, Karin Dearness, Laura Prescott, Liz Wager, Paul Garner, Peter Tugwell, Phil Wiffen, Ruth Brassington, Sera Tort. The starting point for this policy was text drafted by Liz Wager and Phil Wiffen on publication ethics, including plagiarism. |
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| Policy: rejection of Cochrane Reviews | Moved 'definitions' from a standalone section and into the 'Policy' section. Edited wording of 'withdrawn' definition. |
August 2017 | New policy | Added to policy resource. |
Rejection policy: editorial management
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| Implementing the rejection policy | Amended instructions for unpublished Cochrane Review or unpublished update of a Cochrane Review (on the history tab). |
August 2017 | New policy | Added to policy resource. |
Reporting search dates in Cochrane Reviews
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General | Following sections removed:
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| Introduction to Publish When Ready | Document prepared for the move from monthly publication to 'when ready' publication for Cochrane Reviews and protocols for Cochrane Reviews. Covered following areas: About Publish When Ready (general information); Publish When Ready publication steps and schedules; Author and editing steps; Impact on other databases and published content; Changes for dissemination activities, including press releases; Publication reports; Upon publication in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) and The Cochrane Library; and Support and training. Previously hosted on https://community.cochrane.org. Updated: minor update 26 November 2014, introduced initially in June 2013. Download PDF |
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