Cochrane’s editorial and publishing policies can now be found on the Cochrane Library Editorial policies page. Cochrane authors and editorial teams should refer to the Cochrane Library as the primary source of information on this policy. For editorial guidance on policies the EPPR remains the primary location. |
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Cochrane does not currently have a specific preprint policy and publishing preprints of Cochrane Reviews is not something we want to allow without more consideration and guidance (i.e. the development of a specific policy). We would therefore currently advise authors not to upload preprints of unpublished reviews to online preprint servers. |
The co-publication of Cochrane Reviews in other journals is permitted in certain circumstances to support the dissemination of the findings of Cochrane Reviews. In general, the journal for the co-publication is likely to be a specialist publication (and therefore reaching a specialist audience) or published in a language other than English (reaching a wider audience). The underlying principles that govern co-publication include the following:
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Co-publications may take one of the following forms:
- Republication Short version of the Abstract the review (the abstract and/or PLS and/or an abridged version of the review content) on its own.
- As above alongside Plain language summary, with the option of an accompanying original commentary/article (previously referred to as a ‘Cochrane Corner’).
- Shortened Short version of the full review.The above review alone translated into a specific language with option of including it in English (language of original publication) or translated into a specific languagealso.
Before proceeding with a co-publication, authors must also consider that the editor of the other journal may consider the publication to be redundant (duplicate) publication, that is, "publication of a paper that overlaps substantially with one already published in print or electronic media" (ICMJE recommendations on overlapping publications; accessed 22 August 2018); and that the authors of published Cochrane Reviews have granted Cochrane an exclusive licence for publication for the Cochrane Review, and the journal editor needs to be aware of this to ensure that the journal licensing does not impose restrictions on the original licenced content.
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