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Use ‘What’s new’ events in Review Manager (RevMan) to describe the changes to the protocol or review since it was last published. What’s New events are used to help readers understand the type of change made to a new version of a Cochrane Review (or protocol for a Cochrane Review), such as an amendment, an update, and whether the conclusions have been changed or not. This is to ensure that the history of changes to a review remain with the review the review as new versions are published. 

The information you enter as a description in RevMan is visible to readers. Please explain changes clearly and concisely. 

It is essential to select the appropriate option What's New events as set out in the following Tables, and to provide as much detail as possible to describe the nature of the changetable below. The reasons for this are:

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‘What’s New’ events for Cochrane Reviews and protocols


Use case

Article type

Type of change 

Conclusions changed?

New citation version?

‘What’s new’ events to select in RevMan

Wording displayed for event on the Cochrane Library

‘What’s new’ description to add in RevMan 

AReview
  • Addition of new studies (e.g. the full inclusion of a study previously awaiting classification)
  • Removal of one or more studies previously included (e.g. when the studies have been retracted)

Yes

Yes

(1) Updated

AND

(2) New citation: conclusions changed

(1) New search has been performed

(2) New citation required and conclusions have changed


If a new search was conducted, the search date can be added to the description of the 'Updated' 'What's New' event



No

Yes

(1) Updated

AND

(2) New citation: conclusions not changed

(1) New search has been performed

(2) New citation required but conclusions have not changed

BReview
  • Any changes to the following sections or elements (except for minor text or formatting errors that do not impact the data or review findings or interpretation):
    • Abstract
    • Plain Language Summary
    • Summary of Findings Tables
    • Scope of the review (e.g. new outcomes, comparisons, types of participants or developments in the intervention or its delivery)
    • Methods
    • Results (e.g. in effect estimates or confidence intervals)
    • Certainty in the results (as expressed by GRADE ratings)
    • Conclusions
    • Licence for Publication type (e.g. Green to Gold Open Access)

Yes

Yes

(1) Amended

AND

(2) New citation: conclusions changed

(1) Amended

(2) New citation required and conclusions have changed

Concisely describe what has changed and any resulting change to conclusions, including direction and magnitude of effect and certainty of evidence (1-2 sentences maximum). 

For example: Amendment to Analysis 1.2 due to prior data entry error. GRADE rating for [comparison, outcome] amended from moderate certainty evidence to low certainty evidence.


No

Yes

(1) Amended

AND

(2) New citation: conclusions not changed

(1) Amended

(2) New citation required but conclusions have not changed

CProtocol
  • An important change to the objectives or scope of the proposed review (e.g. new outcomes or changes to the priority or definition of the outcomes, comparisons, methodology, types of participants or developments in the intervention or its delivery)

Not applicable

Yes

(1) New citation: major change

(1) New citation required and major changes

DReview or protocol
  • Minor typographical errors that do not impact the data, findings or interpretation
  • Changes to information presented in the background section that will not otherwise affect the eligibility criteria (e.g. amending definition or burden of disease, or updating supporting references)
  • One or more studies removed from ‘Studies awaiting classification’
  • New search performed, but studies not fully incorporated into the results of the review (i.e. added to ‘Studies awaiting classification’)*
  • Republishing a withdrawn review to add new information to the withdrawal notice (e.g. to indicate that the review has been superseded by a different review)
  • Addition of an Editorial note (see Editorial notes)
  • Changes to authorship (see Authorship policy)

No

No

(1) Amended

(1) Amended


* Studies are fully incorporated into the Cochrane Review if added to the included studies, excluded studies, ongoing studies, or studies awaiting classification (only if all reasonable efforts to integrate it into included, excluded, or ongoing have failed), or no new studies identified in search. Studies are not fully incorporated if studies identified by the search are added to studies awaiting classification only (see exception above). See ‘Reporting search dates’ for further information.

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