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There are several date fields associated with a Cochrane Review (including protocols and updates), and some are for internal use (available in Review Manager only) and some are included in the published article; see Table.
Table. Overview of date fields in Cochrane Reviews: description, source of date, and where the dates are displayed
| Type of date | Description | Added by | Displayed? | |||||||||||
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| Unpublished (in RevMan) | Cochrane Library search results page | Published Cochrane Review | PubMed | |||||||||||
| Published online | Date on which a new citation version of a review is published in the CDSR (specifically new and updated reviews) | Publisher | NoYes | Yes | YesAssessed as up-to-date* | n/a* | Editorial team/authors | Yes | No | No | ||||
| No | Date of search | See Reporting search dates in Cochrane Reviews | Editorial team/authors | Yes | No | No | No | Date next stage expected | Protocols = date full review expected; Reviews = date next update expected | Authors | Yes | No | No | No |
| Protocol first published | — | Cochrane | Yes | No | No | No | ||||||||
| Review first published | — | Cochrane | Yes | No | No | No | ||||||||
| Last citation issue | — | Cochrane | Yes | No | No | No | ||||||||
CDSR: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; CR: Cochrane Review; RevMan: Review Manager. | ||||||||||||||
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