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Article sharing
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Authorship and contributorship
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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.
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Separated Archie/RevMan guidance from general guidance.
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Cochrane Handbooks
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Cochrane Review proposals
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- Title change from "Registering titles for new Cochrane Reviews" to two sections "Cochrane Review proposals" (for prospective authors) and "Managing proposals for new Cochrane Reviews".
- Clarified what is policy, and provided links for additional information for authors and editors.
Cochrane Review updates
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Cochrane Review versions and citations
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- Page 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”
- Text changed to clarify policy requirements
- Text about citations moved to new section ‘About citation versions’.
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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)
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Updated with new Cochrane Library URL and Crossref DOI display guidelines
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Scenarios updated; the previous iteration of the policy is available as a PDF file.
Complimentary Cochrane Library access for Cochrane authors and Groups
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- Renamed from “Complimentary access to the Cochrane Library” to “Complimentary Cochrane Library access for Cochrane authors and Groups”
- Removed section about Journalists (as information available on Cochrane Library)
Removed section about "People with complimentary subscriptions activated before August 2013" as no longer applicable
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- Title changed from "Agreements between journals and the CDSR for co-publication of Cochrane Reviews" to "Agreements with journals for the co-publication of Cochrane Reviews"
- Added Canadian Urological Association Journal, Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, and PM&R (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
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- Updated contact details
- Updated contact details and minor edits to Word file (Cochrane-copublication-form)
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Copy-editing
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Date fields in Cochrane Reviews: overview
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Defamation
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Editorial responsibility and approval
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Editorial workflows for Cochrane Reviews
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Impact factor
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International editorial organizations: information for Cochrane Editors
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Title chagned from "International editorial policies and good practice" to “International editorial organizations: information for Cochrane Editors”
Highlighted where Cochrane membership opportunities.
- Updated contact details.
- Updated description of EQUATOR Network
- Added section on ORCID (text moved from separate standalone page). Removed line about Cochrane Library publication of ORCID IDs.
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Licence for publication forms
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Standard | Cochrane Review
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- Field added for digital object identifier (DOI) version number.
- Revised authorship criteria for consistency with ICMJE criteria.
- Authors are directed to the Cochrane Editorial and Publishing Policy Resource for Cochrane’s updating policy.
- Removed text about Cochrane Review Group approval ahead of publication (moved to Cochrane Editorial and Publishing Policy Resource).
- Changed following author rights:
- Revised the rights to post in repositories and Scholarly Collaboration Networks (SCNs).
- Added sharing rights with colleagues.
- Updated the section on contributions owned by Employer to include US National Institutes of Health (US NIH) employees and grantees, and UK National Institute for Health Research (UK NIHR).
- Updated hyperlinks and minor text edit updates, including the addition of generic email addresses for all Wiley contacts and directing authors to Rightslink for permission requests.
Note: Note that version 3 of the Cochrane standard (green OA) licence for publication form was due to launch on 21September 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 apologize 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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Open access changes:
- Amended to reflect the introduction of green open access.
- Introduces the new right for authors to post the final accepted version of the Protocolor Review (in a format specified by the Publisher) in an institutional repository or any repository mandated by the author’s funder, such as [insert an appropriate example], 12 months after publication.
- Introduces text to explain automatic deposition to PMC and free access on CDSR 12 months after publication
- Clarifies the right to post the Protocol or Review as an electronic file on the author’s own website and/or the author’s institution’s intranet (previously stated website), using the PDF version of the article available in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Other change:
- Minor editing to the introductory text in italic as shown in the Policy Manual and RevMan versions (not needed in the Archie version).
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- External links updated.
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- Field added for digital object identifier (DOI) version number.
- Revised authorship criteria for consistency with ICMJE criteria.
- Authors are directed to the Cochrane Editorial and Publishing Policy Resource for Cochrane’s updating policy.
- Removed text about Cochrane Review Group approval ahead of publication (moved to Cochrane Editorial and Publishing Policy Resource).
- Changed following author rights:
- Revised the rights to post in repositories and Scholarly Collaboration Networks (SCNs).
- Added sharing rights with colleagues.
- Updated the section on contributions owned by Employer to include US National Institutes of Health (US NIH) employees and grantees, and UK National Institute for Health Research (UK NIHR)
- Updated hyperlinks and minor text edits, including the addition of generic email addresses for all Wiley contacts and directing authors to Rightslink for permission requests.
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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Open access changes:
- Amended to reflect the introduction of green open access.
- Introduces the new right for authors to post the final accepted version of the Protocol or Review (in a format specified by the Publisher) in an institutional repository or any repository mandated by the author’s funder, such as [insert an appropriate example], 12 months after publication.
- Introduces text to explain automatic deposition to PMC and free access on CDSR 12 months after publication
- It also clarifies the right to post the Protocol or Review as an electronic file on the author’s own website and/or the author’s institution’s intranet (previously stated website), using the PDF version of the article available in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. These new terms are backdated to 1 February 2013 for all authors who have signed the Licence for Publication Form between 1 February 2013 and today.
Other changes:
- New sections added to the Archie and RevMan versions (were already included in the Cochrane Policy Manual version): UK Government work (Crown Copyright); US Government work; Other Government work; World Health Organization (WHO) work.
- New addition: National Institutes of Health (NIH) grantees.
- Minor editing to the introductory text in italic as shown in the Policy Manual and RevMan versions (not needed in the Archie version).
Addendum to licence for publication of a World Health Organization (WHO) manuscript as a Cochrane Review
- Corrected the number of the addendum clauses.
- Updated the following sentence in Clause 7 to include non-WHO author rights: “The preferred format is “The World Health Organization and [Author X] and [Author Y] retain copyright and all other rights in their respective contributions to the manuscript of this Review as submitted for publication”.”
- Addendum has been prepared as a Microsoft Word (97-2003) file for authors to download from the Cochrane Policy Manual.
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- Field added for digital object identifier (DOI) version number.
- Revised authorship criteria for consistency with ICMJE criteria.
- Authors are directed to the Cochrane Editorial and Publishing Policy Resource for Cochrane’s updating policy, consistent with the standard licence.
- Removed text about Cochrane Review Group approval ahead of publication (moved to Cochrane Editorial and Publishing Policy Resource), consistent with the standard licence.
- Terms of use: removed line around “commercial purposes” in the CC BY licence.
- “permission to republish” sections updated so that they are relevant to individual CC BY licences (e.g. NC/ND versions).
- Changed following author rights:
- Revised the rights to post in repositories and Scholarly Collaboration Networks (SCNs).
- Added sharing rights with colleagues.
- Updated the section on contributions owned by Employer to include US National Institutes of Health (US NIH) employees and grantees, and UK National Institute for Health Research (UK NIHR).
- Updated hyperlinks and minor text edit updates, including the addition of generic email addresses for all Wiley contacts and directing authors to Rightslink for permission requests.
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- Updated title to be consistent with the WHO Creative Commons addendum.
- The ‘INSERT TITLE’ section of Clause 1 was removed.
- In Clause 1, the sentence in parenthesis referring to non-WHO authors was removed.
- In Clause 5, a contact email address for seeking permission to re-publish was provided and the postal address for John Wiley and Sons Ltd. was removed.
- Clause 6 was split. The content of that section now forms two Clauses. Clause 7 now starts at the sentence beginning with ‘WHO agrees that any and all copies of the Review’. All Clauses following this have been re-numbered.
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- Corrected the number of the addendum clauses.
- Updated the following sentence in Clause 7 to include non-WHO author rights: “The preferred format is “The World Health Organization and [Author X] and [Author Y] retain copyright and all other rights in their respective contributions to the manuscript of this Review as submitted for publication”.”
- Addendum has been prepared as a Microsoft Word (97-2003) file for authors to download from the Cochrane Policy Manual.
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- Updated title to be consistent with the PAHO Creative Commons addendum.
- The ‘INSERT TITLE’ section of Clause 1 was removed.
- In Clause 1, the sentence in parenthesis referring to non-PAHO authors was removed.
- In Clause 5, a contact email address for seeking permission to re-publish was provided and the postal address for John Wiley and Sons Ltd. was removed.
- Clause 6 was split. The content of that section now forms two Clauses. Clause 7 now starts at the sentence beginning with ‘PAHO agrees that any and all copies of the Review’. All Clauses following this have been re-numbered.
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Managing expectations: what does Cochrane expect of authors, and what can authors expect of Cochrane?
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Managing proposals for new Cochrane Reviews
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- Renamed "Managing title registration (for Cochrane Review Groups)" to "Review proposal forms". Removed historical note that these forms, developed by the Cochrane Editorial Resources Committee (since disbanded), were previously called Title Registration Forms and were renamed "review proposal forms" in 2013.
- Updated to latest version of forms.
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- Title change from "Registering titles for new Cochrane Reviews" to two sections "Cochrane Review proposals" (for prospective authors) and "Managing proposals for new Cochrane Reviews".
- Removed text about registering diagnostic test accuracy reviews (out of date).
Managing reviews with overlapping scope
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- Removed from step 15 following introduction of Cochrane peer review policy: "This will be dependent on the policy of the Host CRG, recognising that some CRGs do not operate an ‘open peer review’ system. The policy of the Host CRG will prevail."
- Changed step 16 to reflect current topics publication process: "The protocol and subsequent review are included in both CRGs’ Topic Lists, which are reflected on the 'Browse' menu in the Cochrane Library." to "CRGs can add the protocol and subsequent review to both CRGs’ topic lists."
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- Combines past 'Avoiding duplication' and 'Overlapping scope' sections.
- Separated into 'Potential overlap with ongoing or published reviews' and 'Potential overlap with new titles'.
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Peer review
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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 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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Reporting search dates in Cochrane Reviews
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January 2015
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Standards for Cochrane Reviews
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Supplemental data and files
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Updating Classification System
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Following sections removed:
- RevMan and Archie general information (available on separate sites, including Archie Help)
- Cochrane Register of Studies (available on separate site)
- Publication cycle and interaction between Cochrane and publisher systems (outdated; may be updated in the future)
- Readability (redundant)
- Cochrane Editorial Unit pre-publication screening of new Cochrane systematic reviews of interventions (redundant)
- Copy-editing: Cochrane Style Manual (redundant; duplicates info in the Cochrane Style Manual space)
- Process for serious errors (out of date and incorporated in other policies)
- General Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Cochrane Library information, including descriptions, overview of access options, permissions and reprints, editorial team, Oversight Committee, publisher information (available on the Cochrane Library)
- Cochrane evidence summaries (out of date; available elsewhere)
- Derivative products (out of date)
- Partnership products (out of date and superseded elsewhere)
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Introduction to Publish When Ready
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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
General notes
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