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If the Research Integrity Editors and/or CoI panel identify a published review or protocol as not adhering to the Cochrane conflict of interest policy,  the Editorial & Methods Department (EMD) the editorial staff in the Cochrane Central Executive will contact the Managing Editor of the Cochrane Review Group (CRG) editorial team on behalf of the Research Integrity Editors and/or CoI panel. 

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Declarations of interest

Following Research Integrity Editors and/or CoI panel requestTo state noncompliance and plan for updating/revising to become compliant

For reviews:

"Clarification statement added from the Co-ordinating Editor on [date]: This review was found by the Cochrane Research Integrity Editors and/or CoI panel, post-publication, to be noncompliant with the Cochrane conflict of interest policy. It will be updated by [date]. The update will have [a majority of authors and lead author free of conflicts/67% of authors and the first and last author free of relevant financial conflicts - delete as appropriate depending on whether the 2014 or 2020 policy applies]."

For protocols:

"Clarification statement added from the Co-ordinating Editor on [date]: This protocol was found by the Cochrane Research Integrity Editors and/or CoI panel, post-publication, to be noncompliant with the Cochrane conflict of interest policy. When it is published as a review it will have [a majority of authors and lead author free of conflicts/67% of authors and the first and last author free of relevant financial conflicts - delete as appropriate depending on whether the 2014 or 2020 policy applies]."

  • Statement should be added below the original declarations of interest text. Do not delete or overwrite the pre-existing declarations of interest text.
  • Include date in statement to make clear to readers the timeline of changes to the declarations of interests.
  • Italicize the statement to give readers a visual indication that something in this section has changed over time.
  • Include "post-publication" to show that the editors thought that what they were publishing was correct at the time.
  • Include "by the Cochrane Research Integrity Editors and/or CoI panel" to show how noncompliance was drawn to our attention.
  • Reviews: "It will be updated by [date]" could instead read ‘It will be updated within [X] months'. In either instance, it remains necessary to date the statement itself, to make clear to readers the intended timeframe of the update.
  • Reviews: "The update" should be singular –not "future updates", for example.
  • Protocols: “The review is expected to be published by [date]” could instead read “The review is expected to be published within [X] months” or “[X] years”. In either instance, it remains necessary to date the statement itself, to make clear to readers the intended timeframe of publishing the compliant review.

What’s New/publishing event

Following Research Integrity Editors and/or CoI panel requestTo alert readers to statement of noncompliance plan for becoming compliant

For reviews:

"Clarification message from the Co-ordinating Editor added to the Declarations of interest statement about the review’s compliance with the Cochrane conflict of interest policy."

For protocols:

"Clarification message from the Co-ordinating Editor added to the Declarations of interest statement about the protocol's compliance with the Cochrane conflict of interest policy."

  • The DOI link will need to be changed to link to each review/protocol's own DOI section.
  • As in requirements listed in Table 1, the event for reviews must be 'Amended' (no new citation) and the event for protocols must be 'Major Change'.

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