Form: Permission to co-publish an abridged version of a Cochrane Review in a journal

The permission to co-publish form has four sections to be completed by the authors (section 1), the Cochrane Review Group (section 2), the Cochrane Editorial Unit (section 3), and the publishers of The Cochrane Library, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (section 4). Download the form as a Word document (version from 3 November 2011).

Templates: Correspondence between Cochrane Review Group and author

• Request author to complete the ‘Permission to co-publish’ form
• Request author to provide additional information in the ‘Permission to co-publish’ form
• Permission to co-publish a Cochrane Review in a journal is granted
• Permission to co-publish in a journal is denied

Request author to complete the ‘Permission to co-publish’ form

Dear [insert name]

Thank you for requesting permission to co-publish your Cochrane Review entitled “[insert title]” (“[insert CD number”]) in the journal [insert journal title]. To collect all necessary information, please complete Section 1 of the ‘Permission to co-publish’ form (available from [insert website address]/attached to this email) with as much information as possible and return to me at the address below.

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[Insert address and contact details]

Request author to provide additional information in the ‘Permission to co-publish’ form

Dear [insert name]

Thank you for submitting the permission to co-publish form for your Cochrane Review entitled “[insert title]” (“[insert CD number”]) in the journal [insert journal title]. Before we can consider your request, please answer the questions below, providing as much detail as possible.

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[Insert address and contact details]

Permission to co-publish a Cochrane Review in a journal is granted

Dear [insert name]

Thank you for requesting permission to co-publish your Cochrane Review entitled “[insert title]” (“[insert CD number”]) in the journal [insert journal title].

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[Insert address and contact details]

Permission to co-publish in a journal is denied

Dear [insert name]

Thank you for requesting permission to co-publish your Cochrane Review entitled “[insert title]” (“[insert CD number”]) in the journal [insert journal title].

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[Insert address and contact details]

Template: co-publication agreement for journals

[Can we make this a downloadable Word file instead?]

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