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| Inclusion in PubMed Central | Updated introductory information to reflect closure of PMC Canada. |
| General | Section renamed from "Including Cochrane Reviews and Protocols in Scholarly Collaboration Networks (SCNs) and Repositories", and separated into general policy and information about including in PubMed Central. Updated general policy text with a link to howIcanshareit.com and a link to Wiley's information on Scholarly Communication Networks. |
October 2018 | Inclusion in PubMed Central | Clarification of dates in NIHR Programme Grants section. |
General | Updated to include scholarly collaboration networks and to reflect new green open access policy. |
Assigning ‘What’s New’ events to Cochrane Reviews
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| General | Added an example of when a new citation is not required: addition of new information to a withdrawal notice. |
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| General | 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). |
| General | Scenarios updated; the previous iteration of the policy is available as a PDF file. |
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Comments: policy
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| All sections | Minor changes to update in relation to new processes for managing Comments |
| Policy and process overview | Updated contact details |
| Reports and presentations | Added report of Comments received during 2018. Updated information on how to cite comments. |
Comments: editorial management
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| All sections | Major revisions to reflect changes to the process for managing Comments. |
| Process for dealing with submitted comments | Updated to reflect minor changes in process for screening Comments |
| Receiving and responding to comments | Updated to reflect minor changes in process for screening Comments |
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Conflicts of interest and Cochrane Reviews
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| Conflicts of interest and Cochrane Reviews | Amended to correct minor error in text. |
| Updated text in section 8. If a Cochrane Review Group has questions about conflict of interest. | |
| New text explaining the relationship between the 2014 and 2020 conflict of interest policies: Cochrane has two conflict of interest policies relating to Cochrane Library content. Which policy applies to a particular review or update depends on whether the title of the review was registered (or whether work began on the update in the case of an update) before or after 14 October 2014.
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| Policy: conflicts of interest and Cochrane Reviews | Added statement at the top of the page October 2020: This policy was developed in 2014 and applies to all Cochrane Reviews that were registered before the launch of the Cochrane Conflict of Interest Policy for Cochrane Library Content (2020) on 14 October 2020, and any updates where the work began on the update before this date. Addition of links to applicable sections of the 2020 policy to Sections 3 and 8. |
| Potential scenarios and actions for editorial teams and authors | Page removed (guidance obsolete) |
Policy: conflicts of interest and Cochrane Reviews | Added following statement at the top of the page: March 2020: This policy was developed in 2014 and applies to all Cochrane Reviews until the launch of the new Cochrane Conflict of Interest Policy for Cochrane Library Content, which is planned for July 2020. After the launch of the 2020 policy, the policy set out below will still apply to the following content: protocols being prepared based on new titles registered before the July launch date; protocols for Cochrane Reviews already in progress before the July 2020 launch date; and Cochrane Reviews (including updates) in progress before the July 2020 launch date. | |
| Policy: conflicts of interest and Cochrane Reviews | Revised out-of-date organizational and product names, including removing reference to the 'About The Cochrane Collaboration' database and updating Cochrane Steering Group to the Cochrane Governing Board. |
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| Co-publication process: how to request and implement | Updated links and added new process diagram for clarity. | |||
| Co-publishing Updates of Cochrane Reviews | Updated links to "permission to co-publish" form and "Co-publication process". | |||
| Agreements between journals and the CDSR for co-publication of Cochrane Reviews | Co-publication agreements: added "Journal of Evidence-based Medicine" and "Chinese Journal of Evidence-based Medicine". | |||
| n/a | Updated to reflect restructure of this section. | |||
| Permission to reuse Cochrane Reviews | New section added: 'Inclusion of a Cochrane Protocol or Review in a thesis or dissertation'. | |||
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n/a | First publication of the co-publication policy. Policy was developed by Cochrane (Harriet MacLehose and David Tovey) and Cochrane's publisher, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (Bryony Urquhart and Deborah Pentesco-Gilbert). |
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| Agreements between journals and the CDSR for co-publication of Cochrane Reviews | Added Journal of Evidence-based Medicine and Chinese Journal of Evidence-based Medicine. |
| Co-publication process: how to request and implement | Updated links and added new process diagram for clarity. |
| Co-publishing Updates of Cochrane Reviews | Updated links to "permission to co-publish" form and "Co-publication process". |
| Agreements between journals and the CDSR for co-publication of Cochrane Reviews | Co-publication agreements: added "Journal of Evidence-based Medicine" and "Chinese Journal of Evidence-based Medicine". |
| n/a | Updated to reflect restructure of this section. |
| Permission to reuse Cochrane Reviews | New section added: 'Inclusion of a Cochrane Protocol or Review in a thesis or dissertation'. |
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n/a | First publication of the co-publication policy. Policy was developed by Cochrane (Harriet MacLehose and David Tovey) and Cochrane's publisher, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (Bryony Urquhart and Deborah Pentesco-Gilbert). |
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| General | Updated to match current format for published Cochrane Reviews. |
| General | Revised to focus on date fields only. Title changed from "Dates and events in Cochrane Reviews" to reflect this change. |
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| Feedback from Network Associate Editors | First version published. |
Impact factor
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| General | 2019 impact factor added. |
| General | 2018 impact factor report added. |
International editorial organizations: information for Cochrane Editors
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| General | Updated information on activating ISMTE membership. |
Licence for publication forms
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| Submitting forms on behalf of an author | Updated "may" to "must". |
| General | With effect from 25 February 2011, Managing Editors are no longer required to send paper copies of Licence for Publication forms to the Central Executive Team. |
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- 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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- 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.
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- 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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- 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).
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Proposals for new Cochrane Reviews: editorial management
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| Editorial process: titles | Added wording that Methodology Reviews should be handled by the Methodology Review Group only | |||
| Review proposal forms | Minor |
| Review proposal forms | Minor corrections to all forms |
| Review proposal forms | Updated forms for Cochrane Reviews of interventions, diagnostic test accuracy, methology, and prognosis studies, and for Cochrane overviews. | |||
Review proposal forms | Added form for methodology Cochrane Reviews. | ||||
| Review proposal forms | Updated forms for Cochrane Reviews of interventions and diagnostic test accuracy studies. Added new form for Cochrane Reviews of prognosis studies. | |||
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| Gold open access | Clarified that PDF version submitted is set out in the licence for publication forms. |
| Green open access | Clarified that PDF version submitted is set out in the licence for publication forms. |
| Policy overview (open access) | New page for this overview; and added subheading and text for Editorials. |
| Green open access | Clarification of green open access arrangements for Cochrane Reviews and protocols. |
| Open access policy | Green open access policy was updated. |
| Open access policy (first version) | Open-access options were introduced for the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR). |
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| Green open access | Clarification of green open access arrangements for Cochrane Reviews and protocols. |
| Open access policy | Green open access policy was updated. |
| Open access policy (first version) | Open-access options were introduced for the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR). |
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| Exceptions to named peer review: special cases | New page added for the post-implementation phase. |
| Type of peer review | Added in text in italic: Note that Consumer peer reviewers are exempt from the named peer review process, and may remain anonymous if they wish to do so. (Consumers still follow the policy for Declarations of potential conflicts of interest for peer reviewers). |
| Peer review policy | Removed "Note: this policy is currently being implemented across all Cochrane groups. It will be implemented fully by all Cochrane groups by January 2019." |
| Type of peer review | Added statement regarding consumer reviewers remaining anonymous. |
May 2018 | Peer review policy | Organizational peer review policy published. |
Peer review: editorial management
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Inviting peer reviewers | Redirected link to Peer reviewer conduct from previous reference to a 'Resources for peer reviewers' page. | |
| Exceptions to named peer review: special cases | New page added for the post-implementation phase. |
| Type of peer review | Added in text in italic: Note that Consumer peer reviewers are exempt from the named peer review process, and may remain anonymous if they wish to do so. (Consumers still follow the policy for Declarations of potential conflicts of interest for peer reviewers). |
| Peer review policy | Removed "Note: this policy is currently being implemented across all Cochrane groups. It will be implemented fully by all Cochrane groups by January 2019." |
| Type of peer review | Added statement regarding consumer reviewers remaining anonymous. |
May 2018 | Peer review policy | Organizational peer review policy published. |
Peer review: editorial management
Updated checklists to include up to date links to Handbook: | ||
Inviting peer reviewers | Updated information on what the invitation email to authors should include: "The invitation email should contain the following: The title and abstract and plain language summary of the Cochrane Review (or title only if a protocol);" | |
Cleared up an inconsistency between the policy and guidance around Acknowledgement of peer reviewers: The policy states a named peer-review process, but does not state that peer review names need to be made publicly available. The guidance implied that peer reviewer names should be made publicly available unless anonymity was agreed by the EinC. The wording in the guidance has been changed in the following sections to address this inconsistency: | ||
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Declarations of potential conflicts of interest for peer reviewers: implementation information | Corrected link to conflict of interest policy | |
Acknowledgement | Corrected Archie search term from "Peer reviewer" to "External referee". | |
Exceptions to named peer review: editorial management | Added "Reason(s) for opting to remain anonymous" to the list of information that needs to be provided to the Editorial & Methods Department. | |
Cochrane TaskExchange: new peer reviewers | New section added. | |
Peer review checklists | Updated guidance for consumer peer reviewers to v3. General updates/revisions to branding/format, contact details, and terminology. Updated peer review checklists to v3. Added data protection statement, updated acknowledgement, links and formatting. |
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| Plain Language Expectations for Authors of Cochrane Summaries (PLEACS) | Outdated 'Process of writing plain language summaries' removed. |
| MECIR and PLEACS | New section that includes high-level information about MECIR standards and PRISMA. |
Submission: policy
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