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Cochrane Review proposals
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| Cochrane Review proposals | Full text removed, prior to new proposal process set to begin on 24 June 2022. Note added directing users to the Cochrane Library Author information page as first source of author-facing information on this topic. |
| Cochrane Review proposals | Notification added directing users to the new Cochrane Library Editorial Policies page as the source for policy on review proposals. |
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| Proposals for new Cochrane Reviews: editorial management | Flowchart for registration of new titles replaced by guidance to accompany revised proposal forms. Added information on conflict of interest declarations, data protection, and storage of forms. |
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Conflicts of interest and Cochrane Reviews
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| Policy: conflicts of interest and Cochrane Reviews | Made minor edits to following sections: 1.1. 2.1. 2.2. 2.2.2. 2.2.3. |
| 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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Date | Section | What's new |
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| General | New section that combines previous sections on editorial approval and editorial responsibility. |
Editorial workflows for Cochrane Reviews
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| General update | Updated heading from "IMS workflow for Cochrane Reviews" to "Editorial workflows for Cochrane Reviews". Added information about using workflows for reviews with no update planned. |
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| Feedback from Network Associate Editors | First version published. |
Impact factor
Date | Section | What's new's new |
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| General | Added impact reports for 2018, 2019, 2020 (2018 report had been present only as 'pending'). Removed 2012 guidance for CRGs on how to influence impact factor. |
| General | 2019 impact factor added. |
| General | 2018 impact factor report added. |
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Licence for publication forms
Date | Section | What's new |
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| Submitting forms on behalf of an author | Removed "no form is required, but a Managing Editor must submit a form to enable publication" from circumstance two, when an author is deceased, as this was in contradiction to the directions for editors at Deceased authors. |
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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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Managing expectations: what does Cochrane expect of authors, and what can authors expect of Cochrane?Cochrane?
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| General | Removed content from page and installed redirect to https://www.cochranelibrary.com/about/author-information. | Date | Section | What's new
| General | Moved the linked flowchart about the editorial process for title registration to Editorial process: titlesTitle formats for Cochrane Reviews. Updated terminology and removed need for Centres to provide support with queries now covered by Cochrane Support team. |
Proposals for new Cochrane Reviews: editorial management
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| Title formats for Cochrane Reviews | Added wording that Methodology Reviews should be handled by the Methodology Review Group only |
| 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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| Title formats for Cochrane Reviews | Collated relevant information; added the flowchart (previously linked to Managing expectations: what does Cochrane expect of authors, and what can authors expect of Cochrane?). |
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Peer review: editorial management
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| 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: | ||
| 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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