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- An accept decision means that the authors will be invited to submit a draft protocol to Cochrane Central Editorial Service.
- The acceptance of a proposal is not a guarantee of protocol publication.
- Please note that authors should not be requested to revise their proposal. If it is not possible to evaluate the proposal based on the information provided, discussion participants should recommend a reject decision. They may also provide brief feedback for the authors if preferred.
5. Support Indicate support for authors
After reaching a decision to accept, the topic experts can indicate their ability to provide support to the authors during the protocol development process.
6. HighFlag high-profile reviews
Topic experts are also asked to flag whether the proposed article could be a high-profile or controversial review. In these cases, the Proposal Manager will contact the Cochrane Review Development team and the Communications team about potential support for the authors.
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