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Process for handling review proposals
1. Proposal submission
Authors submit a proposal to conduct a new Cochrane Review to the central Editorial Manager site.
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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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Guidance for topic editors assessing proposals
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| Within Editorial Manager, topic experts are asked to consider the following questions when assessing proposals toward a decision to accept or reject: |
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In addition, the Cochrane Communications team will be alerted to the initiation of a review marked as 'high-profile', to help to the team plan for dissemination activities. Authors of controversial reviews may also be offered support in handling engagement on their review.
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Actions for Proposal Managers following accept and reject decisions
Accept - Cochrane group can offer author support during protocol development
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