Advertising
Date | Section | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| General | Added specific mention of the CDSR, and changed "Cochrane's main objectives" to "Cochrane's strategy". |
Appeals
Date | Section | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| Support resources (appeals) | Added information about COPE and relevant resources. |
Article sharing
Date | Section | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
Cochrane Handbooks
Date | Section | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| General | Combined pages on the Handbooks (intervention and DTA) with links to websites for both resources. |
Cochrane Review updates
Date | Section | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| General revision | Separated policy into sections |
| Living systematic reviews | Added information about living systematic reviews. |
Cochrane Review versions and citations
Date | Section | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| Cochrane Review versions and citations | New page |
| Policy for assigning ‘What’s New’ events |
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| Policy for assigning ‘What’s New’ events | 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) |
| Digital object identifier (DOI) and website address (URL) of a Cochrane Review | Updated with new Cochrane Library URL and Crossref DOI display guidelines |
| Policy for assigning ‘What’s New’ events | Scenarios updated; the previous iteration of the policy is available as a PDF file. |
Copy-editing
Date | Section | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| Cochrane Style Manual information | Deleted and include link to separate Cochrane Style Manual location |
Editorial workflows for Cochrane Reviews
Date | Section | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
Open access
Date | Section | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
Peer review
Date | Section | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| 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: ADD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
Permission to reuse Cochrane Reviews
Date | Section | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| General update | Policy focuses on Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) and section heading reflects this. General revisions for currency. Removed following sections as information available on the Cochrane Library: Permission to re-use of material from the Cochrane Library website; Reprints of Cochrane Review Removed following section as information available on the Handbook Cochrane pages: Permission to re-use material from the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions |
Plagiarism
| Date | Section | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Across policy | Minor revisions for currency and updates of contact details |
| September 2014 | n/a | New policy; the following group of people contributed to the development of this policy: Ann Jones, Anna Hobson, Gavin Stewart, Harriet MacLehose, Karin Dearness, Laura Prescott, Liz Wager, Paul Garner, Peter Tugwell, Phil Wiffen, Ruth Brassington, Sera Tort. The starting point for this policy was text drafted by Liz Wager and Phil Wiffen on publication ethics, including plagiarism. |
Reporting search dates in Cochrane Reviews
Date | Section | What's new |
|---|---|---|
January 2015 | General information | At the joint meetings of the Co-ordinating Editors, Managing Editors, and Trials Search Co-ordinators held during the Cochrane Colloquia in Auckland (2012) and Quebec (2013) it was agreed that ‘Date of search’ should be used instead of ‘Assessed as up-to-date’ to reflect the search and full incorporation of all search results into a Cochrane Review. The technical issues associated with retiring the ‘Assessed as up-to-date’ field are currently being addressed by Cochrane and Wiley; however this will not prevent editorial teams from adhering to this new policy on how to report search dates. |
Standards for Cochrane Reviews
Date | Section | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| MECIR and PLEACS | New section that includes high-level information about MECIR standards and PRISMA. |
Supplemental data and files
Date | Section | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| General | General revision. |
Updating classification system
Date | Section | What's new |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to applying to Cochrane Reviews | Added updated version of guide |
| Guide to applying to Cochrane Reviews | Added updated version of guide |
| Support resources (updating classification system) | Added recording of webinar and PDF file of webinar slides |
Archived pages
Date | Area | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Publish When Ready | Document prepared for the move from monthly publication to 'when ready' publication for Cochrane Reviews and protocols for Cochrane Reviews. Covered following areas: About Publish When Ready (general information); Publish When Ready publication steps and schedules; Author and editing steps; Impact on other databases and published content; Changes for dissemination activities, including press releases; Publication reports; Upon publication in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) and The Cochrane Library; and Support and training. Previously hosted on https://community.cochrane.org. Updated: minor update 26 November 2014, introduced initially in June 2013. Download PDF |