Editorial notes

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Published notes and Editorial notes

The Published notes section in RevMan is for editor use only. Authors should leave this section blank. 

Editors can add an Editorial note within the Published notes section.

IMPORTANT: there are formatting restrictions for Editorial notes. Please refer to the table below.

AllowedNot allowed (will block publication)
Multiple paragraphs

Tables and Figures

Bold/italic typeLists
HyperlinksInternal links

Subheadings (use a line of bold text instead)

Before adding an Editorial note, please read guidance on their usage. An Editorial note is usually accompanied by a What's New Event - Amended (no new citation). Editorial notes can also be added to new or updated publications.

Add an Editorial note in RevMan

  • Navigate to About this review (focused review format) or Review information (long format) > Published notes.
  • Within Published notes, add the words 'Editorial note' as a level 2 heading

    Use the correct case!

    Please note that the level 2 Editorial note heading is case sensitive.

    The heading must display as above. Do not capitalise both words. This will prevent the note from displaying correctly.

  • Under this heading add the text of the note. There is no character or word limit for Editorial notes. 
  • You can add links to an Editorial note. If directing users to another Cochrane Review or protocol, please use the DOI of the article in the form https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD00XXXX (see for instance this published example).
  • If there are any other published notes, the 'Editorial note' must appear last in this section.