Cochrane’s editorial and publishing policies can now be found on the Cochrane Library Editorial policies page. Cochrane authors and editorial teams should refer to the Cochrane Library as the primary source of information on this policy. For editorial guidance on policies the EPPR remains the primary location.

Cochrane takes measures to prevent, detect, and address plagiarised content in Cochrane Reviews. See Box for a definition of plagiarism.

Box. Definition of plagiarism

“Plagiarism is the use of others' published and unpublished ideas or words (or other intellectual property) without attribution or permission, and presenting them as new and original rather than derived from an existing source. The intent and effect of plagiarism is to mislead the reader as to the contributions of the plagiarizer. This applies whether the ideas or words are taken from abstracts, research grant applications, Institutional Review Board applications, or unpublished or published manuscripts in any publication format (print or electronic).”

Source: http://wame.org/recommendations-on-publication-ethics-policies-for-medical-journals#Plagiarism


This policy relates to the Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews (MECIR) reporting standard 22.