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| Support resources (appeals) | Added information about COPE and relevant resources. |
August 2017 | General | First version published. |
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| General | General text updates, including adding in subheadings, and new link to form to access archive for methological use. |
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| 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. Updated general policy text with a link to howIcanshareit.com and a link to Wiley's information on Scholarly Communication Networks. |
October 2018 | Inclusion in PubMed Central | Clarification of dates in NIHR Programme Grants section. |
General | Updated to include scholarly collaboration networks and to reflect new green open access policy. |
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| General | 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). |
| General | Scenarios updated; the previous iteration of the policy is available as a PDF file. |
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| Deceased authors: RevMan and Archie guidance | Minor edit to correct the order of the steps in the guidance. |
| Authorship disputes | New section (replace sentence in older version) with link out to relevant COPE resources. |
| Deceased authors | Updated Archie/RevMan guidance on email address format. |
| Criteria for authorship (authors on the by-line) | Updated section on 'Acknowledgements' to clarify permission must be granted by named individuals and added a link to relevant section of the ICMJE Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly work in Medical Journals. |
| Authors using a group name | Separated Archie/RevMan guidance from general guidance. |
Change in author affiliation | Added new section on a change to author affiliation. | |
| Deceased authors | Updated process for the licence for publication form when author deceased (advised by Publisher): a signed licence is required, but the licence may be submitted by the corresponding author on the others’ behalf (provided he/she had the deceased authors’ agreement and consent to publish in advance of their passing). |
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| General | Updated link to new Handbook. |
| General | Combined pages on the Handbooks (intervention and DTA) with links to websites for both resources. |
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| General | Changed to link to policy on Cochrane Library to remove duplication of content. |
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| Proposals for new Cochrane Reviews: editorial management | Flowchart for registration of new titles replaced by guidance to accompany revised proposal forms. Added information on conflict of interest declarations, data protection, and storage of forms. |
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| Policy: Cochrane Review updates | Definition of updates and amendments: removed note that definitions from Handbook. |
| General revision | Separated policy into sections. |
| Living systematic reviews | General update; and this section added to updates. |
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| Digital object identifier (DOI) and website address (URL) of a Cochrane Review | Updated with new Cochrane Library URL and Crossref DOI display guidelines. |
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| Policy and process overview | Updated contact details |
| Reports and presentations | Added report of Comments received during 2018. Updated information on how to cite comments. |
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| Process for dealing with submitted comments | Updated to reflect minor changes in process for screening Comments |
| Receiving and responding to comments | Updated to reflect minor changes in process for screening Comments |
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| Updated list of journals from Wiley. |
| Updated to include access for Cochrane Review Group Satellites. |
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| Conflict of interest: steps to action Funding Arbiter decisions | Page renamed Conflict of interest: steps to action Research Integrity Editors and CoI panel decisions and updated throughout to reflect that decisions relating to Cochrane's conflict of policy are now made by Research Integrity Editors and the CoI panel (previously Funding Arbiters). |
| Table 1: Which What's New/publishing event to use | What's New/publishing event for Protocols changed from 'Major Change', which generates a new citation, to 'Amended' (no new citation) to be consistent with the event required for Reviews. |
| Conflict of interest: steps to action Funding Arbiter decisions | First version published. |
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| New text explaining the relationship between the 2014 and 2020 conflict of interest policies: Cochrane has two conflict of interest policies relating to Cochrane Library content. Which policy applies to a particular review or update depends on whether the title of the review was registered (or whether work began on the update in the case of an update) before or after 14 October 2014.
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| Policy: conflicts of interest and Cochrane Reviews | Added statement at the top of the page October 2020: This policy was developed in 2014 and applies to all Cochrane Reviews that were registered before the launch of the Cochrane Conflict of Interest Policy for Cochrane Library Content (2020) on 14 October 2020, and any updates where the work began on the update before this date. Addition of links to applicable sections of the 2020 policy to Sections 3 and 8. |
| Potential scenarios and actions for editorial teams and authors | Page removed (guidance obsolete) |
Policy: conflicts of interest and Cochrane Reviews | Added following statement at the top of the page: March 2020: This policy was developed in 2014 and applies to all Cochrane Reviews until the launch of the new Cochrane Conflict of Interest Policy for Cochrane Library Content, which is planned for July 2020. After the launch of the 2020 policy, the policy set out below will still apply to the following content: protocols being prepared based on new titles registered before the July launch date; protocols for Cochrane Reviews already in progress before the July 2020 launch date; and Cochrane Reviews (including updates) in progress before the July 2020 launch date. | |
| Policy: conflicts of interest and Cochrane Reviews | Revised out-of-date organizational and product names, including removing reference to the 'About The Cochrane Collaboration' database and updating Cochrane Steering Group to the Cochrane Governing Board. |
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| Policy and overview | Minor updates to names/dates etc. |
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| Agreements between journals and the CDSR for co-publication of Cochrane Reviews | Added Journal of Evidence-based Medicine and Chinese Journal of Evidence-based Medicine. |
| Co-publication process: how to request and implement | Updated links and added new process diagram for clarity. |
| Co-publishing Updates of Cochrane Reviews | Updated links to "permission to co-publish" form and "Co-publication process". |
| Agreements between journals and the CDSR for co-publication of Cochrane Reviews | Co-publication agreements: added "Journal of Evidence-based Medicine" and "Chinese Journal of Evidence-based Medicine". |
| n/a | Updated to reflect restructure of this section. |
| Permission to reuse Cochrane Reviews | New section added: 'Inclusion of a Cochrane Protocol or Review in a thesis or dissertation'. |
| n/a | Minor copy edits. |
| n/a | Minor copy edits. |
n/a | First publication of the co-publication policy. Policy was developed by Cochrane (Harriet MacLehose and David Tovey) and Cochrane's publisher, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (Bryony Urquhart and Deborah Pentesco-Gilbert). |
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General | Updated contact details for Copy Edit Support and updated team membership. |
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| General | Updated to match current format for published Cochrane Reviews. |
| General | Revised to focus on date fields only. Title changed from "Dates and events in Cochrane Reviews" to reflect this change. |
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| General | Section changed from "Libel" to "Defamation". Updated links to publisher resources, and added section on "For Editors" plus updated contact details. |
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| General | New section that combines previous sections on editorial approval and editorial responsibility. |
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| 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. |
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| Feedback from Network Associate Editors | First version published. |
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| General | 2019 impact factor added. |
| General | 2018 impact factor report added. |
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| General | Updated information on activating ISMTE membership. |
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| Submitting forms on behalf of an author | Updated "may" to "must". |
| General | With effect from 25 February 2011, Managing Editors are no longer required to send paper copies of Licence for Publication forms to the Central Executive Team. |
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| General | Moved the linked flowchart about the editorial process for title registration to Editorial process: titles. Updated terminology and removed need for Centres to provide support with queries now covered by Cochrane Support team. |
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| Review proposal forms | Minor corrections to all forms |
| Review proposal forms | Updated forms for Cochrane Reviews of interventions, diagnostic test accuracy, methology, and prognosis studies, and for Cochrane overviews. |
Review proposal forms | Added form for methodology Cochrane Reviews. | |
| Review proposal forms | Updated forms for Cochrane Reviews of interventions and diagnostic test accuracy studies. Added new form for Cochrane Reviews of prognosis studies. |
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| Editorial process: titles | Collated relevant information; added the flowchart (previously linked to Managing expectations: what does Cochrane expect of authors, and what can authors expect of Cochrane?). |
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| Gold open access | Clarified that PDF version submitted is set out in the licence for publication forms. |
| Green open access | Clarified that PDF version submitted is set out in the licence for publication forms. |
| Policy overview (open access) | New page for this overview; and added subheading and text for Editorials. |
| Green open access | Clarification of green open access arrangements for Cochrane Reviews and protocols. |
| 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). |
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| Inviting peer reviewers | Redirected link to Peer reviewer conduct from previous reference to a 'Resources for peer reviewers' page. |
| 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. |
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Declarations of potential conflicts of interest for peer reviewers: implementation information | Corrected link to conflict of interest policy | |
Acknowledgement | Corrected Archie search term from "Peer reviewer" to "External referee". | |
Exceptions to named peer review: editorial management | Added "Reason(s) for opting to remain anonymous" to the list of information that needs to be provided to the Editorial & Methods Department. | |
Cochrane TaskExchange: new peer reviewers | New section added. | |
Peer review checklists | Updated guidance for consumer peer reviewers to v3. General updates/revisions to branding/format, contact details, and terminology. Updated peer review checklists to v3. Added data protection statement, updated acknowledgement, links and formatting. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| General | Content revised and directs readers to locations for key information on dissemination. |
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| Policy: rejection of Cochrane Reviews | Moved 'definitions' from a standalone section and into the 'Policy' section. Edited wording of 'withdrawn' definition. |
August 2017 | New policy | Added to policy resource. |
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| Implementing the rejection policy | Amended instructions for unpublished Cochrane Review or unpublished update of a Cochrane Review (on the history tab). |
August 2017 | New policy | Added to policy resource. |
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| General | Clarified definition of "Full search – results fully incorporated" in Table and provided references. |
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. |
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| General | Updated and revised: definition of serious errors revised to include factual errors in describing one or more included studies; and the process has been revised to direct notification to the Editor in Chief who will work with the Co-ordinating Editor and Network Senior Editor. |
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| Plain Language Expectations for Authors of Cochrane Summaries (PLEACS) | Outdated 'Process of writing plain language summaries' removed. |
| MECIR and PLEACS | New section that includes high-level information about MECIR standards and PRISMA. |
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| General | General revision. |
| General | Expanded the options for suitable repositories. |
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| Support resources (updating classification system) | Added report on publication |
| 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. |
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| General | Definition of serious errors revised to include factual errors in describing one or more included studies. |
| General | Policy updated to define that reviews should only be withdrawn in exceptional circumstances, as set out in the policy. |
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| Steps to withdraw a Cochrane Review | Clarified which steps should be used for published protocols of Cochrane Reviews. |
| General | New section to reflect updated policy. |
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General | Following sections removed:
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| 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 |
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| The Cochrane Policy Manual was replaced by Editorial Policy and Publication Resource and the Cochrane Organisational Policy Manual (since retired). Many sections included in this resource originated from the Cochrane Policy Manual, which had been maintained and developed by the Central Executive Team. The Cochrane Editorial Unit (CEU) (now called the Cochrane Editorial & Methods Department) led the development of this resource with assistance from Noémie Aubert Bonn (CEU intern, February to September 2013). The CEU is grateful to those people who provided feedback on the resource as it developed and to those people who prepared text for each section (see named individuals on each section) or provided feedback on drafts. |