Footnotes for authors

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Footnote template wordings

 Author footnotes must use specific wording to ensure they display correctly on the Cochrane Library. Footnotes can only be used for one of the following reasons:

Reason for footnoteWording

Joint first authorship **

These authors should be considered joint first author

Joint last authorship **

These authors should be considered joint last author

Joint authorship - other than first or last author

These authors contributed equally to this work

Deceased author

Deceased

** PubMed and PMC cannot differentiate between first/last joint authorship. Any footnotes denoting first/last joint authorship on the Cochrane Library will be rendered on PubMed/PMS as: "Contributed equally". View a published example on PubMed and on PMC.

Note: During the production stage, any footnotes that do not match the relevant template wording will be updated accordingly. Footnotes used for reasons other than the available scenarios will be removed, and the authors will be informed and provided with an alternative way to present the information.


Add an author footnote

  • Go to About this review > Authors.
  • Click on the down arrow to the right of the relevant author's name, to show the full author information.
  • Scroll down to the Footnotes textbox.
  • Add the template wording to the footnote. Do not add a full stop at the end of the footnote.
  • If you add the same recommended wording for another author, both authors will share an identical footnot

Preview author footnotes

View the current version from the review dashboard to preview how footnotes will display in the published version.