Cochrane Editorial and Publishing Policy Resource

1 July 2024: The Editorial and Publishing Policy Resource is being archived.

Most pages will automatically redirect to new locations.
Remaining pages are being retained as reference until August 2024, with redirect information to be provided.
Editors may visit the revised editorial guidance resource for support on Cochrane Library editorial policies + links to additional support resources.
Authors may visit the Cochrane Library editorial policies page and the following additional resources:

Pre-submission	Submission to publication	After publication
Cochrane Review proposals Cochrane Review updates Policy: Cochrane Review updates Updating Classification System Living systematic reviews Citation of updated Cochrane Reviews Managing expectations: what does Cochrane expect of authors, and what can authors expect of Cochrane? Reporting search dates in Cochrane Reviews Standards for Cochrane Reviews Cochrane Handbooks Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews (MECIR) Plain Language Expectations for Authors of Cochrane Summaries (PLEACS) External data and files Cochrane Style Manual	Submission Plagiarism Policy statement Special circumstances for Cochrane Systematic Reviews Avoiding plagiarism Authors reusing text from their published works Peer review Peer review policy Exceptions to named peer review: special cases Peer reviewer conduct Rejection of Cochrane Reviews Appeals Copy-editing	Article sharing Policy: article sharing Inclusion in PubMed Central Comments on Cochrane Reviews Comments: policy and process overview Submitting comments on Cochrane Reviews and protocols Citing comments Comments submitted outside the Cochrane Library commenting system Serious errors in published Cochrane Reviews Withdrawing published Cochrane Reviews
General editorial policies	General publishing policies	For Editors: editorial management
Authorship and contributorship Criteria for authorship Editors or editorial staff as authors of Cochrane Reviews from their Cochrane Review Group Changes in authorship Authors using a group name Joint first authors Change in author affiliation Deceased authors Changes to author name Changes to author contact details Authorship disputes Conflicts of interest and Cochrane Reviews Policy: conflicts of interest and Cochrane Reviews Conflicts of interest declarations for Editorials Defamation	Access to archive of Cochrane Reviews Advertising Citation versions: DOIs and URLs Digital object identifier (DOI) and website address (URL) of a Cochrane Review Complaints procedure: Cochrane Library Complimentary Cochrane Library access for Cochrane authors and Groups Co-publication Policy and overview Arranging co-publication of a Cochrane Review Co-publication agreements with other journals Converting systematic reviews (non-Cochrane) to Cochrane Reviews Submitting abstracts to conferences Co-publication forms Reuse of published Cochrane content by Cochrane Groups Copyrighted images: using in articles published in the CDSR Date fields in Cochrane Reviews: overview Editorial notes Impact factor Licence for publication forms Policy and process Where contributions are owned by Employer Submitting forms on behalf of an author Licence for publication forms for Cochrane Reviews and protocols Licence for publication forms for editorials Open access Policy overview (open access) Gold open access Green open access Funder mandates How open is it? Permission to reuse Cochrane Reviews Re-use of Cochrane Reviews for users and third parties Authors/copyright owners of Cochrane Reviews Inclusion in a thesis or dissertation Cochrane Groups (including Cochrane Review Groups): Abstracts and Plain language summaries Translator terms and conditions PROSPERO: International prospective register of systematic reviews	Appeals policy: editorial management Appeals process Support resources (appeals) Assigning What’s New events to Cochrane Reviews Authorship and contributorship: editorial management Authors using group name: Archie and RevMan guidance Joint first authors: assigning in RevMan Change in author affiliation: RevMan and Archie guidance Deceased authors: Implementation guidance Cochrane Review Group Specialized Register: request for exemptions Comments on Cochrane Reviews: editorial management Receiving and responding to comments Process for dealing with submitted comments Workflow for managing Comments Comments on translations of Cochrane Reviews Handling comments in other languages Changes to the process for managing and publishing Comments, November 2020 Complimentary access to selected Wiley journals for Cochrane Review Groups and Satellites Conflict of interest: steps to action Research Integrity Editors and CoI panel decisions Co-publication templates for CRG Managing Editors Copy Edit Support Data protection Editorial note: editorial guidance Editorial responsibility and approval EMD screening resources Feedback from Associate Editors Figures and tables: general reporting guidelines Gold open access Cochrane Reviews and Protocols: editorial management International editorial organizations: information for Cochrane Editors More than one Cochrane Review Group (CRG) providing editorial support on a Cochrane Review Overlapping scope: editorial management Proposals for new Cochrane Reviews: editorial management Proposals from authors to conduct new or updated Cochrane Reviews: process and guidance Title formats for Cochrane Reviews Review proposal forms Peer review: editorial management Aim of peer review Editorial roles during the peer review process Acknowledgement Collating and addressing peer review comments CRG and DTA editorial team peer review policies and procedures Declarations of potential conflicts of interest for peer reviewers: implementation information Delegation of peer review responsibilities Exceptions to named peer review: editorial management Feedback to peer reviewers Inviting peer reviewers Inviting peer reviewers to be authors Number and expertise of peer reviewers: implementation Peer review checklists Support resources (peer review) Cochrane TaskExchange: new peer reviewers Plagiarism: editorial management Detecting plagiarism using Similarity Check What to do in cases of suspected plagiarism in submitted articles Managing reports of suspected plagiarism in articles published in the CDSR Support resources (plagiarism) Policy for managing potentially problematic studies: implementation guidance Promoting Cochrane Reviews: how to plan dissemination activities Rejection policy: editorial management Implementing the rejection policy Support resources (rejection policy) Withdrawing published Cochrane Reviews: editorial management Steps to withdraw a Cochrane Review Display of published withdrawn articles