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EPPR includes policy, information, editor notes (guidance on how to implement the policies), and related content (e.g. links to training resources).

Summary of editorial policies

• Authorship and contributorship: Cochrane has criteria on authorship, managing the conflict when an Editor is an author, and managing change in authorship. (Guidance is provided on related matters.)
• Plagiarism: Cochrane editorial teams take measures to prevent, detect, and address plagiarised content in Cochrane Reviews.

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  Plagiarism (Cochrane Editorial and Publishing Policy Resource)

  • editorial
  • authoring
  • editorial-management
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  Citation versions: DOIs and URLs (Cochrane Editorial and Publishing Policy Resource)

  • editorial-management
  • publishing
  • post-publication
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  Digital object identifier (DOI) and website address (URL) of a Cochrane Review (Cochrane Editorial and Publishing Policy Resource)

  • publishing
  • post-publication
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  Implementing the rejection policy (Cochrane Editorial and Publishing Policy Resource)

  • editorial-management
  • editorial
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  Cochrane Handbooks (Cochrane Editorial and Publishing Policy Resource)

  • authoring
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  Standards for Cochrane Reviews (Cochrane Editorial and Publishing Policy Resource)

  • authoring
  • editorial-management