Cochrane is dedicated to improving the maintenance of our reviews and enhancing access to clear, useful health information. As part of this, Cochrane will be changing the reporting guidance that our authors use. We will be using publishing standard guidelines, such as the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) for systematic reviews of interventions.
Read MoreA message from the Cochrane Governing Board to our Continuing Review Groups addressing some of the changes taking place.
Read MoreJune was another busy month as our various Future of Evidence Synthesis projects continued to go forward. We have been doing further work with our Continuing Review Groups, particularly about how tasks will be divided up in the new model. Here are some of the important things that happened in June.
Read MoreCochrane’s Training Team has prepared an interactive infographic and a step-by-step approach for getting the best from our new study-centric data management and analysis approach.
Read MoreThere has been a lot of activity in May as our various Future of Evidence Synthesis projects move forward. We have been working closely with our Authors and continuing Cochrane Review Groups in particular, to support them and pave the way for the changes ahead. Here are some of the important things that have happened in May.
Read MoreWe have extended the deadlines for transferring to our new Central Editorial Service, to give everyone more time to ensure that all content can be transferred by the end of March 2024.
Read MoreCochrane is changing the reporting guidance that our authors use. This is part of an ongoing programme to improve the maintenance of our reviews and enhance access to clear, useful health information.
Read MoreCochrane has now fully upgraded to RevMan Web, meaning RevMan 5, the desktop version, is no longer available. Authors now have access to a new data management feature – study centric data - when creating new reviews. For ongoing protocols and reviews, switching this feature on is simple and can be done yourself. Learn more…
Read MoreIn the third of our series on our new Thematic Groups, we explain more about the aims and reasoning behind Heart, Stroke and Circulation and get the thoughts of Professor Alex Todhunter-Brown (Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit) and Professor Gillian E Mead (Personal Chair of Stroke and Elderly Care Medicine at University of Edinburgh).
Read MoreTake a look at the latest set of FAQs covering data and data sharing.
Read MoreJuan Franco started as a Cochrane author in 2015, before becoming a Geographic Group Director in 2017 and then Contact Editor for the Urology Group in 2018. In 2020 he was elected as a member of Cochrane’s Governing Board. Here, he explains the need for some of the changes being introduced and his hopes for the future of Cochrane.
Read MoreAs you may already know, Cochrane is making some significant changes which will lead to a number of improvements but will also bring about some changes to the way we work. Karla Soares-Weiser, Cochrane’s Editor in Chief, gives her view on some of the ambitious plans ahead for the future.
Read MoreTari Turner is a Professor at Cochrane Australia’s School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine at Monash University and is also Director of the Australian Living Evidence Consortium and the National Clinical Evidence Taskforce. Tari’s work currently focuses on living evidence synthesis methods, living guidelines and evidence use. She has been a part of Cochrane Australia since 2007, publishing her first review in 2013. Here, she explains her background at Cochrane, her excitement about the future, and her unusual alarm clock…
Read MoreWe have always worked with our author community to identify improvements we can make. The introduction of RevMan Web has been carefully designed to deal with some of the key challenges and issues that our authors have raised with us about using RevMan 5. Here, we show how some of your issues have now been solved.
Read MoreThe team at Cochrane is working on several ways to improve the author journey. We caught up with Rachel Craven (Head of Cochrane Library), Rebecka Hall (Product Owner: RevMan), Rachel Klabunde (Cochrane Support Manager), and Ella Flemyng (Editorial Product Lead) to get answers to some of the key questions that authors have been asking.
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