How to register a title
Cochrane invites prospective authors to propose new Cochrane Reviews by submitting a proposal to Editorial Manager. Please see the Cochrane Library information for authors for further details.
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Tips for submitting a proposal
Cochrane receives a great number of title requests and has to make difficult decisions as to which titles are priorities.
- Think of a novel and relevant question specifying: title, PICOS (population, intervention, control, outcomes, types of studies) and clinical question.
- Consider public-health relevance and focus on patient-important outcome measures.
- Systematic reviews are difficult to conduct. Make sure you have the right methodological expertise in your author team.
- At least two review authors are needed to prepare a Cochrane review.
- If you are thinking about using non-standard methods (NMA, IPD, observational studies or others) please specify the rationale.
- Specify if you count with an information specialist and access to relevant databases.
Please be aware of Cochrane’s commercial sponsorship policy (four key points)
- no authors can be current employees of pharmaceutical companies or similar organizations (such as manufacturers of healthcare products);
- the majority of authors, lead and senior authors on a Cochrane Review should not have any conflicts of interest relevant to the review topic;
- authors of Cochrane Reviews cannot be funded by pharmaceutical companies or industry to undertake the review;
- no part of the Cochrane Review process can be funded by pharmaceutical companies or similar organizations.
Contact person
Contact details should be provided for the person to whom correspondence about the review should be addressed, and who has agreed to take responsibility for maintaining and developing the review. Most usually, this person would:
- Be responsible for developing and organizing the review team.
- Communicate with the editorial office.
- Ensure that the review is prepared within agreed timescales.
- Submit the review for editorial approval via the Editorial Manager.
- Communicate feedback to co-authors.
- Ensure that the updates are prepared.
The contact person need not be listed as a review author, and the choice of contact person will not affect the citation for the review.