Getting involved as a Review Author

Being part of a Cochrane review group provides the support, resources and training to tackle a systematic review, and an international audience when your work is published in the Cochrane Library.

Cochrane invites prospective authors to propose new Cochrane Reviews by submitting a proposal in Editorial Manager. Please see the Cochrane Library information for authors for further details. 

Please make sure you have read Cochrane's Conflict of Interest policy, and the you and your co-authors are compliant.

 CGF has specific advice and guidance for authors with our group:

• CGF Guidance for protocols and new reviews using Risk of Bias 2.0 (version July 2022; updated version in preparation)
• CGF Guidance for review updates and new reviews using Risk of Bias 1 (version August 2022; updated version in preparation)
• Covidence Tutorial
• CGF tips on working with references
• Exporting references from Epistemonikos
• Search methods for the CGF Specialised register
• Search strategies CGF
• Glossary of terms used in our reviews
• Plain language summaries guidance and template
• MECIR manual
• Common statistical issues