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For authors

The following information, guidelines and checklists are for provided for reviewers. They are not a substitute for the Cochrane Handbook but highlight our way of doing things. Our information is continually updated so please send us your comments.

Essential resources for the review process
For your Title | For your protocol | For your review

Essential resources for the review process

• Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions (formerly the Reviewers' Handbook)
  This handbook - the current version is V5.0.0, updated February 2008 - is the official document that describes in detail the process of creating Cochrane systematic Reviews. It is now available online. The full Handbook is scheduled to be published in book form by Wiley in late 2008.
• The Cochrane Style Guide - V4.0 beta May 2008
  The Cochrane Style Guide is designed to help review authors and people responsible for copy editing to use a consistent style when copy editing Cochrane Reviews and other documents produced by The Cochrane Collaboration.
• Review Manager - RevMan 5.0 [current version as of March 2008]
  The Cochrane Collaboration's program for preparing and maintaining Cochrane reviews.
• Locating studies for your systematic review
  A brief guide on the help available to you in developing search strategies and locating studies for your review.
• Cochrane Collaboration Randomised Controlled Trials [RCTs] search strategy filter for:
  Medline
  Embase

For your title

• Title Guidelines
• Title Registration Form

For your protocol

• How to write a protocol [pdf]
• Protocol submission checklist

For your review

• Review Guidelines
• Review Submission Checklist
• Data Extraction Form or in Excel format

New Reviews
Cochrane Library
Issue 2 April 2008

Immunosuppressive treatment for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in adults

Interventions for renal vasculitis in adults

16th Cochrane Colloquium
Freiburg, Germany
3-7 Oct 2008

Systematic Review Workshops

4-5 Dec 2008
Centre for Kidney Research
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
[Details]

Are you interested in writing a review?

Check our potential review titles or just contact us!

Help us with our Renal Trials Register

Do you have conference proceedings [books or cd-roms] that you no longer need or could lend to us for hadsearching? If so, email Ruth Mitchell for details

Handsearching

Are you interested in helping us handsearch journals or conference proceedings. To find out more about our handsearching activities, email Ruth Mitchell