Please note: all Cochrane reviews are expected to comply with the Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews (MECIR) conduct and reporting standards.
Tools, templates and checklists
Intervention review title proposals
Please contact the CCCG editorial team for our title proposal form.
- FAQs for potential Cochrane Review authors (PDF 136KB) *NEW*
- Improving the relevance of your review to consumer issues (DOC 32KB)
- Detailed task list for preparing a Cochrane review (DOC 20KB)
Authors may also like to consult our Topic list (PDF 120 KB) and the methodological guides listed below
Protocol stage
- Author's Guide to Protocol Processes (PDF 117KB)
- Protocol Template with Guidance (DOC 94KB) *updated December 2016*
- Authors' presubmission checklist - Protocol stage (DOC 45KB)
- Rejection of protocols (PDF 62KB)
Review stage
- Author's Guide to Review Processes (PDF 150KB)
- Review Template with Guidance (DOC 100KB) *updated December 2016*
- Data Extraction Template (Word format) (DOC 289 KB) *updated December 2016*
- Checklist for consistency between Abstract, Plain Language Summary and Review Conclusions (DOC 35KB)
- Authors' presubmission checklist - Review stage (DOC 306KB)
- Rejection of reviews (PDF 62KB)
Update stage
- Deciding whether to update your Cochrane Review (PDF 198KB) (READ ME FIRST)
- Author's Guide to Updating the Review (DOC 254KB)
Methodological guides for review authors
- Cluster randomised controlled trials (PDF 119KB) *updated December 2016*
- Equity (PDF 40KB)
- Examples of narrative synthesis (PDF 142KB)
- Examples of theoretical models (PDF 130KB)
- Identifying comparisons (PDF 133KB) *updated December 2016*
- Heterogeneity and subgroup analysis (PDF 164KB) *updated December 2016*
- Meta-analysis (PDF 159KB) *updated December 2016*
- Narrative data synthesis and analysis (PDF 155KB)
- Summary of findings (PDF 435KB) *updated December 2016*
- How to GRADE (PDF 343KB) *updated December 2016*
- Describing results (PDF 312KB) *updated December 2016*
- Study Design Guide (PDF 261KB)
- Study Quality Guide (PDF 222KB)
- Taxonomy of relevant outcomes (PDF 253KB)