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Old versions of the Cochrane Style Guide

See the main Cochrane Style Guide page for the current version.

Version 3.0 (October 2005; PDF)

• See Cochrane Style Guide for a list of changes.
• Cochrane Style Basics (Word file, PDF)

Version 2.3.0 (5 November 2004; PDF)

• See Cochrane Style Guide for a list of changes.
• Feedback relating to this version (PDF).

Version 2.2.0 (10 March 2004; PDF)

• Abbreviations - possessives and plurals: modified examples by separating examples using possessives and plurals.
• Abbreviations - to avoid and commonly used: deleted "Examples" subheading and replaced it with "Abbreviations to avoid" and "Abbreviations commonly used in Cochrane reviews"; examples moved to appropriate subheadings; modified wording for "Day"; and added "Latin abbreviations used for dosing" to "Abbreviations to avoid".
• Colon: new subheading and guidance added.
• References - supplements: removed supplement table; now refers people to Appendix E of the RevMan User Guide.
• References - reference and study identifiers: modified text about using reference and study identifiers in text.
• RevMan specific style notes: Added a link to guidance for "Additional figures" and inserted subheadings to make this section clearer.
• Structure of a Cochrane review: new subheading and guidance added.

3 December 2003

• Added an index at the start of the document.
• Abbreviations: added subheadings.
• Gram-negative/Gram-positive bacteria: moved to ‘Terminology’.
• Headings and subheadings: clarified some of the descriptions of each heading type.
• Measurement ranges: changed to ‘Ranges of numbers’.
• Prefixes: added some more examples.
• References in the text: order for listing references in the text has changed.
• References in the text – Cochrane reviews: added guidance about when to use issue with an upper case ‘I’ and a lower case ‘i’.
• References in the reference lists – journal article title: added guidance.
• References in the reference lists – journal title: added guidance about journals that have changed their names.
• References in the reference lists – journal title: added guidance about non-English language journals.
• Tautology: added guidance.
• Terminology: added new words.
• Terminology – low-, middle-, and high-income countries: guidance modified.

21 October 2003

• Headings and subheadings: the Publishing Policy Group approved changes to the format of headings and subheadings. We have included this new guidance.