Cochrane Style Resource

The Cochrane Collaboration's copy-editing resource

Cochrane Style Guide

Current version: October 2010, 4.1 edition.
Description: 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.
Intended users: Editorial teams and copy editors, people preparing official Cochrane documents, authors preparing Cochrane Reviews.
Prepared by: Cochrane Style Guide Working Group.
Contact: Harriet MacLehose, Cochrane Editorial Unit.

Cochrane Style Guide Basics

Current version: September 2009.
Description: A two-page document containing essential copy-editing guidance for authors.
Intended users: Authors preparing Cochrane Reviews and other people interested in learning the basics of Cochrane copy-editing style.
Prepared by: Cochrane Style Guide Working Group.
Contact: Harriet MacLehose, Cochrane Editorial Unit.

Copy Edit Support

Description: A free copy-editing service provided by Wiley for Cochrane editorial teams. A team of approved freelance copy editors are available to copy-edit protocols and reviews using the Cochrane Style Guide.
Intended users: Cochrane Review Group editorial teams.
Contact: Elizabeth Royle, Copy Edit Support Manager.

Copy-editing checklists* 

Description: Two copy-editing checklists are available for editorial teams and copy-editors. The pre-copy-editing checklist outlines the items that editorial teams should aim to address in a protocol, review, and update before a copy-editor can start their work. The copy-editing checklist checklist outlines the items that copy-editors should check when they are copy-editing a protocol, review, or update. There is also a document with the checklists that some background to their development and information on how to use them.
Intended users: Cochrane Review Group editorial teams (pre-copy-editing checklist) and copy-editors (copy-editing checklist). 
Contact: Harriet MacLehose, Cochrane Editorial Unit.
*Requires login to the Editorial Resources Committee webpage. 

Website prepared and maintained by Harriet MacLehose. Updated 10 April 2013.