The new focused review format uses a slightly different structure from the previous review format. In the focused review format:
- the main article now includes only the main content of the review, with everything else moved to supplementary materials;
- in-text citations are now numbers in square brackets;
- some subheadings are different.
For guidance on the content, structure, and format of all types of Cochrane reviews see:
- Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions
- Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy
- Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Prognosis Research and Prediction Models
- Cochrane-Campbell Handbook for Qualitative Evidence Synthesis
- Methodological Expectations of Cochrane Intervention Reviews (MECIR)
- PRISMA 2020 for systematic reviews (Reporting standards: changes to help create practical and sustainable Cochrane reviews)
- Focused review template
- RevMan Knowledge Base
