Publish a Cochrane Review
The Cochrane Collaboration has a three-step process for publishing its systematic reviews in The Cochrane Library, which is different than most peer-reviewed journals. The other big difference between publishing in The Cochrane Library and other journals is step four, the expectation that the review will be updated as new information becomes available. This means that review authors can either look forward to a long-term relationship with their team, their review and their review group co-ordinator or start succession planning early!
Step one: submit the title of a potential review to the Managing Editor (or Co-ordinator), Back Review Group (BRG), indicating that you and your colleagues would like to complete a systematic review.
Step two: submit the protocol for your review, outlining in detail the population, intervention, comparisons and outcomes you plan to examine, how you plan to search the literature, select and appraise the methodological quality of relevant articles, and extract and analyze the data.
Step three: submit the completed review.
Step four: update the review
Submit a title for a review