In January 2015 the Cochrane Priority Reviews List was launched, and has become a ‘living’ record of Cochrane’s attempt to identify titles that are of greatest importance to our stakeholders and are likely to impact significantly on health outcomes worldwide. Cochrane-wide prioritisation remains an important project and has been included in the Strategy to 2020 Targets for 2016. After the first year of the project we have a better sense of the strengths and weaknesses of our initial framework and believe it is now time to revise it. 

A paper outlining the new framework and submission requirements and a new submission form are available on the CEU website. From March 2016, Cochrane Review Groups that have not undertaken a formal prioritisation process and wish to submit new titles should use this form. 

Ruth Foxlee, Information Specialist, Cochrane Editorial Unit

David Tovey, Editor in Chief, The Cochrane Library, and Deputy Chief Executive Officer