Cochrane Style Manual
Author details

Authors manage their own name and contact information in the Cochrane Account system.

  • Title (select from drop-down menu): Mr, Ms, Mrs, Dr, Prof, A/Prof
  • Given name (first name)
  • Middle initials: up to 2 initials. No punctuation
  • Family name
  • Suffix (e.g. Jr)
  • Email address (lower case)

Other information can be added, such as department, organization.

RevMan retrieves some author information from the Cochrane Account system for review bylines and citations.

BylineCitation
  • First name (required)
  • Up to 2 middle initials
  • Family name (required)
  • Family name
  • Initial of first name plus first middle initial
For example, Alicia JR LawsonFor example, Lawson AJ

Author affiliations are added and managed separately for each review in RevMan (see RevMan Knowledge Base).

Section info
Contact
Denise Mitchell (production@cochrane.org)
Describe change
Adjusted 'Cochrane Review' to 'Cochrane review'.
Updated introductory paragraph (authors update own details in Cochrane Account, removed details of phone/fax numbers).
Removed phone/fax details in table and related footnote.
Added a table with information about citation/byline.
Link to Cochrane Account updated.
Typo corrected
Change date
26 June 2024