If a review is being updated, with no new trials, and no new editorial process, will the contact author still receive his or her complimentary copy of The Cochrane Library?
If a search for trials was conducted but no new trials were identified, it is important to note this in the review. This constitutes an “update” and, therefore, the reviewer’s complimentary copy would not be withdrawn. Question 17: A CRG has one withdrawn review which it continues to submit with its module each quarter. A new team of reviewers has taken on this title, as the original team was unable to undertake an update. The new review team chose to go back to the protocol stage and has developed a new protocol for the same title. This protocol will be submitted with the CRG’s module on the next module submission deadline, but should the RGC simply submit the new protocol and continue to include and withdraw the original review of the same title? The RevMan files have different unique identifiers, and the RGC has added a citation in the new protocol to the original review under ‘Other published versions of this review’. Is there anything else that needs to be done? Answer: The RGC sh
