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News
NIHR Incentive Award Scheme 2021 – open
See here for details. Authors are welcome to get in touch with us if they are interested in applying for their own review or update.
Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until proven otherwise?
An interesting read in the BMJ by Richard Smith. Read the BMJ piece here.
What difference might retractions make? An estimate of the potential epistemic cost of retractions on meta-analyses
Another interesting read, this time from Accountability in Research. Read the article here.
Cochrane News
Introducing Cochrane's Strategy for Change
Cochrane are introducing their new organizational strategic plan, the Strategy for Change. This one-page plan will guide their organizational priorities and objectives for the next two years, 2021-2023. You can read more about it here.
Impact Factor news
The 2020 Journal Citation Report (JCR) has been released by Clarivate Analytics, and we are delighted to announce that Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) Journal Impact Factor is now 9.266. This is an increase on the 2019 Journal Impact Factor, which was 7.890. See here for further details.
Next Methods Support Unit Clinic
Thursday 9th September 2021 16:00-17:00 (BST). Authors are invited to join a 60 minute Web Clinic hosted by Cochrane's Methods Supprt Unit, to discuss methodological questions during the production of Cochrane Protocols and Reviews. Find out how to join the meeting here.
Upcoming events
See here for a round up of Cochrane events and conferences.
Searching news
ICTRP new URL
The ICTRP (International Clinical Trials Registry Platform) has a new URL at https://trialsearch.who.int/Default.aspx. The database will now be updated once per month.
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