John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and the Cochrane Collaboration, an international not-for-profit organisation that produces systematic reviews of healthcare evidence and a database of randomised controlled trials, have announced that they have renewed and redefined their partnership to publish the Cochrane Library from February 2013.
The new contract includes a programme to enhance the international reach, awareness and influence of all Cochrane content in evidence-based healthcare and practice. Accessibility for non-English language users will be improved. The Cochrane Collaboration and Wiley will work together to increase the impact of Cochrane content including the development of new products and services to better serve clinical and non-clinical communities and to grow the Collaboration's stated reputation as the world's foremost provider of independent, trusted, high-quality evidence for healthcare decision-making.
More than half the world's population already has one-click access to Cochrane content through licences or free access through the low- and middle- income countries programme. Under the new contract, all Cochrane systematic reviews published from February 2013 will be available open access 12 months after publication in the Cochrane Library.
John Wiley is a global provider of content and workflow solutions in the areas of scientific, technical, medical and scholarly research, professional development and education. The Cochrane Collaboration, which this year is celebrating its 20th anniversary, is a global network of scientists, researchers, health policy-makers and consumer advocates.
