Depending on the review type or methods authors wish to use in their review, you may need to contact the Cochrane Methods Support Unit or relevant Cochrane Methods Group for advice or guidance.
If you are a Cochrane author, editor or staff member, the Methods Support Unit is available to answer any methods-related queries you have. Or if you’d like to contact a Methods Group directly, see how in the below table.
| Group | How to contact |
| Methods Support Unit |
Email Rachel Richardson, Methods Support Unit Lead (rrichardson@cochrane.org). More details: https://methods.cochrane.org/about/methods-support-unit |
| Adverse effects | Email Yoon Loke or Su Golder, Convenors (Y.Loke@uea.ac.uk or su.golder@york.ac.uk). |
| Bias |
Email Methods Support Unit (see above) or Camilla Hansen Nejstgaard, Coordinator (cochranemethodsbias@gmail.com). Contact us page: https://methods.cochrane.org/bias/contact-us |
| Network meta-analyses or overviews (comparing multiple interventions) |
Email Methods Support Unit (see above). Contact us page: https://methods.cochrane.org/cmi/contact-us |
| Economics |
Email Methods Support Unit (see above). Contact us page: https://methods.cochrane.org/economics/contact-us |
| Equity |
Email Jennifer Petkovic, Coordinator (Jennifer.Petkovic@uottawa.ca). Contact us page: https://methods.cochrane.org/equity/contact-us |
| GRADE |
Email Gordon Guyatt or Holger Schünemann, Convenors (guyatt@mcmaster.ca or holger.schunemann@mcmaster.ca). Contact us page: https://methods.cochrane.org/gradeing/about-us |
| Individual participant data meta-analyses |
Email Larysa Rydzewska, Coordinator (ipd.mrcctu@ucl.ac.uk). Contact us page: https://methods.cochrane.org/ipdma/contact-us |
| Information retrieval |
Information Specialists associated with the relevant Cochrane groups should be the first point of contact. Information Specialists or groups without an Information Specialist can email Bernadette Coles, Coordinator (Colesbm@cardiff.ac.uk). Contact us page: https://methods.cochrane.org/irmg/get-involved |
| Non-randomised studies of interventions |
Email Methods Support Unit (see above) or Beverley Shea, Convenor (bshea@ohri.ca). Contact us page: https://methods.cochrane.org/nrsi/contact-us |
| Patient reported outcomes |
Email Donald Patrick, Convenor (donald@u.washington.edu). Contact us page: https://methods.cochrane.org/pro/about-us/crg-queries |
| Priority setting |
Email Mona Nasser, Convenor (mona.nasser@plymouth.ac.uk). Contact us page: https://methods.cochrane.org/prioritysetting/contact-us |
| Prognosis |
Email Anneke Damen, Coordinator (CochranePMG@umcutrecht.nl). Contact us page: https://methods.cochrane.org/prognosis/contact-us |
| Prospective meta-analyses |
Email ctc.cochranepma@sydney.edu.au. Contact us page: https://methods.cochrane.org/pma/contact-us |
| Qualitative and implementation |
A monthly rota of who to contact and the emails is here https://methods.cochrane.org/qi/contact-us |
| Rapid reviews |
Email Sandra Hummel (sandra.hummel@donau-uni.ac.at). Contact us page: https://methods.cochrane.org/rapidreviews/contact-us |
| Screening and diagnostic tests |
Email the DTA editorial team (DTA-ET@contacts.bham.ac.uk). Contact us page: https://methods.cochrane.org/sdt/contact-us |
| Statistics |
Email Methods Support Unit (see above). Contact us page: https://methods.cochrane.org/statistics/contact-us |