Disclosure of conflict of interest in scientific publications

Financial interest and its disclosure in scientific publications.

Journal policies and requirements of funding agencies on financial disclosure of authors and grant applicants have divided editors and scientists who disagree on whether such policies can improve the integrity of science or manage conflicts of interest. Those opposed to such disclosure policies argue that financial interest is one of many interests held by scientists, is the least scientificall...

Conflict of interest in oncology publications: a survey of disclosure policies and statements.

BACKGROUND Disclosure of conflicts of interest in biomedical research is receiving increased attention. The authors sought to define current disclosure policies and how they relate to disclosure statements provided by authors in major oncology journals. METHODS The authors identified all oncology journals listed in the Thomson Institute for Scientific Information and sought their policies on ...

Current Levels of Conflict of Interest Disclosure in Medical Publications from Korea

Medical research should be fully transparent. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of author-related conflict of interest (COI) policies and evaluate the actual state of COI disclosure in Korean medical journals. To determine the prevalence of author-related COI policies, we examined the 198 medical journals listed in the KoreaMed database. To investigate the actual state of ...

Disclosure of potential conflict of interest.

Does Conflict of Interest Disclosure Worsen Bias?

On March 13, 2012 PLoS Medicine published an analysis by Lisa Cosgrove and Sheldon Krimsky [1] that examined the financial conflicts of interest of members of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) responsible for updating the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the so-called bible of psychiatry. Despite a new APA policy designed to address conflicts of interest (CO...