Conflict of Interest

Overview

Transparency regarding competing interests is essential to maintaining confidence in scholarly publishing.

Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any financial, institutional, professional, or personal relationships that could influence — or reasonably appear to influence — their judgment.
Examples Include
Employment Consultancy Stock ownership Research funding Patents Personal relationships Academic competition
Disclosure Statement

Where no competing interests exist, authors should include the following statement:

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.