The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Recommendations (ICMJE-R) asks
journals to develop policies regarding the disclosure of conflicts of interest (CoI)
for authors, reviewers and editors [
[1]
]. There are a number of studies showing that many journals do not fulfil these recommendations
[
- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
Journals stating that they follow the ICMJE Recommendations.
http://www.icmje.org/journals-following-the-icmje-recommendations/
Date accessed: July 12, 2018
2
,
3
,
4
]. This is even more important with regards to editors' CoI disclosure. For example,
although most US editors received industry payments, only 33% of top-ranked US medical
journals have readily available editorial CoI policies [
[5]
]. The aim of this study was to assess whether journals listed as ICMJE-R followers
state that comply with ICMJE-R CoI policies.Keywords
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Publication history
Published online: August 01, 2018
Accepted:
July 25,
2018
Received:
July 17,
2018
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