Conflict of Interest
Authors are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest in their work. A “Conflict of Interest” section, detailing all financial and non-financial competing interests, must be included at the end of every submitted article.
Editors and reviewers must also disclose any conflicts of interest. If conflicts exist, they may be restricted from participating in the peer review process or handling the manuscript. This includes, but is not limited to, prior collaborations with the authors or affiliation with the same institution as one or more of the authors.
If an editor or editorial board member is listed as an author, they must disclose this in the article’s conflict of interest section. Another editor or board member will then be assigned to manage the peer review process. These submissions follow the same review procedure as any other manuscript.
Authors affiliated with pharmaceutical companies or commercial organizations conducting clinical studies must clearly state any potential conflicts of interest at the time of submission.