Toward More Uniform Conflict Disclosures — The Updated ICMJE Conflict of Interest Reporting Form

Between evidence and commerce – the case of sufentanil sublingual tablet systems

“…It seems reviews hardly ever provide information on COIs for the research they are basing their messages on. This is despite journals being increasingly diligent in disclosing COI statements for authors of original articles 3. Although the sense and (perhaps) nonsense of disclosing COIs is still controversial 4, 5, journals are right to ask for as much transparency as possible about potentially important sources of bias.…”

Políticas de conflito de interesses e exigências para divulgação em Revistas Científicas de Cardiologia Nacionais da Sociedade Europeia de Cardiologia

“…However, ensuring adequate reporting of all sources of financial support is becoming increasingly challenging for editors as a result of the growing complexity of funding mechanisms. Furthermore, journals have different policies about COI disclosure which can cause confusion as the same author may report different information in different journals which, in turn, might jeopardise the confidence of the readers 11,12 . To overcome these problems, the ICMJE proposed the use of a common vehicle to report COI and, in October 2009, launched an electronic 'uniform' format for COI disclosure 11,12 .…”

“…To prevent ambiguity, authors should be explicitly asked to state whether COI exist or do not exist. Editors should publish this information if they believe it is important in judging the manuscript 1,11,12 .…”

“…According to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) COI exist when an author (or the author´s institution), reviewer or editor have financial or personal relationships that inappropriately influence (bias) his or her actions 1,11,12 . The potential for COI exists regardless of whether the individual believes that the relationships affect his or her scientific judgement.…”

The role of small journals and their editors in academic communities or: message to young researchers on why publishing in small journals is important

“…They will also learn about the importance of declaring possible conflicts of interest related to the published work or their general research work (13)(14)(15). Declaration of conflicts of interest in special forms is routine practice in most international journals, and using a common declaration form both in small and large journals familiarizes researchers with the complexity of conflicts and related terminology.…”