| Survey of conflict-of-interest disclosure policies of ophthalmology journals. | |
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PMID: 19376583 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: To survey the disclosure policy for authors, peer reviewers, and editors in English-language ophthalmology journals. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS: English-language ophthalmology journals. METHODS: All indexed English-language ophthalmology journals were identified. The journals' websites were reviewed for published conflict-of-interest disclosure policies for authors, peer reviewers, and editors. In cases where no policy was found, the journal's editor was contacted directly to confirm if a policy existed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The existence of conflict-of-interest policy for authors, peer reviewers, and editors. RESULTS: Forty-two English-language ophthalmology journals were identified. Web-based published conflict-of-interest policies were found for authors in 33 (79%), for peer reviewers in 3 (7%), and for editors in 2 (5%) of the 42 journals. After contacting those journals with no published policies, these numbers increased to 37 (100%) of 37 for authors, 18 (60%) of 30 for peer reviewers, and 10 (33%) of 30 for editors. Seven journals with published disclosure policies for authors, but not for peer reviewers or editors, did not respond to the survey, and a further 5 journals without any published disclosure policy did not respond to the survey. Journals with a higher impact factor were more likely to have a web-based published disclosure policy for peer reviewers and a disclosure policy for editors. CONCLUSIONS: Most English-language ophthalmology journals have a conflict-of-interest policy for authors; however, they are not publicly available in 21% of journals. Conflict-of-interest policies for peer reviewers and editors are less common and are more likely not to be published compared with those for authors. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE(S): The author(s) have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article. |
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Authors:
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Ayako Anraku; Ya-Ping Jin; Graham E Trope; Yvonne M Buys |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-04-19 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Ophthalmology Volume: 116 ISSN: 1549-4713 ISO Abbreviation: Ophthalmology Publication Date: 2009 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-06-02 Completed Date: 2009-06-18 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7802443 Medline TA: Ophthalmology Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1093-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. |
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Authorship Biomedical Research / ethics* Conflict of Interest* Cross-Sectional Studies Disclosure / standards, statistics & numerical data* Editorial Policies* Humans Language Ophthalmology / standards* Peer Review, Research Periodicals as Topic / standards* |
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