6. Articles whose purpose is to offer an opinion or make recommendations, such as
commentaries and narrative reviews, including commissioned articles, may be excluded …

Conflict of interest (COI) policies at most academic medical centers require that investigators
disclose research-related financial interests to their institutions so the institution can review …

Disclosure of financial interests in scientific research is the centerpiece of the new conflict of
interest regulations issued by the US Public Health Service and the National Science …

1. Recommendations for the conduct, reporting, editing, and publication of scholarly work in
medical journals. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors; updated December …

Submissions to peer‐reviewed publications sometimes involve contributions that are
financed by industry in ways that that could interfere with the objectivity of the submission …

Author lists should inform readers about who did a piece of research. If authorship attribution
is incorrect, the wrong people may take the credit or the blame. Correct authorship of …

In Reply.—Dr Relman is incorrect in claiming that theNEJMdoes not reveal anything about
financial conflicts of interest to reviewers. Most conflicts of interest are inferred from the …

This editorial is focused on authorship issues. Authorship is personally and professionally
sensitive: collaborative relationships, careers and research team sustainability depend on …

rearrangement of author order–the only author agreeing to the change in this example was
the one requesting it. Interestingly, the original submission and two revisions of the …

In this day and age of challenging post-publication peer review and heightened academic
scrutiny, editors serve an increasingly important role in screening submissions and …