Requirements of health policy and services journals for authors to disclose financial and non-financial conflicts of interest: a cross-sectional study
Requirements of health policy and services journals for authors to disclose financial and non-financial conflicts of interest: a cross-sectional study
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10.1186/s12961-017-0244-2
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发表时间：
2017-09-19
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Akl, Elie A.
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Khamis, Assem M.;Hakoum, Maram B.;Akl, Elie A.
工作背景：卫生政策和服务期刊对作者报告其财务和非财务利益冲突（COI）的要求尚不明确。本文章的目的是评估卫生政策和服务期刊的作者披露其财务和非财务COIs.Methods的要求：这是一个横截面研究的科学网的类别下列出的期刊“卫生政策和服务”。我们查看了期刊网站上的“作者须知”，然后模拟了稿件的提交，以获得在该步骤中提供的任何其他相关信息。我们抽象的数据在重复和独立使用一个标准化的form.Results：在72个合格的期刊，67（93%）有COI政策。少数政策描述了作者披露的COI将如何影响编辑过程（34%）。这些政策都没有根据披露内容明确规定拒绝标准。大约五分之一（21%）的政策明确指出，不准确或不完整的披露可能会导致稿件被拒绝或撤回。没有政策描述期刊是否会验证作者披露的COI的准确性或完整性。大多数期刊（93%）的政策要求披露至少一种形式的财务COI。虽然大多数人要求说明付款来源（71%），但少数人要求说明金额（18%）。总体而言，81%的政策明确要求披露非财务COIs.Conclusion：大多数的健康政策和服务期刊的政策要求披露作者的财务和非财务COI，但很少要求披露COI的细节。卫生政策期刊应提供披露非财务COI的具体定义和说明。一个为不同类型的兴趣点提供明确的类型学和操作定义的框架将有助于作者和评审者披露这些兴趣点，并有助于编辑团队和读者进行评估和管理。
Background: The requirements of the health policy and services journals for authors to report their financial and non-financial conflicts of interest (COI) are unclear. The present article aims to assess the requirements of health policy and services journals for authors to disclose their financial and non-financial COIs.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of journals listed by the Web of Science under the category of 'Health Policy and Services'. We reviewed the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journals' websites and then simulated the submission of a manuscript to obtain any additional relevant information made available during that step. We abstracted data in duplicate and independently using a standardised form.Results: Out of 72 eligible journals, 67 (93%) had a COI policy. A minority of policies described how the disclosed COIs of authors would impact the editorial process (34%). None of the policies had clear-cut criteria for rejection based on the content of the disclosure. Approximately a fifth of policies (21%) explicitly stated that inaccurate or incomplete disclosures might lead to manuscript rejection or retraction. No policy described whether the journal would verify the accuracy or completeness of authors' disclosed COIs. Most journals' policies (93%) required the disclosure of at least one form of financial COI. While the majority asked for specification of source of payment (71%), a minority asked for the amount (18%). Overall, 81% of policies explicitly required disclosure of non-financial COIs.Conclusion: A majority of health policy and services journal policies required the disclosure of authors' financial and non-financial COIs, but few required details on disclosed COIs. Health policy journals should provide specific definitions and instructions for disclosing non-financial COIs. A framework providing clear typology and operational definitions of the different types of COIs will facilitate both their disclosure by authors and reviewers and their assessment and management by the editorial team and the readers.