title: Conflict-of-interest, copyright and other declarations.
abstract: Declarations of exclusive publication, author contribution, conflict-of-interest and copyright transfer are important formalities required by most biomedical journals. Conflict-of-interest may be personal, commercial, political, academic or financial. It is particularly important for authors to provide a full and complete disclosure of any financial relationship with a commercial organisation that may have an interest in the contents of the submitted manuscript. Editors, editorial board members and reviewers should also declare any possible conflicts-of-interest. The handling of conflict-of-interest during manuscript preparation, peer review and editorial decision making impacts the credibility of published articles and scientific research in general.
authors.affiliation: Singapore Medical Journal, Singapore. wilfred.peh@gmail.com
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Peh
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000941:ethics; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D003309:Copyright / Q000941:ethics*; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006801:Humans; D011643:Publishing / Q000941:ethics*; D014342:Truth Disclosure / Q000941:ethics