title: Promoting Education Regarding Conflict of Interest Management.
abstract: Even among highly educated health professionals, there is inconsistency in the knowledge and perception concerning both conflict of interest (COI) itself and COI disclosure. The key issue is the credibility of the manuscript, which relies heavily on transparency of COI for the reader. The tendency to disregard the importance of COI disclosure among journal editors has been recently highlighted. For all types of COI, the primary question is how it is managed. To ensure the enforcement of the declared journal COI policies, it is crucial that not only authors, but also those who are involved in the assessment of manuscripts, be educated and informed of the updated guidelines concerning COI disclosure.
authors.affiliation: Department of International Medical Communications, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan .
authors.forename: Takako
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-8300-2690
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kojima
mesh_terms: D016265:Conflict of Interest; D030881:Disclosure; D035081:Editorial Policies; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research
keywords: Conflict of Interest; Editorial Policy; Educating Journal Editors; Guidelines; Management; Research Integrity; Transparency