Conflict of interest policies and disclosure requirements among European Society of Cardiology national cardiovascular journals

• Author(s): Alfonso, Fernando ; Timmis, Adam ; Pinto, Fausto J. ; Ambrosio, Giuseppe ; Ector, Hugo ; Kulakowski, Piotr ; Vardas, Panos ; Antoniades, Loizos ; Ahmad, Mansoor ; Apetrei, Eduard ; Arai, Kaduo ; Artigou, Jean-Yves ; Aschermann, Michael ; Böhm, Michael ; Bolognese, Leonardo ; Bugiardini, Raffaele ; Cohen, Ariel ; Edes, Istvan ; Elias, Joseph ; Galeano, Javier ; Guarda, Eduardo ; Haouala, Habib ; Heras, Magda ; Höglund, Christer ; Huber, Kurt ; Hulin, Ivan ; Ivanusa, Mario ; Krittayaphong, Rungroj ; Kuo, Chi-Tai ; Lau, Chu-Pak ; Lyusov, Victor A. ; Marinskis, Germanas ; Márquez, Manlio F. ; Masic, Izet ; Moreira, Luiz Felipe Pinho ; Mrochek, Alexander ; Oganov, Rafael G. ; Raev, Dimitar ; Rogava, Mamanti ; Rødevand, Olaf ; Sansoy, Vedat ; Shimokawa, Hiroaki ; Shumakov, Valentin A. ; Tajer, Carlos Daniel ; van der Wall, Ernst E. ; Stefanadis, Christodoulos ; Videbæk, Jørgen ; Lüscher, Thomas F.
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/35305
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto da ULisboa

Description

Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest (COI) is used by biomedical journals to guarantee credibility and transparency of the scientific process. COI disclosure, however, is not systematically nor consistently dealt with by journals. Recent joint editorial efforts paved the way towards the implementation of uniform vehicles for COI disclosure. This paper provides a comprehensive editorial perspective on classical COI-related issues. New insights into current COI policies and practices among European Society of Cardiology national cardiovascular journals, as derived from a cross-sectional survey using a standardised questionnaire, are discussed.