Conflicts of Interest

Conflict of Interest Policy

Full disclosure of financial, personal and professional conflicts is mandatory for authors, editors and reviewers.

Last updated: 2026-01-01 · COPE-aligned

Declaration

All authors must declare any financial, personal, academic or other relationships that could be perceived to influence their submitted work.

Funding

All funding sources must be disclosed in the manuscript, including grant numbers and the role of the funder in study design, data collection, analysis, and decision to publish.

Editor & Reviewer COI

Editors and reviewers must declare conflicts and recuse themselves from manuscripts where they have a personal, professional, or financial relationship with any author.