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Faggion CM. Watching the watchers: A report on the disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by editors and editorial board members of dental journals. Eur J Oral Sci. 2021;129(6):e12823doi: 10.1111/eos.12823.
Faggion, C. M. (2021). Watching the watchers: A report on the disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by editors and editorial board members of dental journals. European journal of oral sciences, 129(6), e12823. https://doi.org/10.1111/eos.12823
Faggion, Clovis Mariano. "Watching the watchers: A report on the disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by editors and editorial board members of dental journals." European journal of oral sciences vol. 129,6 (2021): e12823. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/eos.12823
Faggion CM. Watching the watchers: A report on the disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by editors and editorial board members of dental journals. Eur J Oral Sci. 2021 Dec;129(6):e12823. doi: 10.1111/eos.12823. Epub 2021 Dec 08. PMID: 34879169.
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Eur J Oral Sci. 2021 Dec;129(6):e12823. doi: 10.1111/eos.12823. Epub 2021 Dec 08.

Watching the watchers: A report on the disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by editors and editorial board members of dental journals.

European journal of oral sciences

Clovis Mariano Faggion

Affiliations

  1. Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.

PMID: 34879169 DOI: 10.1111/eos.12823

Abstract

Reporting potential conflicts of interest (COIs) by all parties involved in the publication process is of pivotal importance to increase trust in research. The present study assessed the disclosure of potential COIs of editors and editorial board members of high-ranked dental journals. From 28 April 2021 to 05 May 2021, the websites of 91 dental journals classified by impact factor (IF) were scrutinized to obtain information on the reporting of COI forms of editors and board members, and whether these individuals reported their detailed curriculum vitae (CV). The COI forms were assessed to understand the potential financial and non-financial COIs of editors and board members. Only 11 (12.1%) journals reported COI forms of editors-in-chief (EICs) and associate editors (AEs). No journal reported a COI form of the editorial board members. Of the 100 editors (EICs plus AEs), 25 (25.%) declared connections to for-profit organisations, and seven (7%) to not-for-profit organisations. Five (5%) editors (all AEs) reported non-financial COIs, and 35 (35%) editors reported nothing to declare. Nine (9.9%) journals reported a short CV of editors, which were not informative regarding potential COIs. Editors and editorial board members of high-ranked dental journals should report in more detail their potential COIs.

© 2021 The Authors. European Journal of Oral Sciences published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Scandinavian Division of the International Association for Dental Research.

Keywords: conflict of interest; ethics; methods; peer review; publishing; trust

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