Reviewing the Reviewers Potential Financial Conflicts of Interest in Editorial Boards of Surgery Journals.
Ann Surg
; 276(6): e1089-e1094, 2022 12 01.
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| ID: mdl-34091509
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the prevalence, magnitude, and disclosure status of industry funding in editorial boards of surgery journals. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Financial COI can bias research. Although authors seeking to publish in peer-reviewed surgery journals are required to provide COI disclosures, editorial board members' COI disclosures are generally not disclosed to readers.METHODS:
We present a cross-sectional analysis of industry funding to editorial board members of high-impact surgery journals. We reviewed top US-based surgery journals by impact factor to determine the presence of financial COI in members of each journal's editorial board. The prevalence and magnitude of COI was determined using 2018 industry reported payments found in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments database. Journal websites were also reviewed looking for the presence of editorial board disclosure statements.RESULTS:
A total of 1002 names of editorial board members from the top 10 high-impact American surgery journals were identified. Of 688 individual physicians based in the USA, 452 (65.7%) were found to have received industry payments in 2018, totaling $21,916,503 with a median funding amount per physician of $1253 (interquartile range $156-$10,769). Funding levels varied by surgical specialty and journal. Editorial board disclosure information was found in only 3.3% of physicians.CONCLUSIONS:
Industry funding to editorial board members of high impact surgery journals is prevalent and underreported. Mechanisms of disclosure for COI are needed at the editorial board level to provide readers full transparency. This would acknowledge this COI of editorial board members, and thereby attempt to potentially further reduce the risk of bias in editorial decisions.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Publicações Periódicas como Assunto
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Conflito de Interesses
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ann Surg
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Canadá