Conflict of Interest Statement
The editorial office of the journal is guided by international standards of publishing ethics COPE Code of Conduct.
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) outlines in its Guidelines on Good Publication Practice (2003) that:
«Conflicts of interest emerge when authors, reviewers, or editors possess interests that are not entirely evident and might impact their judgments on published content. These conflicts have been characterized as those that, when disclosed later, could lead a reasonable reader to feel misled or deceived»
The journal follow the principles which outline in:
- Common Standard for Conflict of Interest Disclosure published by Center for Science in the Public Interest.
- Guidelines published on good publication and the Code of Conduct by the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE).
- Guidelines published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).
Editors, authors, and reviewers must avoid conflicts of interest that would interfere with the objective presentation and review of research. Such conflicts of interest include personal, political and religious conflicts of interest, as well as financial conflicts of interest.
Editorial board members, reviewers, editors, and others involved in publication decisions must disclose conflicts of interest. If the authors, reviewers, editors, editor-in-chief or members of the editorial board confirm the existence of a conflict of interest or disclosure of information before publication, a statement of conflict of interest should be included in the scientific paper / article.
Disclosure of information.
The editorial office of the journal should be particularly sensitive to issues of actual or apparent conflicts of interest and should take additional measures to prevent conflicts of interest. In the event of a conflict of interest, each disclosure statement must be completed in a separate PDF file and submitted appropriately.
◼︎ Financial interests that must be disclosed:
Any sources of funding, whether direct (grants, patents, stock ownership, sponsorship, etc) or indirect (consulting fees, supply of equipment, etc), where the sponsoring organization stands to gain or lose from the publication of the research work.
◼︎ Personal relationships / academic competitions requiring disclosure:
Any unpaid position held by the author(s) that may affect their scientific publication. This includes membership in professional organizations and unpaid consulting work.
◼︎ Institutional affiliations requiring disclosure:
A conflict of interest may arise if a participant in the publication process is directly related to a company or organization interested in the publication.
Authors.
Authors are required to disclose any interests directly or indirectly related to the paper submitted for publication. The disclosure should encompass interests within the last three years from the commencement of the paper, covering the research and preparation of the manuscript for submission. Additionally, interests outside this three-year timeframe must be disclosed if they could reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted paper. This comprehensive disclosure aims to ensure transparency, allowing readers to form their own judgments regarding potential bias. It is essential to note that disclosing a financial relationship with an organization that sponsored the research or received compensation for consultancy work is not inherently inappropriate.
Specific interests that should be considered and disclosed include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Funding (research grants from funding agencies, research support, including salaries, equipment, supplies, reimbursement for attending symposia, and other expenses, provided by organizations that may gain or lose financially through the publication of the manuscript);
- Employment (recent, present, or anticipated employment by any organization that may gain or lose financially through the publication of this manuscript, including multiple affiliations if applicable);
- Financial interests (stocks or shares in companies that may gain or lose financially through the publication, consultation fees or other forms of remuneration from organizations that may gain or lose financially, patents or patent applications whose value may be affected by publication);
- Non-financial Interests (professional interests, personal relationships, or personal beliefs that could introduce bias into the submitted paper. Examples include positions on Editorial Boards, Section Editors, Managing Editors writing or consulting for educational purposes, acting as an expert witness, mentoring relationships, and other relevant factors. Primary research articles are obligated to provide a disclosure statement. Review articles, serving as expert syntheses of evidence, may be treated as authoritative works on a subject, requiring a disclosure statement. Other article types, such as editorials, book reviews, comments, may necessitate a disclosure statement based on their content. If unsure whether a specific article type requires a disclosure statement, authors should contact the Editor-in-Chief).
Members of the editorial board, editorial office.
Editorial Board Members, Managing Editors involved with Marketing and Management of Innovations are obligated to disclose any potential conflicts of interest. If a competing interest is identified, they may be excused from participating in the peer review process. Furthermore, they should recuse themselves from managing manuscripts in instances where a competing interest is present. This could involve prior collaborations with the authors or sharing the same institutional affiliation.
Members of the editorial board should monitor the conflicts of interest of reviewers. A request to reviewers to disclose potential conflicts of interest should be included in the proposal to review a scientific manuscript.
Editors, editorial board members, reviewers, and other editorial staff should refrain from discussing, delegating decision-making authority, or should recommend authors to submit research papers to other journals if they believe that their personal interests interfere with objective editorial judgment about the research paper / article.
Editors or members of the editorial board should not participate in the review process and should not make decisions about their own scientific papers.
Editorial board members must maintain the confidentiality of authors and reviewers and refrain from using materials or ideas from the manuscript until its publication.
Reviewers.
Reviewers must adhere to the principles of COPE in the process of reviewing scientific manuscripts. In the event of a conflict of interest, the reviewer must notify the editor-in-chief. Reviewers and authors should not have personal relationships (eg relatives or close friends).
Reviewers should not have a direct or indirect financial interest in the reviewed scientific manuscript.
Reviewers for Marketing and Management of Innovations play a crucial role in providing an impartial evaluation of the scientific quality of a manuscript. It is the responsibility of the reviewers to assess any conflicts of interest disclosed by the authors and, equally important, to self-disclose any situations or relationships to the Editor that could potentially bias or be perceived as biasing their evaluation of the submitted manuscript. These situations may involve personal connections with the authors, ongoing competitive research on the same topic as presented in the manuscript, or professional and financial associations with an organization having interests in the subject being reviewed. In instances where an actual or apparent conflict of interest is revealed, the decision to utilize the provided or requested review is left to the discretion of the Editor.
