Conflict of Interest
Authors, reviewers and editors of JASAT must declare any personal, financial, institutional or intellectual interest that a reasonable reader might think could affect their work on a manuscript. Declaring an interest does not disqualify anyone. Hiding one can.
What counts
The journal uses the ICMJE categories:
- Financial. Employment, consultancy, shares, fees, grants, patents or paid testimony connected with any organisation that could gain from the work. For this journal that includes companies that make, sell or license the materials, devices, software, data or systems described in the paper.
- Personal. A close personal or family relationship with someone involved in the manuscript or its review.
- Institutional. Working at the same institution as an author, reviewer or editor at the time of the work.
- Intellectual. Co-authorship in the last five years, a supervisory relationship, or a long-running academic dispute.
- Other. Anything else a reasonable observer would think relevant.
Authors
Every manuscript must have a Conflicts of Interest section listing each author's relevant interests, or stating that there are none. It is published with the article. If in doubt, declare.
Reviewers
Reviewers must decline an invitation if they have a conflict with the authors. If one arises during a review, they must tell the handling editor at once. See the Reviewer Guidelines.
Editors
Editors make an annual declaration and withdraw from any manuscript where they have a conflict. Manuscripts written by editors are handled as described on the Editorial Independence page.
The publisher
World Research Union takes no part in decisions on manuscripts. See the Publisher page.
How to declare
Authors declare in the manuscript. Reviewers declare on the OJS review form. Editors declare to the Editor-in-Chief and withdraw through the OJS workflow.
