12 Journals Adopt Joint Policy on Research Supported by Business

Twelve medical journals, including several of the world's most prominent, have announced a uniform policy intended to assure the independence of the academic researchers whose work is published by the journals but paid for by businesses. The journals released a joint editorial last month announcing that they will reject manuscripts submitted by authors who did not have control of either the data or the decision on whether to publish their results.

"Over the past four or five years,

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