February 5, 1999
Scientific Journals Rarely Acknowledge Authors' Potential Conflicts, Study Finds
Most scientific and medical journals don't require authors to disclose whether they have a financial interest in the subjects about which they write.
Moreover, the few journals that do require disclosures rarely publish them, a new study shows.
The findings, part of a continuing study of conflict-of-interest rules of journals, raise questions about preserving society's confidence in science, says one of
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