Conflict of Interest Statement for Medical Manuscripts
Templates and guidance for writing conflict of interest statements in medical manuscripts, including financial, non-financial, institutional, and perceived conflicts.
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What should a conflict of interest statement for a medical manuscript include?
A conflict of interest statement should disclose financial and non-financial relationships or activities that could be perceived to influence the manuscript, including grants, consulting, honoraria, employment, patents, stock, advisory roles, sponsor involvement, and relevant institutional or personal relationships. If none exist, authors should state that clearly.
Short answer
A conflict of interest statement should disclose financial and non-financial relationships or activities that could be perceived to influence the manuscript. If there are no conflicts, state that clearly using the target journal wording.
What to consider disclosing
- Grants, contracts, consulting fees, honoraria, speaker fees, advisory roles, travel support, or writing support.
- Stock, stock options, patents, royalties, licenses, or intellectual property.
- Employment, leadership roles, board membership, or fiduciary responsibilities.
- Relationships with funders, device companies, pharmaceutical companies, or advocacy groups related to the work.
- Non-financial relationships, professional roles, personal relationships, or strong public positions that readers could reasonably see as relevant.
- Sponsor involvement in design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, writing, or publication decisions.
Template examples
The authors declare no financial or non-financial conflicts of interest related to this work.
[Author initials] reports [relationship] from [entity] outside or related to the submitted work. The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest.
The funder had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation, manuscript preparation, or the decision to submit for publication.
How SciPaperX helps
SciPaperX can help authors convert author-level disclosures into a clear manuscript statement and check that funding, acknowledgments, and cover letter language do not conflict with the disclosure section.