TOOLBOX TOOLS DECLARATION of INTERESTS In the conduct of research

In the conduct of research

SOP

Undisclosed conflict of interest in a submitted manuscript

To provide guidance on what to do if a reviewer suspects that there is an undisclosed conflict of interest in a submitted manuscript.

A reader suspects an author’s undisclosed conflict of interest which becomes apparent after publication. The flowchart offers the editor a step by step process on handling this issue.

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Reference of the resource

COPE Council. COPE Flowcharts and infographics - Undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article - English. https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.7, ©2021 Committee on Publication Ethics (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://publicationethics.org.

Topic:

Declaration of interests

Subopic:

In the conduct of research

Type of resource:

SOP

Relevant discipline(s):

All

Relevant stakeholder(s):

Post-graduate students

PhD candidates

Early career researchers

Senior researchers

Supervisors

RPO senior management staff (Rectors, Deans)

Editors

Publishers

Relevant organisational level(s):

System (macro level)

Institution (meso level)

Published/put into force:

2021