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How do disclosure policies fail? Let us count the ways
Author(s) -
Melo-Martín Inmaculada,
Intemann Kristen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fj.08-125963
Subject(s) - business , public economics , actuarial science , risk analysis (engineering) , economics
The disclosure policies of scientific journals now require that investigators provide information about financial interests relevant to their research. The main goals of these policies are to prevent bias from occurring, to help identify bias when it occurs, and to avoid the appearance of bias. We argue here that such policies do little to help achieve these goals, and we suggest more effective alternatives.—De Melo‐Martin, I., Intemann, K. How do disclosure policies fail? Let us count the ways. FASEB J. 23, 1638–1642 (2009)