In order to preserve the integrity of the scientific publication process, the Journal of Surgical Radiology makes the following disclosures to its readers and authors. Concerns about any of the following disclosures that may cause a conflict of interest should be conveyed to the Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor. The following disclosure is published based off an adapted version of the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest.
Financial Disclosures Associated with the Journal
The Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor, and Editorial Board do not receive any grants, consulting fees, honorariums, support for travel or costs associated with editing, fees for participating in review activities, payment for editing or reviewing manuscripts, or any provisions for editing or reviewing manuscripts.
The Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor, and Editorial Board receive a small payment every six months for their general participation in journal activities. This monetary reimbursement is a fixed sum determined a priori by the publisher and is not tied to the number of manuscripts reviewed or the nature of those reviews (such as the acceptance / rejection ratios, quality of the review, etc.). This general reimbursement is derived solely from advertising income received by the journal. No member of the Editorial Board, the Managing Editor, or the Editor-in-Chief play any role in the solicitation, selection or placement of advertisements.
Financial Disclosures Outside of the Journal
Financial relationships with entities outside of the Journal of Surgical Radiology are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Editors or reviewers, in the judgement of the Editor-in-Chief or Managing Editor, who may have a potential conflict of interest with a manuscript due to external financial relationships may be excused from the peer-review process. No editor or reviewer is permitted to review a manuscript when the review process may be unduly influenced by any competing financial interest.
Non-Financial Disclosures
A variety of non-financial conflicts of interest may exist at any time. For example, reviewers or editors may personally know an author of a manuscript, or manuscripts may emanate from an institution that a reviewer or editor is affiliated with. These potential conflicts of interest are mitigated in two ways. First, reviewers and editors are selected from institutions not affiliated with the authors of a manuscript. Second, the peer-review process is double-blinded: authors do not know which editors or reviewers will examine their work, and editors or reviewers do not know the authors or affiliations of a manuscript. This process is not unblinded until after a manuscript has been published. This entire process is supervised by the Editor-in-Chief and the Managing Editor, who are the only members of the journal who know who the authors, affiliations, editors, and reviewers are throughout the peer-review process.
Other Disclosures
There are no other disclosures of general competing interests that influence the peer-review process.
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