Editors' declaration of their own conflicts of interest

Conflict of interest has been defined as a set of conditions in which professional judgement concerning a primary interest (such as patient welfare or the validity of research) can be influenced by a secondary interest (such as financial gain).[1][1] The International Committee of Medical Journal

[1]  R. Horton,et al.  The Lancet's policy on conflicts of interest , 2003, The Lancet.

[2]  Richard T. Smith.  Making progress with competing interests , 2002, BMJ : British Medical Journal.

[3]  D F Thompson,et al.  Understanding financial conflicts of interest. , 1993, The New England journal of medicine.