Conflict of interest - Serious issue on publication ethics for Indian Medical Journals.

Abstract

There are several vested interest lies on research publication hence the editorial policy is the sole important factor to control and regulate ethical publications in medical sciences especially on ‘confl ict of interest’ issue. The study was aimed to assess on awareness of ‘confl ict of interest’ issue in medical research and publication among the editorial staff, peer reviewers and authors of Indian medical journals