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New Author Disclosure Platform
Conflict of Interest Disclosures
All authors of Value in Health and Value in Health Regional Issues articles must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work prior to publication of their manuscript in an ISPOR journal. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, grants, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, board memberships, professional writing assistance, etc.
Disclosure represents a commitment to transparency and does not necessarily indicate a bias. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflicts of interest to declare, they must also state this during the submission process. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to disclose with the submission ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships.
Disclosure Process
Each author is required to complete a Conflict of Interest (COI) Disclosure questionnaire. ISPOR journals use Convey: A Global Disclosure System to facilitate the disclosure process. Convey is a service run by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) that provides the ability to securely record and maintain your own financial interests and disclosure history.
Upon first use of Convey, you will be invited to create a free AAMC Convey account (if you do not already have an existing AAMC account*) to enter your financial interests; after that, you will be able to use the same login and your saved interests to generate disclosures for any ISPOR journal or other journal or organization using Convey.
*if you believe you have an existing AAMC account and do not remember your login credentials, please reset your username/ password. For additional support with your AAMC account, please contact Convey Technical Support.
When you receive an invitation to complete your disclosures, the Convey platform will guide you through the disclosure requirements for your submission to ISPOR’s journals and will submit only the information needed for each manuscript.
Here is a brief description of the COI disclosure process:
- When the Editors invite you to submit a revised manuscript, the Convey system will send an email to each author with a unique link that allows you to create a Convey account and complete the COI disclosure form.
- By clicking the link included in the email, authors will be redirected to Convey/AAMC site where they can create an account, log in, and complete their COI disclosure form. Please note that the login credentials for Convey/AAMC will be different from the login credentials for the ISPOR ScholarOne sites.
- Complete all parts of the COI disclosure questionnaire and click “Submit” when finished.
- Following completion, authors will receive a confirmation email and a PDF copy of their submitted COI Disclosure form.
Watch this instructional video for more detailed information about how to use the Convey disclosure tool:
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