Conflicts of Interest

Authors must declare any financial or non-financial relationship that could constitute a conflict of interest in relation to the submitted article.

This includes, among others: research funding, honoraria, institutional relationships, personal ties with reviewers or editors, and relevant academic competition. Even if authors consider that no conflicts exist, they must declare this explicitly.

Disclosures must cover, at a minimum, the 36 months prior to manuscript submission, in accordance with ICMJE recommendations.

To this end, each author must declare their conflicts of interest in the manuscript cover letter, in accordance with the model available in the journal, which incorporates the requirements established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

The deliberate omission of conflicts of interest constitutes a serious ethical violation and may result in rejection, correction, or retraction of the article, as appropriate.