For Authors
Kidney Cancer requires authors to declare all conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, of relevance to the particular manuscript. All authors must separately be named in the Conflicts of Interest statement. If an author has no conflict of interest to declare, include this section with the statement “(Name) has no conflict of interest to report”.
If an author is also on the Editorial Board of this journal, the following statement should be included in this section: "<AUTHOR> is an Editorial Board Member of this journal, but was not involved in the peer-review process of this paper, nor had access to any information regarding its peer-review."
We require that authors use the Conflicts of Interest Disclosure Form from the ICMJE and that it is included in the submission (download it from the ICMJE website at: icmje.org/disclosure-of-interest).
A section mentioning Conflicts of Interest per individual author must be included at the end of the submitted manuscript.
For Referees
Kidney Cancer requires that referees with conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, declare them when submitting their report and recuse themselves when there is a conflict that may impact a fair and impartial review.
Examples
Financial conflicts of interest:
These can include any financial relationship between the authors and any organization that may have a financial interest in their research or financial interests on the part of the authors themselves. This can include, but is not limited to, employment, stocks or shares, patents, research funding, travel or other expenses, lecture fees, or goods or services. Authors should disclose any such relationships: past 3 years, present or anticipated along with any role these organizations may have had in the design, execution or presentation of the study. These can also include financial interests on the part of the authors themselves, such as stocks or shares, patents, or other forms of financial gain.
Non-financial conflicts of interest:
These can include any relationship between the authors and any person or organization that could reasonably be seen to compromise (or impact) the impartiality of the authors of an article. This can include, but is not limited to, benefits to relatives, close friends or associates, or organizations that the author has an unpaid relationship with (such as consulting or advisory roles, or providing administrative assistance).
