@section('title')
Conflict Of Interest
@parent
@stop

<section>
	<div class="container">
		<div class="row">
			<div class="col-12 mb-3">
				<h2 class="h4">Conflict Of Interest</h2>
				<hr>
			</div>
			<div class="col-12">
				<h5>AUTHORS</h5>
				<p>All potential conflicts of interest (competing interests) that could have a direct or indirect influence on the work
					must be disclosed by the authors. Even if an author does not have a conflict, disclosing affiliations and interests
					allows for a more comprehensive and open approach, which leads to a more accurate and objective evaluation of the
					work. Conflicts of interest, whether genuine or imagined, are a perspective to which the readers are entitled.</p>
				<p>The publication of a conflict statement in the article itself, as well as the submission of the conflict disclosure
					form, is required for all types of papers. It is not necessarily the case that a monetary relationship with
					examination support or funding for counseling work is inappropriate. Even if the authors do not have any conflict of
					interest, they still need to provide a confirmation statement in their manuscripts, i.e., “The author(s) confirm(s)
					that there is no conflict of interest related to the manuscript”.</p>
				<p>The following are some examples of potential conflicts of interest that are directly or indirectly related to the
					research:</p>
				<h5>Financial competing interests include (but are not limited to):</h5>
				<ul>
					<li>
						<p>Type of support/grant number</p>
					</li>
					<li>
						<p>Institutional Conflicts of Interest</p>
					</li>
					<li>
						<p>Funds received by the author</p>
					</li>
					<li>
						<p>Funds received by the institution</p>
					</li>
					<li>
						<p>Travel allowances for the research</p>
					</li>
					<li>
						<p>Funds received for article preparation and reviewing</p>
					</li>
					<li>
						<p>Funds for conducting review activities</p>
					</li>
					<li>
						<p>Support provided for article writing assistance, for drugs, equipment, etc</p>
					</li>
					<li>
						<p>Paid lectures</p>
					</li>
					<li>
						<p>Pending fund or grant</p>
					</li>
				</ul>
				<p>Financial conflicts of interest can be personal as well as institutional. Personal conflict of interest occurs when a
					contributor involved in the publication process either receives an amount of money or expects to receive some
					financial help (including any other financial benefits such as patents or stocks, gifts or services) that may impact
					the work related to a specific publication. More importantly, in academic research, such financial relationships can
					lead to institutional conflicts of interest (COIs) because the economic interests of the institution or
					institutional representatives may unsuitably affect the decision-making process.</p>
				<p>An institutional conflict of interest arises in a situation when financial interests of an institution or any
					institutional official (e.g., investments held by the university in a company) have the potential to unduly
					influence the research conducted by its employees or students, or pose an unacceptable risk to human subjects. Such
					conflicts usually arise in a state of affairs where a research project directly offers assistance or a benefit to an
					external entity via evaluation, validation, trial or test of an invention, product, drug, service or technology, and
					the institution holds a financial interest with the external entity. Such financial interests incorporate, but are
					not limited to, receipt of licensing payments or royalties from the external entity, or ownership interest with the
					external entity. When human subjects are involved in any research project, and the institution supports such a
					financial interest, the conflict of interest is speculated to be unreasonable.</p>
				<h5>Non-financial competing interests include (but are not limited to):</h5>
				<p>In addition, interests other than monetary and any funding (non-financial interests) should be declared if they are
					relevant to readers. Personal relationships or conflicting interests directly or indirectly related to research, as
					well as professional interests or personal opinions that may impact your research, are examples of these.</p>
				<p>Intellectual property, in basic terms, refers to any intangible property that is the result of creativity, such as
					patents, copyrights, etc. Similarly, this section seeks to know about copyright and patent (licensed patent, pending
					or issued) and any payment received for intellectual property, such as:</p>
				<ul>
					<li>
						<p>Patent</p>
					</li>
					<li>
						<p>Licensed Patent</p>
					</li>
					<li>
						<p>Issued Patent</p>
					</li>
					<li>
						<p>Pending Patent</p>
					</li>
					<li>
						<p>Royalties</p>
					</li>
					<li>
						<p>Licensee</p>
					</li>
					<li>
						<p>Remarks</p>
					</li>
				</ul>
				<h5>DISCLOSURE STATEMENT </h5>
				<p>All conflict of interest disclosure forms are collected by the corresponding author. It is sufficient for the
					corresponding author to sign the disclosure form on behalf of all authors in author collaborations when legal
					agreements for representation allow it. The templates of the form can be found here.</p>
				<p>
					<a class="text-primary" href="https://openagriculturejournal.com/journal-files/conflict-of-interest/conflict-of-interest.docx">Disclosure
						form</a>
				</p>
				<p>
					<a class="text-primary" href="https://openagriculturejournal.com/journal-files/conflict-of-interest/coi_disclosure.docx">ICMJE disclosure
						form</a>
				</p>
				<p>Before the reference list, the corresponding author will include a summary statement in the text of the article that
					reflects what is reported in the potential conflict of interest disclosure form (s). Author(s) may declare(s) names
					of reviewers who they think might have a potential conflict of interest; therefore, Editorial Office could avoid
					inviting such reviewers for an unbiased opinion.</p>
				<h5>UNDISCLOSED CONFLICT OF INTEREST</h5>
				<p>Undisclosed conflict of interest cases before or after the publication of an article are dealt with as per the
					guidelines of COPE.</p>
				<p>Undisclosed conflict of interest in a submitted article <a class="text-primary" href="https://publicationethics.org/files/conflict-of-interest-submitted-manuscript-article-cope-flowchart.pdf
"> (View COPE guidelines)</a>.</p>
				<p>Undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article <a class="text-primary" href="https://publicationethics.org/files/conflict-of-interest-publlished-article-cope-flowchart-v2.pdf">
						(View COPE guidelines)</a>.</p>
				<p>For more information on COIs, see the guidance from the <a class="text-primary" href="http://icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/author-responsibilities--conflicts-of-interest.html">ICMJE</a>.
				</p>
				<h5>PEER REVIEWERS</h5>
				<p>Bentham Science tries to conduct a transparent peer-review process with the help of the reviewers who do not have any
					conflict of interest with the authors. In this connection, reviewers who belong to the same institute or countries
					as authors are not invited to review manuscripts. However, it is not possible for the Editorial Office to be aware
					of all competing interests; therefore, it is expected from authors to submit:</p>
				<p>List of reviewers who they think have a conflict of interest to ensure a transparent and unbiased review process.</p>
				<p>The Editorial Office expects reviewers:</p>
				<p>Not to accept manuscript review requests if they have any potential conflict of interest and inform the Editorial
					Office accordingly.</p>
				<p>To decline review requests if they have recently published or submitted an article with any of the authors listed in
					the manuscript.</p>
				<p>To inform the Editorial Office if they have any personal relationship with the authors or work in the same institutes
					as of authors, which could affect the review transparency.</p>
				<p>To abstain from reviewing and informing the Editorial Office/Editor-in-Chief/Handling Editors about any scientific
					misconduct or fraud, plagiarism, conflict of interest, or any other unethical behavior related to the manuscript,
					which they found while reviewing it.</p>
				<p>During the submission of review comments, reviewers are asked to reconfirm that they do not have any conflict of
					interest related to the article. After confirming the below statement, they can submit their comments.</p>
				<p>“I hereby confirm that I don’t have any conflict of interest related to the manuscript”.</p>
				<p>If, however, there are still any remaining interests, then reviewers must mention those in the ‘Confidential’ section
					of the review form.</p>
				<p>Reviewers are not encouraged to contact authors directly regarding any of their conflicts of interest. Peer reviewers
					should follow journal's policies in situations they consider to represent a conflict to reviewing.</p>
				<h5>UNDISCLOSED CONFLICT OF INTEREST</h5>
				<p>If reviewers intentionally undisclosed any conflict of interest, then they will be blacklisted for any future peer
					reviewing activity of the journal.</p>
				<p>The Editorial Office always ensures that an author, if added after peer review activity of a manuscript, is not part
					of the reviewers list who have conducted a peer review of the same manuscript.</p>
				<h5>EDITORS </h5>
				<p>Editors must not review submitted manuscripts if they have any personal, professional or financial
					involvement/conflict of interest with the authors of the manuscript. Every participant involved in the peer review
					process, including editorial board members, reviewers, and editors, must declare any potential conflicts of interest
					to ensure a transparent and unbiased review activity.</p>
				<p>Editors-in-Chief or Editors who are responsible for the initial and final decision should recuse themselves to review
					or take decisions on any manuscript that is written by authors affiliated to the same institute as of editor, or if
					they have been a family member, competitor, collaborator, or have published any manuscript in last 3 years with the
					authors associated with the manuscript. They can however nominate someone else on the Board who could provide a
					neutral opinion on the manuscript.</p>
				<p>The Editorial office recommends editors to follow <u><strong><a class="text-primary" href="https://publicationethics.org/files/A_Short_Guide_to_Ethical_Editing.pdf">COPE</a></strong></u>
					and <u><strong><a class="text-primary" href="https://wame.org/conflict-of-interest-in-peer-reviewed-medical-journals">WAME 
							</a></strong></u> guidelines to process such manuscripts which involves their personal relationship.</p>
				<h5>Manuscripts submission by an Editor/Editor-in-Chief</h5>
				<p>The initial and final decision on the manuscripts submitted by an Editor/Editor-in-Chief will be taken by any other
					member of the Board. The Editorial Office will identify members who do not have any potential conflict of interest
					with the Editor or Editor-in-Chief.</p>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
</section>