Chinese Journal of Cardiology

Competing Interests

竞争利益
当个人的个人、财务、职业或学术关系可能影响其客观性、决策或进行无偏见研究或评审的能力时，就会出现利益冲突（也称为利益冲突）。 这些利益可能是财务上的或非财务上的，并且可能以各种方式影响作者、审稿人和编辑。
竞争利益
财务冲突 – 接受资金、补助金、雇佣、咨询费、股票或在可能受研究影响或从中受益的组织中的所有权。
学术和职业冲突——有直接的合作、机构隶属关系或竞争关系，这些可能会影响判断。
个人冲突 – 与研究相关的作者、资助者或组织有密切的个人关系。
知识冲突 – 与手稿主题相关的强烈既有信念或倡导，可能会影响结果的评估或报告。
作者责任
作者在提交稿件时必须声明任何潜在的利益冲突。 这包括：
任何支持该研究的资金来源。
任何可能影响研究的财务或个人关系。
任何赞助组织在研究设计、数据收集、分析或稿件撰写中的参与。
如果不存在竞争利益，作者应声明：“作者声明与本研究无相关竞争利益。”
审稿人职责
审稿人在接受审稿任务之前必须披露任何潜在的利益冲突。 如果审稿人觉得由于存在竞争利益可能会影响他们的判断，他们应拒绝审稿并通知编辑部。
编辑职责
编辑必须回避处理他们有利益冲突的手稿。 在这种情况下，稿件将分配给没有利益冲突的其他编辑。
未能披露竞争利益可能导致：
拒绝或撤回文章。
因重复违规被移除审稿人/编辑委员会。
关于已发表作品的伦理问题的公开通知。

A competing interest (also known as a conflict of interest) arises when an individual’s personal, financial, professional, or academic relationships could affect their objectivity, decision-making, or ability to conduct unbiased research or reviews. These interests may be financial or non-financial and could influence authors, reviewers, and editors in various ways.

Competing Interests
1. Financial Conflicts – Receiving funding, grants, employment, consultancy fees, stocks, or ownership in organizations that may benefit from or be affected by the research.
2. Academic & Professional Conflicts – Having direct collaborations, institutional affiliations, or rivalries that could influence judgment.
3. Personal Conflicts – Close personal relationships with authors, funders, or organizations related to the research.
4. Intellectual Conflicts – Strong pre-existing beliefs or advocacy related to the manuscript’s topic that could bias the evaluation or reporting of results.

Author Responsibilities
• Author must declare any potential competing interests at the time of manuscript submission. This includes:
• Any funding sources that supported the research.
• Any financial or personal affiliations that may have influenced the study.
• Any involvement of sponsoring organizations in study design, data collection, analysis, or manuscript writing.
• If no competing interests exist, authors should state:
"The authors declare that there are no competing interests related to this study."

Reviewer Responsibilities
Reviewers must disclose any potential conflicts of interest before accepting a review assignment. If a reviewer feels their judgment could be biased due to a competing interest, they should decline the review and notify the editorial office.

Editorial Responsibilities Editors must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts where they have a competing interest. In such cases, the manuscript will be assigned to another editor with no conflicts.
Failure to disclose competing interests may lead to:
• Rejection or retraction of the article.
• Removal from the reviewer/editorial board for repeated violations.
• Public notification of ethical concerns regarding the published work.