Conflict of interest and citation impact among dermatology guideline authors

Management of urticaria: Iranian Society of Dermatology clinical practice guideline

Urticaria is a common and challenging skin disorder. Diagnosis and treatment of urticaria is not limited to the field of dermatology. General physicians, allergologists and clinical immunologists are also commonly involved in the management of patients with urticaria.One of the missions of the Iranian Society of Dermatology is to develop strategies in order to provide the best possible manageme...

Perceptions of Conflict of Interest Disclosures among Peer Reviewers

BACKGROUND Disclosure of financial conflicts of interest (COI) is intended to help reviewers assess the impact of potential bias on the validity of research results; however, there have been no empiric assessments of how reviewers understand and use disclosures in article evaluation. We investigate reviewers' perceptions of potential bias introduced by particular author disclosures, and whether...

Top cited authors in dermatology: a citation study from 24 journals: 1982-1996.

BACKGROUND One measure of the impact of a medical article is how often it is cited in other articles. Many authors of articles published in dermatologic journals are seldom, if ever, cited while other authors are often cited. OBJECTIVE To identify the 25 authors whose publications in the dermatology literature were most often cited. DESIGN We obtained a citation database from the Institute ...

Capitation and conflict of interest.

Conflict of evidence or conflict of interest?

We at EBSJ appreciate a substantial and mostly positive echo to the editorial titled “BMP: evidence in the name of science?” (EBSJ Volume 2, Issue 4). Thank you to all who have voiced their interest and support of our unique publication. Other publications have also echoed the desirability of a reevaluation of the methodology and conclusions of the article by Carragee et al titled: “A critical ...