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Some small improvements to draft conflict of interest vignette
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robjhyndman committed Mar 26, 2024
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date: "`r Sys.Date()`"
output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
vignette: >
%\VignetteIndexEntry{Roles and Responsibilities}
%\VignetteIndexEntry{Conflict of Interest}
%\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown}
%\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8}
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_This document is a proposal does not (yet) reflect current policy of the R Journal_
_This document is a proposal, and does not (yet) reflect current policy of the R Journal_

## What is a conflict of interest?

For the R Journal, it is important that all decisions on papers are taken
For the R Journal, it is important that all decisions taken on papers are
based as much as possible on objective arguments. A conflict of interest is
any situation that may hamper the objectivity of such a decision. Examples
are:

- you are a (past) collaborator in the work discussed in the submission
- you are a (past) collaborator in a work that somehow competes with the submission
- one or more of the authors of the submission is a (past) co-author or collaborator
- one or more of the authors are (close) friends, family, or colleagues
- one of the authors has (had) influence on your professional life, for example via funding.

- you are a collaborator in the work discussed in the submission;
- you are a collaborator in a work that somehow competes with the submission;
- one or more of the authors of the submission is a co-author or collaborator;
- one or more of the authors are friends, family, or colleagues;
- one of the authors has had influence on your professional life, for example via funding.

## What to do in case of conflict of interest?

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## How to archive a conflict of interest

Conflicts of interest, and decisions surrounding conflict of interest should be described in
a plain text file called `conflicts.txt` and stored in the `correspondence` folder
with the submission. The description should at least contain:
Conflicts of interest, and decisions surrounding conflict of interest should be
described in a plain text file called `conflicts.txt` and stored in the
`correspondence` folder with the submission. The description should at least contain:

- Date
- Reason for possible conflict of interest
- Decision of the executive editor













- Decision of the executive editor

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