From 499e393b98dbdc4a1af97e9f350da5a006b8565f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rob Hyndman Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:14:30 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Some small improvements to draft conflict of interest vignette --- vignettes/conflict_of_interest.Rmd | 38 ++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/vignettes/conflict_of_interest.Rmd b/vignettes/conflict_of_interest.Rmd index c709f1d..563bb06 100644 --- a/vignettes/conflict_of_interest.Rmd +++ b/vignettes/conflict_of_interest.Rmd @@ -4,26 +4,25 @@ author: "Mark van der Loo" date: "`r Sys.Date()`" output: rmarkdown::html_vignette vignette: > - %\VignetteIndexEntry{Roles and Responsibilities} + %\VignetteIndexEntry{Conflict of Interest} %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown} %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8} --- -_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? @@ -51,23 +50,10 @@ the conflict of interest. ## 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