All authors of manuscripts must disclose any and all conflicts of interest they may have with publication of the manuscript or an institution or product that is mentioned in the manuscript and/or is important to the outcome of the study presented. Editors and reviewers are required to declare any conflict of interest, that may affect their judgement when deciding if a submission is worth publishing and to withdraw from handling such manuscript. Such conflict of interest include funding, personal relationships, working in competing labs or research, recent collaboration with authors/reviewers/editors, etc.

Additional Information

You may find the following useful resources to refer to for more information on Conflict of Interest policies, existing codes of practices and more general good practice in relation to journal publication ethics:
View the Guidelines published on good publication by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

If no conflict exist,. Please state that  "The Author(s) declare that there no conflict of interest" For guidance on conflict of interest statements.  View the guidelines published by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).