Policy on Conflict of Interest

Editors, authors, and peer reviewers shall disclose interests that might affect their ability to present or review work objectively. These might include relevant financial interests (patent ownership, stock ownership, consultancies, or speaker's fees) or personal, political, or religious interests.

Measures to Protect Against Conflict of Interest

• Journal Editors, Board Members, and staff involved with publication decisions shall declare their interests. The Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics will publish these on their website and update them as required.
• Authors shall describe relevant funding, including the purpose of the funding (e.g., travel grants and speaker's fees), and disclose any relevant patents, stocks, and shares they own.
• Authors shall also disclose how conflicts of interest were managed for specific papers.
• All manuscripts shall include a conflict-of-interest statement. If authors state no conflicts of interest, editors shall publish a confirmation.
• Editors shall manage peer reviewers' conflicts of interest. An invitation to review a manuscript shall be accompanied by a request for the reviewer to disclose any potential conflicts of interest and recuse themselves when relevant.
• When editors, members of editorial boards, and other editorial staff are presented with papers where their interests may impair their ability to make an unbiased editorial decision, they shall withdraw from discussions, deputize decisions, or suggest that authors seek publication in a different journal.