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Journals wrestle with definition of 'competing' interest

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Scientific journals have been striving of late for greater openness about the competing financial interests of their contributors. But a spat over a paper in Science suggests that clashing views over what makes a conflict of interest means full transparency is hard to achieve.

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Knight, J. Journals wrestle with definition of 'competing' interest. Nature 423, 908 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/423908b

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