This document is a proposal, and does not (yet) reflect current policy of the R Journal
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:
The most important principle is to be transparent.
If you are asked to handle a paper, and you feel there may be a conflict of interest, always consult the handling executive editor. The EE will decide whether someone else needs to handle the submission. Regardless of the decision, the notification and decision will be archived by the EE.
If you are asked to handle a paper, and you feel there may be a conflict of interest, consult the Editor-in-Chief. The EE will decide whether someone else needs to handle the submission. Regardless of the decision, the notification and decision will be archived by the EE.
If a submission comes in and you feel there may be a conflict of interest, never handle the paper yourself. Hand it over to an EE and explain and archive the 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:
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