The relation between publication rate and financial conflict of interest among physician authors of high-impact oncology publications: an observational study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Despite the abundant research on financial conflict of interest regarding provider behaviour and the interpretation and results of research, little is known about the relation between these conflicts in academia and the trajectory of one's academic career. We performed a study to examine whether the presence of financial ties to drug makers among academics is associated with research productivity. METHODS:We hand-searched 3 high-impact general medical journals (New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and The Lancet) and 3 high-impact oncology journals that publish original science (The Lancet Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Journal of the National Cancer Institute) to identify physicians based in the United States who were first or last authors on original papers on hem

SUBMITTER: Kaestner V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5878961 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature