Sen-Crowe Brendon, Sutherland Mason, Shir Adam, Kinslow Kyle, Boneva Dessy, McKenney Mark, Elkbuli Adel
Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami, FL, USA.
Department of Surgery, University of South FL, Tampa, FL, USA.
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2020 Oct 27;60:140-145. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2020.10.042. eCollection 2020 Dec.
Physician scientists who are also Editorial Board members or Associate Editors may prefer publishing in their own journal and therefore create an environment for conflicts of interest to arise.
To assess the relationship between the number of peer-reviewed publications in surgical journals in which authors serve as Editorial Board Members and Associate Editors and their total number of annual publications.
A cross-sectional study utilizing PubMed was performed regarding the total annual number of peer-reviewed publications by Editorial Board Members/Associate Editors and the number published in their respective affiliated journals from 2016 to 2019. Significance defined as p < 0.05.
80 Associate Editors and 721 Editorial Board Members (n = 801 total) were analyzed from 10 surgical journals. The mean number of total annual peer-reviewed publications varied from 5.19 to 17.18. The mean number of annual peer-reviewed publications in affiliated journals varied from 0.06 to 2.53. Multiple significant associations were discovered between the total number of annual peer-reviewed publications and number of peer-reviewed publications in affiliated journals for all authors/surgical journals evaluated, except for the International Journal of Surgery (p > 0.05).
We found significant associations between the total number of annual peer-reviewed publications by Editorial Board Members/Associate Editors and number of annual peer-reviewed publications by their affiliated surgical journals. The implementation and enforcement of a standardized double-blind review process and mandatory reporting of any potential conflicts of interest can reduce possible bias and promote a fair and high-quality peer-review process.
同时担任编辑委员会成员或副主编的医师科学家可能更倾向于在自己的期刊上发表文章，从而营造出产生利益冲突的环境。
评估作者担任编辑委员会成员和副主编的外科期刊上同行评审出版物数量与其年度出版物总数之间的关系。
利用PubMed进行了一项横断面研究，涉及编辑委员会成员/副主编2016年至2019年的年度同行评审出版物总数以及在其各自附属期刊上发表的数量。显著性定义为p < 0.05。
对10种外科期刊的80名副主编和721名编辑委员会成员（共801人）进行了分析。年度同行评审出版物总数的平均值在5.19至17.18之间。附属期刊上年度同行评审出版物的平均值在0.06至2.53之间。在所有评估的作者/外科期刊中，除《国际外科学杂志》外（p > 0.05），年度同行评审出版物总数与附属期刊上同行评审出版物数量之间发现了多个显著关联。
我们发现编辑委员会成员/副主编的年度同行评审出版物总数与他们所属外科期刊的年度同行评审出版物数量之间存在显著关联。实施和执行标准化的双盲评审流程以及强制报告任何潜在的利益冲突可以减少可能的偏差，并促进公平和高质量的同行评审过程。
