Harlianto Zaneta N, Harlianto Netanja I
Faculty of Medicine, Anton de Kom University, Paramaribo, Suriname.
University Medical Center Utrecht & Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Am J Otolaryngol. 2024 Nov-Dec;45(6):104501. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2024.104501. Epub 2024 Aug 16.
To evaluate the extent of payments from medical device and pharmaceutical companies to editorial board members of leading otolaryngology journals.
Editorial board members of the top 10 otolaryngology journals from Google Scholar rankings were identified in this cross-sectional study. Payments between 2017 and 2022 were identified via the Open Payments Database from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. All payment data was adjusted for inflation in 2022 US dollars. Descriptive analyses were performed and journal websites were evaluated for individual editor disclosures.
Out of 581 board members, 306 (53 %) received industry payments between 2017 and 2022, median journal percentage 55 % (interquartile range: 26.5 %-73.5 %). A sum of $45.8 million was paid out between 2017 and 2022, comprising $32.0 million in associated research funding, $1.2 million in research payments, $1.4 million in ownership and investment interests, and $11.2 million in general payments. The largest general payments were made out for "services other than consulting and speaking" ($3.9 million), "consulting" ($3.8 million), "travel and lodging" ($0.99 million), "education" ($0.87 million), "royalty or license" ($0.56 million), and "food and beverage" ($0.55 million). Individual editor disclosures were only available for International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology (9 % of all included editors).
Industry payments to editors of otolaryngology journals are not uncommon. We highlight the need for improved reporting of individual editor disclosures for transparency to journal readers and for minimizing biased editorial decisions.
评估医疗设备和制药公司向主要耳鼻咽喉科期刊编辑委员会成员支付款项的情况。
在这项横断面研究中，确定了谷歌学术排名前10的耳鼻咽喉科期刊的编辑委员会成员。2017年至2022年期间的付款情况通过医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心的公开付款数据库进行识别。所有付款数据均按照2022年美元的通货膨胀率进行了调整。进行了描述性分析，并对期刊网站上的个人编辑披露情况进行了评估。
在581名委员会成员中，306名（53%）在2017年至2022年期间接受了行业付款，期刊的中位数比例为55%（四分位间距：26.5%-73.5%）。2017年至2022年期间共支付了4580万美元，其中包括3200万美元的相关研究资金、用于研究的120万美元付款、140万美元的所有权和投资权益以及1120万美元的一般付款。最大的一般付款用于“咨询和演讲以外的服务”（390万美元）、“咨询”（380万美元）、“差旅和住宿”（99万美元）、“教育”（87万美元）、“版税或许可”（56万美元）以及“食品和饮料”（55万美元）。只有《国际过敏与鼻科学论坛》提供了个人编辑披露信息（占所有纳入编辑的9%）。
向耳鼻咽喉科期刊编辑支付行业款项的情况并不罕见。我们强调需要改进个人编辑披露的报告，以提高对期刊读者的透明度，并尽量减少有偏见的编辑决策。
