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Table 2 Five key features of a global public registry for researcher conflicts of interest

From: Conflict of interest disclosure in biomedical research: a review of current practices, biases, and the role of public registries in improving transparency

Key feature

Description

Enforceability

Mandates from publishers, funding bodies, and institutions to require up-to-date details in the registry prior to publication, funding, or as a condition of employment

Transparency

A transparent, archived record of changes, including information on the timing and authorship of entry modifications

Interoperability

The ability for institutions, companies, and other organizations to push changes into the registry and automatically update researcher records

Taxonomy

A consistent taxonomy for describing financial and non-financial conflicts of interest

Automated disclosures

The ability to automatically generate statements about relevant disclosures for inclusion in abstracts and published articles according to templates specified by individual journals