Grant Support

Conflicts of Interest, Grant Support, and Financial Disclosure Policy

The Health Innovation Journal (HIJ) requires full transparency from authors regarding any potential conflicts of interest that might influence, or appear to influence, their work. This includes both financial and personal affiliations or relationships that could unduly bias their research. HIJ follows the conflict of interest and disclosure guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Conflicts of Interest:

Authors must disclose any associations that pose a conflict of interest in relation to their manuscript. This includes, but is not limited to, financial interests such as employment, consultancy roles, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimonies, patents or pending patent applications, and travel grants received within three years preceding the submission. If authors have no conflicts of interest, this must be explicitly stated. Authors must also disclose whether any funder had a role in the study’s design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation, writing, or the decision to publish.

Grant Support and Financial Disclosure:

Financial contributions to the work being reported—including funding, grants, equipment, or other forms of support—must be clearly disclosed. Authors involved in funded research must provide a statement confirming their unrestricted access to all study data and full responsibility for the integrity of the data collection, analysis, and interpretation. This statement must accompany the manuscript submission.

Reviewer Disclosure:

Reviewers are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest that could affect their impartial assessment of a manuscript. This helps maintain the integrity of the peer-review process.

Publication of Disclosures:

HIJ is committed to transparency. Disclosures of conflicts of interest, grant support, and financial disclosures will be published alongside the relevant articles to inform readers of any factors that may influence the content or interpretation of the research.

This policy upholds the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability in scientific research, safeguarding the trust of both the scientific community and the public in the work published by HIJ.