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Show Notes
As journal editors, we’re aware of the fact that we have a role to play in scientific discourse - that’s why The BMJ has been so keen to talk about the way in which scientific knowledge is constructed, through our Evidence Manifesto.
We also know that money has influence in the scientific literature - which is why we have a zero tolerance policy for financial conflicts of interest in our educational content.
Where do journal editors fit into this?
The first step into investigating that is to find out if journal editors receive payments from pharma and device companies - and new research, published on bmj.com does that.
Jessica Liu - internist and assistant professor at the university of Toronto, and one of the authors of that study joins us to discuss.
Read the full research:
http://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j4619