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Editorial
. 2010 Feb;51(1):7-15.
doi: 10.3325/cmj.2010.51.7.

Conflict of interest in science communication: more than a financial issue. Report from Esteve Foundation Discussion Group, April 2009

Harvey Marcovitch, Virginia Barbour, Carme Borrell, Felix Bosch, Esteve Fernández, Helen Macdonald, Ana Marusić, Magne Nylenna; Esteve Foundation Discussion Group
Editorial

Conflict of interest in science communication: more than a financial issue. Report from Esteve Foundation Discussion Group, April 2009

Harvey Marcovitch et al. Croat Med J. 2010 Feb.
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Figure 1
Main protagonists in the process of scientific communication among which conflict of interest may arise.
Figure 2
Figure 2
The continuum from honest error, over misconduct to outright fraud (top horizontal axis). The vertical axis shows the continuum from non-intentional to intentional nature of the publication behavior, as well as from their easy to difficult detection.
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