Conflicts of Interest

Conflicts of Interest

The Journal of Fish Nutrition requires authors, reviewers, and editors to disclose relationships or interests that could influence, or reasonably appear to influence, research objectivity or editorial decisions. Conflicts may be financial or nonfinancial.

Authors

Authors must disclose relevant interests, including funding, employment, consultancy, share ownership, patents, personal relationships, or academic competition. Funding sources and funders’ roles in study design, conduct, analysis, writing, and the decision to submit must be stated.

Where no relevant conflicts exist, authors should state: “The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this study.”

Reviewers and Editors

Reviewers and editors must disclose potential conflicts before accepting an assignment or promptly upon becoming aware of them. Relationships that could compromise objective assessment must be reported to the responsible editor.

Editors must not handle decisions on their own manuscripts or submissions involving conflicting interests. Such manuscripts must be handled independently by another editor and undergo the same review procedures as other submissions.

Management

Disclosure does not automatically result in rejection. The journal will assess whether the conflict can be managed through disclosure, replacement of a reviewer or editor, or other appropriate measures.

Conflicts identified after publication may require an updated declaration or other editorial action according to their implications for the article’s integrity.