ILM JAHM requires disclosure of both financial competing interests and non-financial competing interests for the purpose of transparency.

Definition of financial competing interest

ILM JAHM defines a financial competing interest as any relationship that an author holds which offers the potential for monetary gain or loss for the author or close family based on the outcome of their research.  This monetary gain or loss could be income, capital appreciation, gifts, speaking fees, consulting fees, bonuses, royalties etc. received from any entity which has an interest in the outcome of the research.

Definition of non-financial competing interest

ILM JAHM defines a non-financial competing interest as any relationship that an author holds which offers the potential for gain or loss for an entity or organization in which the author has a relationship of employment, volunteer services or other close involvement, and which organization has the potential for gain or loss depending on the outcome of the research.

A declaration of competing interests on the part of the author(s) does not assume bias, nor is automatically grounds for rejection of a manuscript. The competing interests will be evaluated by the Editorial Board.

Both Authors and Reviewers are required to make disclosures of financial and non-financial competing interests for each manuscript submission.