Conflict of Interest

Authors are asked to declare any competing interests on submission to the journal. Associate editors are also asked to declare any potential conflict of interest when handling a paper, such as authorship by an author in the same institution or other relationships where there may be an appearance of a conflict of interest. These papers are handled by appropriate authority on ethics for the journal, who may seek advice from other members of the editorial committee as necessary. Other parts of the editorial process, which do not involve decisions about publishing the paper are not affected.