Results
Of the 82 eligible US physician editors, 61 (74.4%) and 45 (54.9%)
received non-research payments from the healthcare industry for the
periods 2014-2022 and 2020-2022, respectively. Meanwhile, 22.4% and
40.3% received direct research payments and associated research funding
over the nine years. The total payment amounts to the editors were
$3,996,131 in non-research payments, $933,813 in direct research
payments, and $39,394,410 in associated research funding. The majority
of US physician editors received non-research payments between 2020 and
2022 in the Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Clinical Infections
Diseases, Journal of Travel Medicine, and Journal of Infectious
Diseases. Only two journals had conflicts of interest policies for their
journal editors available on the journal webpage. Additionally, none of
the journals disclosed the editors’ conflicts of interest.