TY - JOUR
T1 - Accuracy of Financial Disclosures in Radiology Journals
AU - Futela, Dheeman
AU - Khunte, Mihir
AU - Bajaj, Suryansh
AU - Payabvash, Seyedmehdi
AU - Gandhi, Dheeraj
AU - Wintermark, Max
AU - Malhotra, Ajay
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 American College of Radiology
PY - 2024/9
Y1 - 2024/9
N2 - Purpose: The accuracy and completeness of self-disclosures of the value of industry payments by authors publishing in radiology journals are not well known. The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of financial disclosures by US authors in five prominent radiology journals. Methods: Financial disclosures provided by US-based authors in five prominent radiology journals from original research and review articles published in 2021 were reviewed. For each author, payment reports were extracted from the Open Payments Database (OPD) in the previous 36 months related to general, research, and ownership payments. Each author was analyzed individually to determine if the reported disclosures matched results from the OPD. Results: A total of 4,076 authorships, including 3,406 unique authors, were selected from 643 articles across the five journals; 1,388 (1,032 unique authors) received industry payments within the previous 36 months, with a median total amount received per authorship of $6,650 (interquartile range, $355-$87,725). Sixty-one authors (4.4%) disclosed all industry relationships, 205 (14.8%) disclosed some of the OPD-reported relationships, and 1,122 (80.8%) failed to disclose any relationships. Undisclosed payments totaled $186,578,350, representing 67.2% of all payments. Radiology had the highest proportion of authorships disclosing some or all OPD-reported relationships (32.3%), compared with the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (18.2%), the American Journal of Neuroradiology (17.3%), JACR (13.1%), and the American Journal of Roentgenology (10.3%). Conclusions: Financial relationships with industry are common among US physician authors in prominent radiology journals, and nondisclosure rates are high.
AB - Purpose: The accuracy and completeness of self-disclosures of the value of industry payments by authors publishing in radiology journals are not well known. The aim of this study was to assess the accuracy of financial disclosures by US authors in five prominent radiology journals. Methods: Financial disclosures provided by US-based authors in five prominent radiology journals from original research and review articles published in 2021 were reviewed. For each author, payment reports were extracted from the Open Payments Database (OPD) in the previous 36 months related to general, research, and ownership payments. Each author was analyzed individually to determine if the reported disclosures matched results from the OPD. Results: A total of 4,076 authorships, including 3,406 unique authors, were selected from 643 articles across the five journals; 1,388 (1,032 unique authors) received industry payments within the previous 36 months, with a median total amount received per authorship of $6,650 (interquartile range, $355-$87,725). Sixty-one authors (4.4%) disclosed all industry relationships, 205 (14.8%) disclosed some of the OPD-reported relationships, and 1,122 (80.8%) failed to disclose any relationships. Undisclosed payments totaled $186,578,350, representing 67.2% of all payments. Radiology had the highest proportion of authorships disclosing some or all OPD-reported relationships (32.3%), compared with the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (18.2%), the American Journal of Neuroradiology (17.3%), JACR (13.1%), and the American Journal of Roentgenology (10.3%). Conclusions: Financial relationships with industry are common among US physician authors in prominent radiology journals, and nondisclosure rates are high.
KW - Industry
KW - open payments
KW - radiology journals
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jacr.2024.01.027
DO - 10.1016/j.jacr.2024.01.027
M3 - Article
C2 - 38527639
AN - SCOPUS:85192100727
SN - 1546-1440
VL - 21
SP - 1527
EP - 1533
JO - Journal of the American College of Radiology
JF - Journal of the American College of Radiology
IS - 9
ER -