noun phrase · academic
conflict of interest
UK/ˌkɒnflɪkt əv ˈɪntrəst/US/ˌkɑnflɪkt əv ˈɪntrəst/CON·flict of IN·terest
a situation in which personal or financial interests could unduly influence professional judgement or research
Examples
“The author declared a potential conflict of interest related to industry funding.”
“Journals require disclosure of conflicts of interest for transparency.”
“Undisclosed conflicts of interest can undermine public trust in research.”
Band 8 sentence
“All authors were required to declare any potential conflict of interest before the paper was accepted.”
Collocations
- declare a conflict of interest
- potential conflict of interest
- undisclosed conflict of interest
Word family
Common mistakes
interest conflict→conflict of interest
declare my interest→declare a conflict of interest
Say it for a higher band
5personal interest→6competing interest→7+conflict of interest
Synonyms
competing interest
Easily confused
competing interest
“Authors must disclose any competing interest when submitting the manuscript.”
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