有些杂志是要求提交"Conflict of Interest"的,举个例子来说明这个问题吧。下面的内容节选自Food and Chemical Toxicology Guide for Authors.Conflict of Interest and Source of Funding.A conflict of interest exists when an author or the author's institution has a financial or other relationship with other people or organizations that may inappropriately influence the author's actions. All submissions to Food and Chemical Toxicology must include disclosure of all relationships that could be viewed as presenting a potential conflict of interest. Food and Chemical Toxicology may use such information as a basis for editorial decisions and may publish such disclosures if they are believed to be important to readers in judging the article.Conflict of Interest Statements for Authors.At the end of the text, under a subheading "Conflict of Interest Statement," all authors must disclose any financial, personal, or their relationships with other people or organizations within 3 years of beginning the work submitted that could inappropriately influence the work submitted. Examples of conflicts include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants. If there are no conflicts of interest, authors should state that there are none. Investigators should disclose potential conflicts to participants in clinical trials and other studies and should state in the manuscript whether they have done so. Food and Chemical Toxicology may decide not to publish on the basis of a declared conflict, such as the financial interest of an author in a company (or its competitors) that makes a product discussed in the paper.由上述两段话可见,该期刊需要作者阐明"Conflict of Interest",即其他单位或个人与作者之间可能存在经济、雇佣关系、专利等各方面的利益冲突,作者应当如实说明这些关系,以免日后引起不必要的纠纷,同时也为编辑作出决定提供参考。如果没有这些问题,作者可以说“There are no conflicts of interest”。不过该期刊是要求作者在稿件正文的最后来说明,而你投的杂志要求单独上传,至于具体内容应该是一样的。