Conflicts of interest and financial disclosures

The journal requires all authors to disclose any financial interests or other activities or situations that may result in potential reporting bias in the results or conclusions. This includes any relationship with third parties, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, whose interests may be affected by the content of the manuscript.

The corresponding author is responsible for confirming the presence or absence of conflicts of interest (CoI) among members of the author team and, when applicable, providing detailed information on the CoI and the name of the author to whom it applies. The corresponding author must complete and upload the Conflict of Interest Disclosure form when submitting a manuscript.

Disclosure represents a commitment to transparency and does not necessarily imply research misconduct. If there is uncertainty about whether a relationship/activity/interest constitutes a potential CoI, authors should disclose it. If the manuscript is published, the information provided in this statement will be published in the article.

If any issue related to conflict of interest disclosure is identified, Investigación e Innovación Clínica y Quirúrgica Pediátrica will proceed according to COPE recommendations. For further details, authors, readers, reviewers, and editors may consult COPE resources and flowcharts describing procedures for undeclared conflicts of interest in submitted manuscripts and published articles.