{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7204473207","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-026-06441-2","title":"Editorial Conflicts of Interest in Elite Peer Review","display_name":"Editorial Conflicts of Interest in Elite Peer Review","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-08-27","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7204473207","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-026-06441-2"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s10551-026-06441-2","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-026-06441-2","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-026-06441-2","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10551-026-06441-2.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S76633192","display_name":"Journal of Business Ethics","issn_l":"0167-4544","issn":["0167-4544","1573-0697"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-1","jufo-2","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Business Ethics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"editorial","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10551-026-06441-2.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5044590951","display_name":"Vitali Mindel","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4829-8865","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4829-8865"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177097968","display_name":"University of Tennessee at Chattanooga","ror":"https://ror.org/00nqb1v70","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177097968"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Vitali Mindel","raw_affiliation_strings":["Data Analytics Department, Rollins College of Business, University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Chattanooga, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Data Analytics Department, Rollins College of Business, University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Chattanooga, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177097968"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5026073769","display_name":"Raffaele Ciriello","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5073-6310","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5073-6310"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I129604602","display_name":"The University of Sydney","ror":"https://ror.org/0384j8v12","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I129604602"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Raffaele F. Ciriello","raw_affiliation_strings":["Business Information Systems, Business School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5073-6310","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Business Information Systems, Business School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I129604602"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5026073769"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I129604602"],"apc_list":{"value":3790,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3790},"apc_paid":{"value":3790,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3790},"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":7,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13516","display_name":"Publishing and Scholarly Communication","score":0.8003000020980835,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3309","display_name":"Library and Information Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13516","display_name":"Publishing and Scholarly Communication","score":0.8003000020980835,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3309","display_name":"Library and Information Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11649","display_name":"Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare","score":0.09390000253915787,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2910","display_name":"Issues, ethics and legal aspects"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/29","display_name":"Nursing"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11492","display_name":"Academic integrity and plagiarism","score":0.06019999831914902,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/conflict-of-interest","display_name":"conflicts of interest","score":0.9200000166893005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/peer-review","display_name":"peer review","score":0.8040000200271606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/editorial-integrity","display_name":"editorial integrity","score":0.7129999995231628},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scholarly-publishing","display_name":"scholarly publishing","score":0.4320000112056732},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/author-editor-relationship","display_name":"author-editor relationship","score":0.746999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/editorial-networks","display_name":"editorial networks","score":0.414000004529953},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/collective-action-problems","display_name":"collective action problems","score":0.6570000052452087},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/editorial-governance","display_name":"editorial governance","score":0.6129999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/recusal","display_name":"judicial recusal","score":0.7680000066757202},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transparency","display_name":"transparency","score":0.4699999988079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/accountability","display_name":"accountability","score":0.3400000035762787},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/gender-and-publishing","display_name":"gender and publishing","score":0.39899998903274536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/institutional-design","display_name":"institutional design","score":0.328000009059906}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775987171","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192797","display_name":"Elite","level":3,"score":0.7123000025749207},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46295352","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207982","display_name":"Legitimacy","level":3,"score":0.603600025177002},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776007630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2798912","display_name":"Accountability","level":2,"score":0.5771999955177307},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.5479000210762024},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39389867","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380767","display_name":"Corporate governance","level":2,"score":0.5257999897003174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777276634","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q211067","display_name":"Conflict of interest","level":2,"score":0.429500013589859},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199521495","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181487","display_name":"Audit","level":2,"score":0.40400001406669617},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776743756","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5097921","display_name":"Safeguarding","level":2,"score":0.4023999869823456},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.3752000033855438},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138368954","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215028","display_name":"Peer review","level":2,"score":0.337799996137619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151719136","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3972943","display_name":"Publishing","level":2,"score":0.33469998836517334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777632292","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315515","display_name":"Discretion","level":2,"score":0.3303999900817871},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778971194","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1664551","display_name":"Insider","level":2,"score":0.32429999113082886},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119232533","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q873451","display_name":"Business ethics","level":2,"score":0.31850001215934753},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190253527","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295354","display_name":"Law and economics","level":1,"score":0.31049999594688416},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.3075999915599823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121955636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4116214","display_name":"Accounting","level":1,"score":0.29490000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C555826173","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7174","display_name":"Democracy","level":3,"score":0.2851000130176544},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779010840","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131569","display_name":"Treaty","level":2,"score":0.2808000147342682},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779602731","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30067981","display_name":"Misrepresentation","level":2,"score":0.2768999934196472},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780224610","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1530061","display_name":"Credibility","level":2,"score":0.2718999981880188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776034101","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1509347","display_name":"Commission","level":2,"score":0.27160000801086426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.2687000036239624},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778091340","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15749950","display_name":"Quality of Life Research","level":3,"score":0.2581000030040741},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3116431","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31728","display_name":"Public administration","level":1,"score":0.2572999894618988}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1007/s10551-026-06441-2","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-026-06441-2","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-026-06441-2","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10551-026-06441-2.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S76633192","display_name":"Journal of Business Ethics","issn_l":"0167-4544","issn":["0167-4544","1573-0697"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-1","jufo-2","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Business Ethics","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"doi:10.2139/ssrn.5315585","doi":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5315585","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5315585","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210172589","display_name":"SSRN Electronic Journal","issn_l":"1556-5068","issn":["1556-5068"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1318003438","host_organization_name":"RELX Group (Netherlands)","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1318003438"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"posted-content"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s10551-026-06441-2","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-026-06441-2","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-026-06441-2","pdf_url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10551-026-06441-2.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S76633192","display_name":"Journal of Business Ethics","issn_l":"0167-4544","issn":["0167-4544","1573-0697"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-1","jufo-2","norway-2","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319900","host_organization_name":"Springer Science+Business Media","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319900","https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Science+Business Media","Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Business Ethics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.7297000288963318,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320966","display_name":"University of Sydney","ror":"https://ror.org/0384j8v12"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204473207.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7204473207.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":78,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1485581402","https://openalex.org/W1550610808","https://openalex.org/W1655306493","https://openalex.org/W1676999057","https://openalex.org/W1843916562","https://openalex.org/W1910832905","https://openalex.org/W1968252962","https://openalex.org/W1969883411","https://openalex.org/W1982061847","https://openalex.org/W2005950835","https://openalex.org/W2016025614","https://openalex.org/W2016300030","https://openalex.org/W2021840847","https://openalex.org/W2023713540","https://openalex.org/W2024394899","https://openalex.org/W2028631180","https://openalex.org/W2030552375","https://openalex.org/W2033669038","https://openalex.org/W2035104656","https://openalex.org/W2036578008","https://openalex.org/W2041347735","https://openalex.org/W2052336184","https://openalex.org/W2064719882","https://openalex.org/W2071888314","https://openalex.org/W2072688741","https://openalex.org/W2081227670","https://openalex.org/W2097110982","https://openalex.org/W2104430324","https://openalex.org/W2131681506","https://openalex.org/W2135547856","https://openalex.org/W2147477796","https://openalex.org/W2147553882","https://openalex.org/W2148606255","https://openalex.org/W2150301459","https://openalex.org/W2151676008","https://openalex.org/W2151936673","https://openalex.org/W2169595925","https://openalex.org/W2183407514","https://openalex.org/W2193631239","https://openalex.org/W2226396244","https://openalex.org/W2511869857","https://openalex.org/W2592865550","https://openalex.org/W2768281947","https://openalex.org/W2792916474","https://openalex.org/W2805847149","https://openalex.org/W2806595137","https://openalex.org/W2886664625","https://openalex.org/W2899278722","https://openalex.org/W2924511054","https://openalex.org/W2938221840","https://openalex.org/W2938245609","https://openalex.org/W3018654230","https://openalex.org/W3088688336","https://openalex.org/W3118857280","https://openalex.org/W3120430951","https://openalex.org/W3122797419","https://openalex.org/W3124982262","https://openalex.org/W3142677697","https://openalex.org/W3143561996","https://openalex.org/W3214193544","https://openalex.org/W4230014774","https://openalex.org/W4233654598","https://openalex.org/W4237327899","https://openalex.org/W4241486148","https://openalex.org/W4247920539","https://openalex.org/W4292887282","https://openalex.org/W4297399620","https://openalex.org/W4390405373","https://openalex.org/W4396826954","https://openalex.org/W4403541740","https://openalex.org/W4404134303","https://openalex.org/W4405212413","https://openalex.org/W4407162535","https://openalex.org/W4407965815","https://openalex.org/W4412934489","https://openalex.org/W4416268675","https://openalex.org/W7084079375","https://openalex.org/W7138877912"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4411597720","https://openalex.org/W2941337565","https://openalex.org/W4200461328","https://openalex.org/W7221516975","https://openalex.org/W2121917951","https://openalex.org/W4307382751","https://openalex.org/W3127433674","https://openalex.org/W7169559920","https://openalex.org/W3043929364","https://openalex.org/W2964143002"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"The":[1],"legitimacy":[2,178],"of":[3,16,54,63,93,110,160],"academic":[4],"publishing":[5],"depends":[6],"on":[7],"justified":[8],"confidence":[9],"in":[10,42,120,165,168],"editorial":[11,155,184],"integrity,":[12],"yet":[13],"the":[14,147],"governance":[15,180],"elite":[17,91,149],"journals":[18,48],"often":[19],"lacks":[20],"accountability":[21],"commensurate":[22],"with":[23,78],"its":[24],"career-":[25],"and":[26,40,49,71,89,102,118,171,189,193],"field-shaping":[27],"consequences.":[28],"We":[29],"audit":[30],"946":[31],"author\u2013editor":[32],"relationships":[33],"across":[34],"788":[35],"articles":[36],"published":[37],"between":[38],"2010":[39],"2024":[41],"two":[43],"Financial":[44],"Times":[45],"50":[46],"(FT50)":[47],"find":[50],"widespread,":[51],"patterned":[52],"conflicts":[53],"interest":[55],"(COI).":[56],"Applying":[57],"a":[58,72,86,161],"conservative":[59],"reasonable-observer":[60],"standard,":[61],"49.7%":[62],"links":[64],"involve":[65],"at":[66],"least":[67],"one":[68],"definitive":[69],"COI":[70,142],"further":[73],"11.6%":[74],"are":[75,157],"possibly":[76],"conflicted,":[77],"prevalence":[79],"increasing":[80],"over":[81],"time.":[82],"COIs":[83,156],"cluster":[84],"within":[85,126],"small,":[87],"dense,":[88],"homogeneous":[90],"cohort":[92],"54":[94],"highly":[95],"prolific":[96],"scholars,":[97],"predominantly":[98],"North":[99],"American":[100],"(90%)":[101],"male":[103],"(94.5%),":[104],"who":[105],"account":[106],"for":[107],"roughly":[108],"half":[109],"all":[111],"publications.":[112],"Reciprocal":[113],"handling":[114],"is":[115],"most":[116],"prevalent":[117],"embedded":[119],"hierarchical":[121],"network":[122],"structures,":[123],"while":[124],"editors":[125],"these":[127],"networks":[128],"exhibit":[129],"disproportionate":[130],"publication":[131],"gains":[132],"during":[133],"service.":[134],"A":[135],"comparable":[136],"non-FT50":[137],"journal":[138],"shows":[139],"substantially":[140],"lower":[141],"rates,":[143],"largely":[144],"attributable":[145],"to":[146],"same":[148],"cohort.":[150],"These":[151],"findings":[152],"indicate":[153],"that":[154,182],"systemic":[158],"expressions":[159],"collective-action":[162],"problem":[163],"rooted":[164],"institutional":[166],"design,":[167],"which":[169],"discretion":[170],"opacity":[172],"enable":[173,190],"recurrent":[174],"insider":[175],"advantage.":[176],"Safeguarding":[177],"requires":[179],"reforms":[181],"render":[183],"decisions":[185],"transparent,":[186],"enforce":[187],"recusal,":[188],"systematic":[191],"monitoring":[192],"accountability.":[194]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2026-08-28T00:00:00"}