Table 1 Summary and financial associations of 1611 editorial board members
From: Financial relationships of editorial board members of cardiothoracic surgery journals
| Â | Number of editorial board members (%) | US dollars ($), median [IQR]/mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|
Characteristics of editorial board members (n = 1611) | ||
• Editorial board member reviewing one cardiothoracic journal | 1,262 (78.3) |  |
• Editorial board member reviewing 2 or more cardiothoracic journals | 349 (21.7) |  |
Open Payment profile status of editorial board members (n = 1,611) | ||
• Physician editorial board member with US affiliation and Open Payment profile | 516 (32.0) |  |
• Physician editorial board member with US affiliation without Open Payment profile | 79 (4.9) |  |
• Physician editorial board member with non-US affiliation without Open Payment profile | 979 (60.8) |  |
• Nonphysician editorial board member without Open Payment profile | 37 (2.3) |  |
Editorial board members with Open Payments profiles receiving industry payments between 2018 and 2020 (n = 516) | ||
Editorial board members receiving general payments, industry research funding, or ownership/investment interest | 458 (88.8) | 8,420.53 [1,075.86–56,548.00]a,b |
Editorial board members receiving general payments | 452 (87.6) | 38,91.37 [444.98–17,597.39] |
Classification of general payment | ||
• Consulting | 180 (34.9) |  |
• Education | 82 (15.9) |  |
• Food and beverage | 412 (79.8) |  |
• Grant | 11 (2.1) |  |
• Honoraria | 66 (12.3) |  |
• Royalty/license | 12 (2.3) |  |
• Traveling and lodging | 275 (53.3) |  |
• Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for continuing education program | 33 (6.4) |  |
• Compensation for services other than consultingc | 112 (21.7) |  |
Editorial board members receiving industry research funding | 164 (31.8) | 44,956.00 [8,996.89–174,132.29] |
Editorial board members with ownership/investment interest | 7 (1.4) | 409,055.52 [81,213.70–700,231.02] |