id: conflict-of-interest-disclosure
name: Material conflicts of interest disclosed near abstract
description: >
  Any material relationship between the author and tools, products, or organizations
  central to the paper's claims must be disclosed in a dedicated section near the
  abstract ΓÇö not buried in a single sentence mid-paper. The disclosure must state:
  (a) the nature of the relationship; (b) which claims depend on the conflicted
  tool/product and which are independent of it; (c) what a conflict-free replication
  would require. A single sentence of disclosure in §6 is insufficient when the
  conflicted tool is used in all case studies and all experiments. Pass: dedicated
  COI section present, relationship fully characterized, tool-dependent vs
  tool-independent claims distinguished. Fail: COI buried in body text, or not
  present at all.
property: Auditable
tags: [academic-paper]
phase: staging
trigger: pr
blocking: true
check:
  type: manual