Contemporary Review of Political Thought requires authors, editors, reviewers, editorial board members, and all parties involved in the publication process to disclose any actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest that may influence, or appear to influence, the submission, review, editorial decision, or publication of a manuscript.

《当代政治思想评论》要求作者、编辑、审稿人、编委会成员以及参与出版流程的各方披露任何可能影响或被认为可能影响稿件提交、评审、编辑决定或出版过程的实际、潜在或表面利益冲突。

Definition of Conflict of Interest｜利益冲突定义

A conflict of interest exists when personal, financial, institutional, academic, political, professional, competitive, or other relationships may compromise, or reasonably be perceived to compromise, the objectivity, independence, fairness, or integrity of the publication process.

当个人、财务、机构、学术、政治、职业、竞争性或其他关系可能损害，或被合理认为可能损害出版流程的客观性、独立性、公正性或诚信时，即构成利益冲突。

The existence of a conflict of interest does not necessarily imply misconduct. However, undisclosed conflicts of interest may undermine trust in the research, peer-review process, editorial decision-making, and published record.

存在利益冲突并不必然意味着学术不端。但是，未披露的利益冲突可能损害研究、同行评审、编辑决定与出版记录的可信度。

Types of Conflicts of Interest｜利益冲突类型

Conflicts of interest may include, but are not limited to:

利益冲突包括但不限于以下类型：

• Financial relationships, including grants, honoraria, consulting fees, employment, paid advisory roles, stock ownership, or other financial benefits｜财务关系，包括基金资助、酬金、咨询费、雇佣关系、有偿顾问职务、股权或其他财务利益
• Institutional relationships, including current or recent affiliation with the same institution, department, research center, or project｜机构关系，包括当前或近期隶属于同一机构、院系、研究中心或项目
• Academic relationships, including supervision, mentorship, recent collaboration, co-authorship, examination, or research partnership｜学术关系，包括指导、导师关系、近期合作、共同署名、考试评审或研究合作
• Personal relationships, including family, close friendship, personal hostility, or other close interpersonal relationships｜个人关系，包括家庭关系、密切友谊、个人敌意或其他密切人际关系
• Professional relationships, including employment, consultancy, leadership roles, organizational membership, or service in the same academic body｜职业关系，包括雇佣、咨询、领导职务、组织成员身份或在同一学术机构任职
• Competitive relationships, including direct academic competition, disputes, rivalry, or competing claims over data, ideas, interpretation, or priority｜竞争关系，包括直接学术竞争、争议、竞争性关系，或围绕数据、观点、阐释或成果优先权的竞争性主张
• Political, ideological, or advocacy commitments that may affect impartial judgment｜可能影响公正判断的政治、意识形态或倡议性立场
• Personal benefit or reputational gain related to the acceptance, rejection, delay, or promotion of a manuscript｜与稿件接受、拒绝、延迟或推广相关的个人利益或声誉收益

Author Responsibilities｜作者责任

Authors must disclose any actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest at the time of submission. Disclosure should include any relationship or circumstance that could reasonably be viewed as influencing the research, analysis, interpretation, writing, or publication of the manuscript.

作者必须在投稿时披露任何实际、潜在或表面利益冲突。披露内容应包括任何可能被合理认为影响研究、分析、解释、写作或出版过程的关系或情形。

Authors should provide a conflict of interest statement in the manuscript or in the submission system. If no conflict of interest exists, authors should explicitly state that they have no conflicts of interest to declare.

作者应在稿件或投稿系统中提供利益冲突声明。如不存在利益冲突，作者应明确声明无利益冲突需要披露。

Suggested Author Statement｜作者声明示例

Authors may use one of the following statements where applicable:

作者可根据实际情况使用以下声明：

No conflict of interest: The author(s) declare that they have no financial, personal, institutional, academic, or professional conflicts of interest related to this manuscript.

无利益冲突：作者声明，与本稿件相关不存在任何财务、个人、机构、学术或职业利益冲突。

Conflict of interest disclosed: The author(s) declare the following potential conflict(s) of interest: [provide details of the relationship, role, funding, affiliation, or circumstance].

存在利益冲突披露：作者声明存在以下潜在利益冲突：[说明相关关系、职务、资助、机构关联或具体情形]。

Funding and Sponsorship｜基金资助与赞助

Authors must disclose all sources of funding, sponsorship, institutional support, or financial assistance related to the research or publication of the manuscript.

作者必须披露与研究或出版相关的所有基金资助、赞助、机构支持或财务援助来源。

Authors should also state whether the funder or sponsor had any role in research design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, manuscript preparation, or publication decision.

作者还应说明资助方或赞助方是否参与研究设计、数据收集、分析、解释、稿件撰写或出版决定。

If the research received no external funding, authors should state that no funding was received.

如研究未获得外部资助，作者应声明未获得基金资助。

Editor Responsibilities｜编辑责任

Editors must disclose any conflict of interest that may affect their ability to handle a manuscript fairly and independently. Editors should not manage submissions where they have a financial, personal, institutional, academic, supervisory, collaborative, competitive, or other relevant conflict with the authors or the subject matter.

编辑必须披露任何可能影响其公正、独立处理稿件能力的利益冲突。如编辑与作者或稿件主题之间存在财务、个人、机构、学术、指导、合作、竞争或其他相关利益冲突，不应负责处理该稿件。

If a conflict of interest is identified, the manuscript should be reassigned to another editor or handled through an alternative editorial arrangement to ensure impartial evaluation.

如发现利益冲突，稿件应交由其他编辑处理，或通过替代性编辑安排确保评估过程的公正性。

Reviewer Responsibilities｜审稿人责任

Reviewers must disclose any actual, potential, or perceived conflict of interest before accepting a review invitation. If a conflict exists, reviewers should decline the invitation or inform the editorial office immediately.

审稿人在接受评审邀请前，必须披露任何实际、潜在或表面利益冲突。如存在利益冲突，审稿人应拒绝评审邀请，或立即告知编辑部。

Reviewers should not evaluate manuscripts where they have a recent collaboration, close personal relationship, direct academic competition, supervisory relationship, institutional connection, financial interest, or other relationship that may affect impartial judgment.

如审稿人与作者存在近期合作、密切个人关系、直接学术竞争、指导关系、机构关联、财务利益或其他可能影响公正判断的关系，不应评审相关稿件。

Reviewers must not use unpublished materials obtained through peer review for personal, professional, academic, financial, or competitive advantage.

审稿人不得将通过同行评审获得的未发表材料用于个人、职业、学术、财务或竞争性利益。

Editorial Board Members｜编委会成员

Editorial board members are expected to follow the same conflict of interest standards as editors and reviewers. When editorial board members submit manuscripts to the journal, their submissions must be handled through an independent editorial process.

编委会成员应遵守与编辑和审稿人相同的利益冲突标准。如编委会成员向本刊投稿，其稿件必须通过独立编辑流程处理。

Editorial board membership does not guarantee acceptance, preferential treatment, accelerated review, or exemption from peer review where peer review is required.

编委会成员身份并不意味着稿件必然被录用、获得优先处理、加速评审，或在需要同行评审的情况下免于同行评审。

Publisher Responsibilities｜出版商责任

The publisher supports editorial independence and does not interfere with editorial decisions based on academic assessment, peer review, ethical compliance, and journal policy.

出版商支持编辑独立性，不干预基于学术评估、同行评审、伦理合规与期刊政策作出的编辑决定。

Any commercial, institutional, or operational interest of the publisher must not influence peer review, acceptance, rejection, correction, retraction, or publication priority.

出版商的任何商业、机构或运营利益均不得影响同行评审、录用、拒稿、更正、撤稿或出版优先顺序。

APC and Editorial Decisions｜文章处理费与编辑决定

Payment of an Article Processing Charge does not influence editorial decisions, peer-review outcomes, acceptance decisions, rejection decisions, or publication priority.

文章处理费的支付不影响编辑决定、同行评审结果、录用决定、拒稿决定或出版优先顺序。

Authors are not required to pay any Article Processing Charge before formal acceptance. Editorial evaluation must be completed independently of payment status.

作者在稿件正式录用前无需支付文章处理费。编辑评估必须独立于付款状态完成。

Handling Undisclosed Conflicts｜未披露利益冲突的处理

If an undisclosed conflict of interest is identified before publication, the editorial office may request clarification, require a revised disclosure statement, reassign editors or reviewers, repeat parts of the review process, delay publication, or reject the manuscript.

如在出版前发现未披露的利益冲突，编辑部可要求作者说明、提交修订后的披露声明、更换编辑或审稿人、重复部分评审流程、延迟出版或退稿。

If an undisclosed conflict of interest is identified after publication, the journal may issue a correction, disclosure notice, expression of concern, retraction, or other appropriate publication notice depending on the seriousness of the case.

如在出版后发现未披露的利益冲突，本刊可根据问题严重程度发布更正、披露说明、关注声明、撤稿声明或其他适当出版通知。

Managing Conflicts During Review｜评审过程中的利益冲突管理

When a conflict of interest is reported or suspected during peer review, the editorial office will assess whether the conflict affects the integrity or impartiality of the review process.

当同行评审过程中出现或疑似存在利益冲突时，编辑部将评估该利益冲突是否影响评审流程的诚信性或公正性。

The editorial office may remove a reviewer, invite additional reviewers, exclude compromised reports, reassign the manuscript to another editor, or take other measures necessary to protect the integrity of the review process.

编辑部可移除相关审稿人、邀请额外审稿人、排除受影响的评审意见、将稿件转交其他编辑，或采取其他必要措施以保护评审流程的完整性。

Disclosure in Published Articles｜已发表文章中的披露

Conflict of interest statements may be published with accepted articles where appropriate. The journal may require authors to revise or clarify disclosures before publication.

如适用，利益冲突声明可随录用文章一并发表。本刊可要求作者在出版前修改或澄清相关披露内容。

A conflict of interest disclosure does not necessarily prevent publication, provided that the conflict is transparent and does not compromise the integrity of the work or the editorial process.

利益冲突披露本身并不必然阻止文章发表，只要相关冲突已经透明披露，且未损害作品或编辑流程的诚信性。

Confidentiality｜保密原则

Information disclosed during conflict of interest assessment will be handled with appropriate confidentiality. Such information will be used only for editorial, ethical, or publication integrity purposes unless disclosure is required by law or formal investigation.

在利益冲突评估过程中披露的信息将受到适当保密处理。除法律要求或正式调查需要外，相关信息仅用于编辑、伦理或出版诚信目的。

Appeals and Complaints｜申诉与投诉

Authors, reviewers, readers, editors, or other parties may raise concerns about undisclosed or improperly managed conflicts of interest. Concerns should be submitted to the editorial office with clear details and supporting evidence where available.

作者、审稿人、读者、编辑或其他相关方可就未披露或处理不当的利益冲突提出意见。相关问题应提交至编辑部，并尽可能提供清楚细节与支持证据。

The editorial office will review such concerns in a fair and responsible manner and may take appropriate action where necessary.

编辑部将以公正、负责的方式审查相关问题，并在必要时采取适当措施。

Final Responsibility｜最终责任

All parties involved in the publication process are responsible for disclosing relevant conflicts of interest honestly and promptly. The editorial office reserves the right to take appropriate action when conflicts of interest are not disclosed, are misleadingly disclosed, or are found to compromise the integrity of the publication process.

参与出版流程的各方均有责任诚实、及时地披露相关利益冲突。如利益冲突未被披露、披露具有误导性，或被发现损害出版流程诚信，编辑部保留采取适当措施的权利。

Policy Updates｜政策更新

The journal may update this Conflict of Interest Policy when necessary to reflect changes in editorial practice, publication ethics standards, legal requirements, or research integrity expectations.

本刊可根据编辑实践、出版伦理标准、法律要求或研究诚信要求的变化，对本利益冲突政策进行必要更新。