Data sharing policy

IJMMNS supports open science and the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). The journal encourages authors to make the data, code and materials that support their findings as openly available as ethical and legal constraints allow.

Data Availability Statement (mandatory)

Every manuscript must include a "Data Availability Statement" before the References. Examples:

"The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in Zenodo at (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.XXXXXXX)."
"The data are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request."
"The data are not publicly available due to patient privacy restrictions; access may be requested from the corresponding author."
"Data sharing is not applicable to this article, as no new data were created or analysed."

Repositories

Authors are encouraged to deposit data in discipline-specific repositories (for example GenBank, GEO, PDB or ClinVar) or general-purpose ones (for example Zenodo, Figshare, Dryad, OSF or Mendeley Data). Deposited datasets should have a persistent identifier (DOI or accession number) and be cited in the reference list.

Clinical Trials

In line with ICMJE requirements, reports of clinical trials must include a data sharing statement. It must say whether de-identified individual participant data will be shared, what will be shared, when, with whom, and by what mechanism.

Sensitive Data

Data that could identify participants must not be shared publicly. Authors must explain the restrictions and describe how qualified researchers can request access.

Code and Materials

Authors are encouraged to share any software code and research materials needed to reproduce the results.

Data Retention

Authors must retain the raw data for at least five years after publication and provide it to the editors on request. Failure to provide data that supports published results may lead to an investigation under COPE guidelines.