Data Archiving Permissions
Policies supporting research reproducibility and data preservation in pathology.
Supporting Open Diagnostic Science
JCDP encourages transparent data practices that enable verification and replication of pathology research findings. These policies outline author permissions and responsibilities for research data management.
Authors are strongly encouraged to make research data underlying their published findings available in appropriate repositories. Data availability supports reproducibility and enables secondary analyses that advance diagnostic science. JCDP requires Data Availability Statements in all published articles.
Public Repositories
Deposit datasets in discipline-appropriate repositories such as Figshare, Dryad, or Zenodo with persistent identifiers.
Supplementary Files
Extended datasets can be published as supplementary materials with permanent links and DOIs.
Upon Request
When full sharing is not possible, data may be available upon reasonable request to corresponding authors.
Protected Information: When data cannot be fully shared due to patient privacy regulations, HIPAA requirements, or institutional policies, authors should explain limitations clearly in the Data Availability Statement. Anonymized or aggregated data may often be shareable even when individual records cannot be released.
Whole slide images and photomicrographs can be deposited in imaging repositories when appropriate consents exist. Authors should ensure identifying patient information is removed from all image metadata before sharing. Digital pathology archives support secondary research and educational use of diagnostic images.
Sequence data from molecular pathology studies should be deposited in appropriate archives such as GenBank, European Nucleotide Archive, or NCBI databases. Provide accession numbers in the manuscript. Follow MIAME guidelines for microarray data and minimum reporting standards for genomic studies.
Authors are encouraged to deposit analysis code in repositories such as GitHub or Zenodo with appropriate versioning and documentation. Persistent identifiers for code repositories can be cited in manuscripts, enabling reproducibility and appropriate credit for computational methods development in pathology research.
Authors retain ownership of their research data. JCDP policies encourage but do not require data sharing beyond what is needed to support article claims. Authors determine appropriate access restrictions based on ethical obligations, funder requirements, and institutional policies governing their research data.
Extended datasets, additional figures, detailed methodological protocols, and multimedia files can be submitted as supplementary materials. These undergo peer review alongside the main manuscript and are published online with permanent links and DOIs for citation.
When data cannot be fully shared due to protected species location information, proprietary agreements, or other valid restrictions, authors should explain limitations in their Data Availability Statement. Metadata and aggregated data may be shareable even when raw data cannot be released.
