Data Archiving Permissions
IJCM supports open science through comprehensive data sharing and archiving policies for clinical microbiology research.
Ensuring Research Reproducibility
The International Journal of Clinical Microbiology encourages data sharing to enhance reproducibility and accelerate scientific progress in diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease research.
Our data policies balance transparency with appropriate protections for patient privacy and proprietary laboratory methods in clinical settings.
IJCM encourages authors to share underlying research data whenever feasible and ethically appropriate. For clinical microbiology studies, this includes sequence data, antimicrobial susceptibility results, and analytical datasets that support published findings while protecting patient confidentiality and institutional proprietary information.
Sequence Data
Nucleotide sequences should be deposited in public repositories such as GenBank or EMBL-EBI prior to publication. Accession numbers must be included in published manuscripts for clinical microbiology genomic studies.
Research Datasets
Authors are encouraged to deposit supplementary datasets in appropriate repositories such as Figshare, Dryad, or institutional archives with appropriate metadata for clinical laboratory research.
Patient Privacy
Clinical data must be appropriately de-identified following HIPAA or equivalent standards. Patient privacy protections take precedence over data sharing requirements in all clinical microbiology publications.
IJCM's open access model grants authors comprehensive self-archiving rights for clinical microbiology publications. Authors retain the right to deposit published articles in institutional repositories, subject repositories, and personal websites without embargo periods.
- Preprints may be posted to preprint servers before or during review without affecting submission eligibility
- Accepted manuscripts may be deposited immediately upon publication in institutional repositories
- Published version of record may be shared openly with appropriate attribution to IJCM
- Funder-mandated deposit requirements are fully supported for clinical microbiology research grants
- Green open access rights facilitate compliance with institutional and governmental policies
Repository guidance: Authors should ensure archived versions include appropriate links to the published IJCM article and correct citation format. Contact our editorial office for questions regarding specific repository requirements or deposition procedures.
IJCM maintains digital preservation partnerships ensuring permanent accessibility of published clinical microbiology research. Articles are archived in multiple redundant systems to guarantee long-term availability regardless of future platform changes or technology evolution.
This preservation commitment protects the investment authors make in publishing with IJCM. Your clinical microbiology research will remain accessible for future generations of laboratory scientists, infectious disease specialists, and public health researchers worldwide.
Our editorial team assists authors in meeting funder and institutional data archiving requirements. Many clinical microbiology research grants now mandate open data sharing, and IJCM policies are designed to facilitate compliance with these requirements while respecting legitimate privacy and proprietary concerns.
Questions About Data Sharing?
Contact our editorial team for guidance on data archiving policies for your clinical microbiology research.
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