Data Sharing Policy

As of 1 January 2019, a data sharing statement is required for the registration of clinical trials. Authors are required to provide a data sharing statement for articles that report the results of a clinical trial. The data sharing statement should indicate the items below according to the ICMJE data sharing policy:

• Whether individual deidentified participant data will be shared

• What data in particular will be made available

• Whether additional, related documents will also be provided

• When the data will become accessible and for how long it will remain available

• The criteria for accessing the data, including who will have access, the purpose of the analysis, and the mechanism for obtaining the data

 Authors are recommended to check the ICMJE data sharing examples at

http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/publishing-and-editorial-issues/clinical-trial-registration.html  

While submitting a clinical trial to Turkish Journal of Vascular Surgery,

• Authors are required to make registration to a publicly accessible registry according to ICMJE recommendations and the instructions above.

• The name of the registry and the registration number should be provided in the Title Page during the initial submission.

• Data sharing statement should also be stated in the Title Page even if the authors do not plan to share it. 

 Clinical trial and data sharing policy of the journal will be valid for the articles submitted from April 2023.