Introduction

Medical Channel Journal (MCJ) supports the principles of research transparency, reproducibility, and scientific integrity by encouraging authors to share the data underlying their published research. Data sharing enhances the credibility of scientific findings, facilitates independent verification, and promotes further research and collaboration. The journal encourages data sharing in accordance with ethical, legal, and institutional requirements.

Author Responsibilities

Authors are encouraged to:

• Make the data supporting their published findings available whenever possible.

• Deposit datasets in recognized institutional, disciplinary, or public data repositories.

• Include a Data Availability Statement within the manuscript indicating where and how the data can be accessed.

• Ensure that shared data are accurate, complete, and sufficiently documented to enable verification and reuse.

• Protect confidential, proprietary, or personally identifiable information before sharing research data.

Data Availability Statement

Authors should include one of the following statements, as appropriate:

• The data supporting the findings of this study are publicly available in a recognized repository.

• The data are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

• Data cannot be shared due to ethical, legal, privacy, or confidentiality restrictions.

Editorial Policy

The Editorial Office may request access to the underlying research data during the peer-review or editorial process to verify the validity of the reported results. Failure to provide supporting data, when reasonably requested, may affect the editorial evaluation of the manuscript.

Policy Commitment

Medical Channel Journal encourages responsible data sharing to improve research transparency, reproducibility, and long-term scientific value. While recognizing that certain legal, ethical, or confidentiality restrictions may apply, the journal strongly supports the sharing of research data whenever feasible to advance scientific knowledge and promote open research practices.