Data Archiving and Permissions
Comprehensive policies ensuring long-term preservation, accessibility, and appropriate reuse of nephrology research data and published content.
Preserving Kidney Research Knowledge
The Journal of Nephrology Advances maintains robust data archiving and permissions policies supporting research integrity, reproducibility, and long-term accessibility of published nephrology research. Our practices ensure published kidney research remains available for future generations while protecting author rights and enabling appropriate data sharing to advance kidney medicine and improve patient outcomes globally.
Published articles are preserved across multiple digital archiving systems ensuring permanent availability regardless of future technological changes or institutional circumstances. This multi-layered preservation strategy protects the nephrology research record against loss while ensuring ongoing accessibility for researchers, clinicians, and students worldwide.
Preservation Partners
- CLOCKSS distributed archive network participation
- Portico long-term digital preservation service
- PubMed Central archiving for eligible content
- Internet Archive preservation copies
- Institutional repository deposit support
- Multiple geographic server redundancy
Format Standards
- PDF/A format for long-term readability
- JATS XML for structured content preservation
- High-resolution figure file archiving
- Supplementary data file preservation
- Complete metadata record maintenance
- Version history documentation retained
The Journal of Nephrology Advances encourages authors to share underlying research data supporting published findings when ethically and legally appropriate. Data sharing enhances research reproducibility, enables meta-analyses, and accelerates kidney medicine advancement through collaborative reuse of valuable clinical and experimental datasets.
Data availability statements: Authors should include data availability statements indicating whether underlying data are available, the conditions for access, and repository locations where applicable. Patient data sharing must comply with applicable privacy regulations and consent limitations. Code and analysis scripts are encouraged for computational studies in nephrology research.
Published content is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license permitting broad reuse with appropriate attribution. This liberal licensing supports educational use, clinical guideline development, and scholarly citation while ensuring original authors receive credit for their nephrology research contributions.
Permitted Uses
- Educational and teaching use unrestricted
- Clinical guideline incorporation allowed
- Scholarly citation and quotation permitted
- Repository deposit encouraged for visibility
- Translation into other languages with credit
- Derivative works with attribution allowed
Attribution Requirements
- Original authors credited in all reuse
- Journal citation included appropriately
- DOI linked for article identification
- License terms noted in derived works
- Changes from original clearly indicated
- No endorsement implications stated
- Maintain original content integrity and accuracy
Authors must obtain appropriate permissions for third-party content included in manuscripts before publication. This includes previously published figures, tables, extended quotations, and other copyrighted materials. Permission documentation should be retained and provided upon editorial request during manuscript processing.
Our commitment to scientific transparency and research accessibility drives comprehensive data management practices. Our author-friendly policies ensure researchers maintain control of their intellectual contributions. Authors retain copyright to their published nephrology research while granting the journal non-exclusive distribution rights. This author-friendly approach enables researchers to reuse their own work freely, deposit in institutional repositories, and incorporate content into future publications without additional permission requirements. Authors may share published versions through personal websites, academic profiles, and social media platforms to maximize research visibility and impact.
