Ensuring transparency and reproducibility in ophthalmic research.
Promoting Research Transparency
JOS encourages authors to share supporting data and materials to enhance the reproducibility of published ophthalmic research.
All empirical manuscripts must include a Data Availability Statement:
- "De-identified clinical data available at [repository URL]."
- "Data available from corresponding author upon reasonable request."
- "Data cannot be shared due to patient privacy restrictions."
Fundus Photographs
Share de-identified retinal images in standard formats. Remove all patient identifiers from DICOM metadata before sharing.
OCT Data
Raw OCT files may be shared via recognized repositories. Ensure scan protocols are documented.
Ophthalmic research often involves identifiable patient images:
- All shared images must be de-identified
- External eye photographs require explicit patient consent
- Periocular/facial images require written publication consent
If your manuscript includes previously published figures or images, obtain written permission from the copyright holder and include appropriate attribution.
Questions About Data Sharing?
Contact EditorialPublic Access and Funder Compliance
Some authors are required by their funders to make their research publicly available. Under the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy, Author Accepted Manuscripts accepted for publication on or after July 1, 2025, must be submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance and made publicly available without embargo on the official date of publication.
What JOS provides: JOS publishes the Version of Record under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. The journal also permits authors to deposit their Author Accepted Manuscript in funder-designated repositories. Upon acceptance, we confirm the accepted manuscript version and record the funder and grant information supplied by the authors.
Author responsibility: JOS does not currently deposit manuscripts in PubMed Central on behalf of authors. Authors are responsible for determining which funder requirements apply, initiating the appropriate repository submission and completing any required NIHMS approval steps.
Eligibility and successful processing through PubMed Central or NIHMS are determined according to the relevant funder and NIH/NLM requirements.
Important: The deposit of an individual article in PubMed Central may result in that article appearing in PubMed. It does not mean that JOS is indexed in MEDLINE, included in the PMC Journal List or that all JOS articles are available through PubMed. The journal's current coverage is listed on the Indexing page.
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