• Open data policy: ChiKD does not mandate data sharing. In the interest of transparency and in support of FAIR data principles (https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles/), however, authors are requested to provide the data and other artifacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving them in an appropriate public repository. Authors may provide a data availability statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published in their paper. Shared data should be cited.

• Clinical data sharing policy: ChiKD accepts the ICMJE Recommendations for a data sharing statement policy (http://icmje.org/icmjerecommendations.pdf). Authors may refer to the editorial, “Data Sharing Statements for Clinical Trials: A Requirement of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors,” in JKMS vol. 32, no. 7:1051-1053 (https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2017.32.7.1051).