Annals of Coloproctology (ACP) encourages data sharing wherever possible, unless this is prevented by ethical, privacy, or confidentiality matters. Authors wishing to do so may deposit their data in a publicly accessible repository and include a link to the DOI within the text of the manuscripts.

ACP accepts the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Recommendations for data sharing statement policy on clinical trials (https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/). Authors may refer to the editorial, “Data Sharing statements for Clinical Trials: A Requirement of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors,” in the Journal of Korean Medical Science vol. 32, no. 7, p. 1051–3 (https://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2017.32.7.1051).