Sample Sharing Committment 1

A submission to the journal under this seal of commitment implies that samples described in the manuscript will be freely available to any researcher wishing to use them for non-commercial purposes, without breaching participant confidentiality. 
All samples on which the conclusions of the paper rely should be available to readers. The samples are available in the Sample of Science database. Persistent identifiers (DOIs and accession numbers) for relevant samples are provided in the paper.

Data availability

My original article includes a sample availability statement. The sample availability statement includes information on where samples supporting the results reported in the article can be found including. By data we mean the minimal dataset that would be necessary to interpret, replicate and build upon the findings reported in the article. We recognise it is not always possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be compromised, and in such instances data availability should still be stated in the manuscript along with any conditions for access. Data Availability statements can take one of the following forms (or a combination of more than one if required for multiple datasets): 
  • The samples generated during current study are available in the Sample of Science portal, [PERSISTENT WEB LINK TO SAMPLES].
    More examples of template data availability statements, which include examples of openly available and restricted access datasets, are available:
    The journal also requires that authors cite any publicly available data on which the conclusions of the paper rely in the manuscript. Data citations should include a persistent identifier (such as a DOI) and should ideally be included in the reference list. Citations of datasets, when they appear in the reference list, should include the minimum information recommended by DataCite and follow journal style. Dataset identifiers including DOIs should be expressed as full URLs.

    Research data and peer review

    Peer reviewers are encouraged to check the manuscript’s Data availability statement, where applicable. They should consider if the authors have complied with the journal’s policy on the availability of research data, and whether reasonable effort has been made to make the data that support the findings of the study available for replication or reuse by other researchers. Peer reviewers are entitled to request access to underlying data (and code) when needed for them to perform their evaluation of a manuscript.
    Springer Nature provides a research data policy support service for authors and editors, which can be contacted at  researchdata@springernature.com .
    This service provides advice on research data policy compliance and on finding research data repositories. It is independent of journal, book and conference proceedings editorial offices and does not advise on specific manuscripts.
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