Cases may arise in which an allegation requires the journal editor to have access to the data on which the manuscript or article in question was based. JAMA's authorship statement includes the following language: If requested, I shall produce the data on which the manuscript is based for examination by the editors or their assignees.For discussion of reasonable time limits for which authors should keep their data, see , Intellectual Property: Ownership, Access, Rights, and Management, Ownership and Control of Data.If an author refuses a request for access to the original data, or if the author or the author’s institution ...
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