Prior to journal submission, the lead author must email the final draft of the manuscript to Judith Jerry-Fluker (jjerry@jhu.edu) for administrative review by the Concept Sheet Review Committee.

The lead author of any manuscript using CKiD data or repository samples is also responsible for adhering to the CKiD study publication policies and procedures outlined below.

1) Authorship List

“for the CKiD study investigators” should be included in the authorship list after the senior author.

If a CKiD investigator is a co-author, the manuscript must be submitted for review to ensure the approach and scientific conclusions are appropriate.

2) Supplemental Material for Manuscripts

A list of site principal investigators should be included as a supplemental document for all manuscripts. The supplemental document can be downloaded as a Word document and may be formatted for the journal.

3) CKiD Grant Numbers

All four core CKiD grant numbers (U01 DK066143, U01 DK066174, U24 DK137522, and U24 DK066116) must be associated with manuscripts that use CKiD data, along with any additional grant numbers related to ancillary funding.

4) Publication Acknowledgement

All publications and presentations of studies utilizing samples or data supplied by CKiD must include the following acknowledgement:

Data in this manuscript were collected by the Chronic Kidney Disease in children prospective cohort study (CKiD) with clinical coordinating centers (Principal Investigators) at Children’s Mercy Hospital and the University of Missouri – Kansas City (Bradley Warady, MD) and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Susan Furth, MD, PhD), Central Biochemistry Laboratory (Jesse Seegmiller, PhD) at the University of Minnesota, and data coordinating center (Derek Ng, PhD) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The CKiD Study is funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, with additional funding from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U01 DK066143, U01 DK066174, U24 DK137522, U24 DK066116).  This manuscript is the result of funding by NIH and is subject to the NIH Public Access Policy. Through acceptance of this federal funding, NIH has been given a right to make this manuscript publicly available in PubMed Central upon the Official Date of Publication, as defined by NIH. The CKiD website is located at https://statepi.jhsph.edu/ckid and a list of CKiD collaborators can be found at https://statepi.jhsph.edu/ckid/site-investigators/.

5) NIH Public Access Policy

Effective July 1, 2025, the NIH Public Access policy mandates that all NIH-funded peer-reviewed manuscripts must be immediately submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication.

All publications that use CKiD data or samples are required to have a PubMed Central Reference Number (PMCID) assigned to it. The PMCID is a unique reference number that is distinct from the PMID number assigned in PubMed. Some journals will submit manuscripts on behalf of authors to be deposited in PubMed Central (see list here).

It is the responsibility of the lead author to submit published manuscript to the NIHMS system to obtain a PMCID if the journal does not submit manuscripts directly.  Please contact KIDMAC with any questions about this process.