I'm having problems getting PloS One to accept a data availability statement for a paper currently in submission. This journal permits accession numbers for genetic sequences to be submitted after acceptance of the paper. The sequences are part of the minimal data set. I followed the wording on Editorial Manager using the phrasing "All relevant data are within the paper and Supporting Information files. All sequences files are available from GenBank (accession numbers xxx). Obviously I cannot give the accession numbers yet. However, the assistant editors state that "If additional data from GenBank is needed to form your complete minimal data set, please provide us with the hyperlinks, accession numbers, DOIs, or other access instructions for these data to be included in your Data Availability statement." I've asked for assistance with wording, but my questions are not being answered. Can anyone help on this issue? Many thanks.
Could you upload to Genbank with an embargo period? That way you would have accession numbers, but the data would not be publicly released until later?
Although for the record, I've never had an issue with using placeholder text at the time of review (something like "Raw sequence data will be made available via the NCBI Short Read Archive (SRA) pending acceptance, under BioProject PRJA########").
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