Last updated: November 20, 2025

Statement of institutional review board

Any article describing a study (basic research, clinical research) involving human and organ transplantation is required to have the IRB name, whether institutional (part of the author(s)’ academic/medical institution, such as the Oak Grove Children’s Hospital Institutional Review Board) or commercial/independent/private (contracted for-profit organizations, such as the ClinicCare Coalition for Human Rights Institutional Review Board), stated explicitly in the Footnotes section. In addition, authors are required to provide the primary version (PDF) of the Institutional Review Board’s official approval, prepared in the official language of the authors’ country to the Editorial Office; for example, authors from China should provide the Chinese version of the document, authors from Italy should provide the Italian version of the document, etc.

Sample wording: The study was reviewed and approved by the [Name of Institution or Organization] Institutional Review Board (Approval ID. [####, if available]).

Please click on the links below to download the sample documents of Institutional Review Board approval document(s)/letter(s):