Exploration of Digestive Diseases is listed in "Journals stating that they follow the ICMJE Recommendations" from October 4, 2022 (http://www.icmje.org/journals-following-the-icmje-recommendations/) and is recognized as a journal that follows the ICMJE's Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals. From the first day of EDD, we always endorses and applies the standards and recommendations of the ICMJE, to ensure the rigorousness of review and publication process.