Policy on Data Sharing and Reproducibility

Policy on Data Sharing and Reproducibility

The journal is committed to promoting transparency, integrity, and reproducibility in research. Authors are required to include a Data Availability Statement specifying where and how the data supporting their findings can be accessed, including repository details and persistent identifiers where applicable.

Authors are encouraged to deposit datasets, instruments, protocols, and analytical code in recognized public repositories, ensuring compliance with ethical standards, institutional approvals, and data protection regulations. Sensitive or confidential information must be appropriately anonymized or shared through controlled access mechanisms. Manuscripts must provide sufficient methodological detail to enable replication, clearly report data collection and analysis procedures, and avoid selective reporting.

The journal follows ethical guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and editors may request access to underlying data during peer review. Failure to comply with data transparency standards may result in rejection, correction, or retraction where necessary.