Data Sharing Policy

DScholar Press International encourages the responsible sharing of research data to promote transparency, reproducibility, verification of research findings, and the advancement of scholarly knowledge. This policy applies to all publications, including peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed books, scholarly monographs, edited volumes, conference proceedings, working papers, and research reports.

Authors are encouraged to share the data, software, code, protocols, questionnaires, images, and other research materials that support the findings of their publications whenever legally, ethically, and technically possible. Shared data should be complete, accurate, sufficiently documented, and presented in a manner that enables other researchers to understand, verify, and, where appropriate, reuse the research.

Research data may be shared through recognized disciplinary repositories, institutional repositories, general-purpose repositories, supplementary files associated with the publication, or other reliable platforms that provide long-term preservation and accessibility. Where available, authors should provide persistent identifiers, accession numbers, or repository links to facilitate access to the shared materials.

Authors must include a Data Availability Statement describing how and where the supporting data can be accessed. Where data cannot be shared because of legal, ethical, privacy, confidentiality, intellectual property, contractual, or national security restrictions, authors must clearly explain the reason for the restriction in the manuscript.

Authors remain responsible for ensuring that shared data comply with applicable laws, institutional policies, ethical approvals, informed consent requirements, data protection regulations, and confidentiality obligations. Personal information and sensitive data must be anonymized or otherwise protected before data are shared. Data must not be disclosed where sharing would violate legal or ethical obligations.

The editorial office may request access to supporting data during editorial assessment, peer review, or investigations of publication ethics concerns. Authors are expected to cooperate with such requests and provide the necessary materials where legally and ethically permissible.

The Press recognizes that not all research data can be made publicly available. Restrictions on data sharing will be respected where justified by participant privacy, confidentiality agreements, intellectual property rights, commercial sensitivity, legal requirements, cultural considerations, or other legitimate limitations. Such restrictions must be disclosed transparently.

Failure to comply with this policy, including refusal to provide supporting data without reasonable justification or deliberate concealment of research data, may result in rejection of the manuscript or other editorial action in accordance with the Press's Publication Ethics and Research Integrity Policies.

DScholar Press International supports responsible data sharing as an essential component of transparent and trustworthy scholarly publishing. The Press encourages authors to maximize access to research data while ensuring appropriate protection of confidential, proprietary, and sensitive information in accordance with accepted ethical and legal standards.

Effective date: 25 June 2026
Last updated date: 25 June 2026