đ Data Sharing Policy
GSC Advanced Research and Reviews (GSCARR) supports responsible research data sharing as an important component of transparent, reproducible, and trustworthy scholarly publishing. Where appropriate, authors are encouraged to make research data available to editors, reviewers, and readers in a manner that promotes verification of research findings while respecting ethical, legal, institutional, and confidentiality requirements.
This Data Sharing Policy explains the journal's expectations regarding the availability, management, preservation, and sharing of research data associated with manuscripts submitted to GSCARR. The policy aims to strengthen research integrity, improve transparency, and encourage responsible data stewardship across all multidisciplinary fields covered by the journal.
đ¯ Purpose of the Data Sharing Policy
The purpose of this policy is to encourage authors to make supporting research data available whenever appropriate, thereby enhancing the reliability, reproducibility, and long-term value of published research. Transparent data sharing enables other researchers to better understand published findings, validate research outcomes, and build upon previous scientific work.
GSCARR recognizes that data sharing practices vary across disciplines. Therefore, this policy encourages responsible data sharing while acknowledging that legal, ethical, privacy, confidentiality, contractual, or institutional obligations may limit the availability of certain datasets.
đ What Is Research Data?
Research data refers to the information collected, generated, observed, measured, or analyzed during the course of a research project. These materials provide the evidence supporting the findings, conclusions, and interpretations presented in a published manuscript.
Depending on the discipline, research data may include numerical datasets, laboratory observations, survey responses, interview transcripts, images, figures, software code, statistical outputs, computational models, multimedia files, protocols, supplementary documents, or other materials necessary to understand or verify the reported research.
đ Encouraging Responsible Data Sharing
GSCARR encourages authors to share research data whenever doing so is appropriate, practical, and consistent with ethical and legal obligations. Responsible data sharing promotes scientific collaboration, improves research transparency, and increases confidence in published findings.
Authors are encouraged to deposit datasets in recognized institutional, disciplinary, or publicly accessible repositories whenever suitable for their field of research. Wherever possible, datasets should remain available for future scholarly use and verification.
đ¨âđŦ Author Responsibilities
Authors are responsible for ensuring that any shared data accurately represent the research described in the manuscript. Data should be complete, appropriately documented, and organized so that other researchers can understand its relationship to the published study.
Authors should also ensure that data sharing complies with applicable ethical approvals, participant consent, institutional policies, confidentiality agreements, intellectual property rights, and legal requirements before making research data publicly available.
đ When Data Cannot Be Shared
GSCARR recognizes that some research data cannot be shared publicly because of ethical, legal, privacy, security, commercial, contractual, or regulatory restrictions. Data involving confidential information, personally identifiable information, sensitive research subjects, or proprietary materials may require restricted access or may not be suitable for public release.
Where data cannot be openly shared, authors are encouraged to provide a brief explanation describing the reason for the restriction and, where appropriate, indicate whether controlled access or reasonable requests for data may be considered.
đ Supporting Transparent Research
GSCARR encourages responsible research data management and appropriate data sharing to improve transparency, reproducibility, and confidence in published multidisciplinary research while respecting ethical, legal, and confidentiality obligations.
đī¸ Data Repositories
GSCARR encourages authors to deposit research data in appropriate institutional, disciplinary, or publicly accessible repositories whenever suitable for their field of research. Depositing research data in recognized repositories improves discoverability, supports long-term preservation, and facilitates responsible reuse of research outputs.
Where possible, authors should include repository information, accession numbers, persistent identifiers, or dataset links within the manuscript to enable readers to locate the supporting data associated with the published research.
đ Data Availability Statement
Authors are encouraged to include a Data Availability Statement describing the availability of the data supporting the findings reported in the manuscript. This statement helps readers understand where the research data can be accessed or explains why certain data cannot be shared.
Depending on the nature of the study, the statement may indicate that the data are publicly available, available upon reasonable request, deposited in a recognized repository, or unavailable due to ethical, legal, confidentiality, or regulatory restrictions.
đ Editorial Assessment of Research Data
During editorial evaluation and Peer Review, GSCARR may request clarification regarding the availability of supporting research data where necessary to assist in the assessment of a manuscript. Editors may request additional information if clarification is needed regarding the reproducibility, transparency, or integrity of the reported research.
The journal does not routinely verify every dataset submitted by authors; however, authors remain responsible for ensuring that the reported data accurately support the findings presented in the manuscript.
đ Confidential and Sensitive Data
Authors should protect confidential information, personal data, and other sensitive materials throughout the research and publication process. Research involving human participants, confidential records, proprietary information, or legally protected data should comply with applicable ethical approvals, informed consent requirements, privacy regulations, and institutional policies.
Where sensitive information cannot be shared publicly, authors should explain the reason for the restriction while providing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality or legal obligations.
âī¸ Research Integrity and Data Accuracy
The integrity of published research depends on the accuracy and reliability of the supporting data. Authors should ensure that datasets have not been fabricated, manipulated, selectively reported, or altered in a manner that could mislead readers or misrepresent the research findings.
If significant errors relating to research data are identified before or after publication, authors should promptly notify the journal so that appropriate editorial action, including corrections where necessary, may be considered.
đ Related Editorial Policies
This Data Sharing Policy should be read together with the journal's related Editorial and Publication Policies to ensure responsible research management, ethical publishing, and transparent scholarly communication.
- đ Open Access Policy
- Šī¸ Copyright Policy
- đ Licensing Policy
- đĨ Authorship Policy
- đ¤ AI Usage Policy
- đ Data Sharing Policy
- đ Author Self-Archiving Policy
- đĄī¸ Plagiarism Policy
- âī¸ Publication Ethics
- đ¨ââī¸ Peer Review Policy
- đ Article Withdrawal Policy
- đĢ Retraction Policy
- âī¸ Corrections Policy
- đ CrossMark Policy
- đ Editorial & Publication Policies
â Frequently Asked Questions About the Data Sharing Policy
1. Does GSCARR require authors to share research data?
GSCARR encourages responsible data sharing whenever appropriate. However, the journal recognizes that ethical, legal, confidentiality, commercial, or regulatory considerations may limit the public availability of certain datasets.
2. What is a Data Availability Statement?
A Data Availability Statement explains where the research data supporting a published study can be accessed or provides the reason why the data cannot be made publicly available.
3. Can confidential research data remain unavailable?
Yes. Data containing confidential information, personal information, proprietary materials, or legally protected content may remain restricted where disclosure would violate ethical or legal obligations.
4. Where should research data be deposited?
Authors are encouraged to deposit research data in appropriate institutional, disciplinary, or publicly accessible repositories whenever suitable for their field of research.
5. Who is responsible for the accuracy of shared data?
The authors remain fully responsible for the completeness, accuracy, integrity, and authenticity of the research data supporting their published work.
6. Can editors request access to supporting data?
Yes. During editorial assessment or Peer Review, GSCARR may request clarification or access to supporting research data where necessary to assist in evaluating the manuscript.