Data Sharing Policy

INSTM is committed to promoting open science principles to enhance and expedite research discovery by facilitating the reproducibility and verification of data, methodologies, and reporting standards. We encourage authors of articles published in INSTM Bulletin: Marine and Freshwater Sciences to share their research data including, but not limited to: raw data, processed data, software, algorithms, protocols, methods, materials.

 

The INSTM Bulletin encourages authors to archive the data and other artifacts that support their paper’s results in an appropriate public repository. 

  • Authors may provide a data availability statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published in their paper. All accepted manuscripts may elect to publish a data availability statement to confirm the presence or absence of shared data. 
  • Shared data should be cited. 

 

Data Availability Statement 

Below is a list of examples of a data availability statement that authors may use. For authors who have already shared their data, this statement will outline how the data can be accessed and will include a persistent identifier (e.g., a DOI for the data or an accession number) from the repository where the data has been shared.

 

Availability of data

Data availability statement

Data openly available in a public repository that issues datasets with DOIs

The data that supports the findings of this study are openly available in [repository name e.g “figshare”] at http://doi.org/[doi], reference number [reference number].

Data openly available in a public repository that does not issue DOIs

The data that supports the findings of this study are openly available in [repository name] at [URL], reference number [reference number].

Data derived from public domain resources

The data that supports the findings of this study are available in [repository name] at [URL/DOI], reference number [reference number]. These data were derived from the following resources available in the public domain: [list resources and URLs]

Embargo on data due to commercial restrictions

The data that supports the findings will be available in [repository name] at [URL / DOI link] following an embargo from the date of publication to allow for commercialization of research findings.

Data available on request

The data that supports the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

OR

The data that supports the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions.

Data subject to third party restrictions

The data that supports the findings of this study are available from [third party]. Restrictions apply to the availability of these data, which were used under license for this study. Data are available [from the authors / at URL] with the permission of [third party].

Data available in article supplementary material

The data that supports the findings of this study are available in the supplementary material of this article

Data sharing not applicable

Data sharing not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study

OR

Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.

 

Data Citation

When data is available and linked, authors will need to provide a citation of the data in their reference list in accordance with author guideline.

Appropriate data repository

To better choose an appropriate data repository for your research, visit re3data.org or fairsharing.org to help identify registered and certified data repositories relevant to your subject area.