Data and reproducibility

برای صفحه Data and Reproducibility، این نسخه را پیشنهاد می‌کنم تا با سیاست‌های اخلاقی و انتشار IJMEA هماهنگ باشد و در عین حال تعهد غیرضروری برای انتشار اجباری داده‌های پژوهشی ایجاد نکند.

Data and Reproducibility

The International Journal of Applied Research in Management, Economics and Accounting (IJMEA) is committed to promoting research transparency, data integrity, and reproducibility while respecting ethical, legal, privacy, and confidentiality requirements.

Authors are expected to provide sufficient information about their research methods, data sources, analytical procedures, and other relevant materials to allow readers to understand and, where reasonably possible, reproduce or verify the reported findings.

1. Data Availability

Authors should provide an appropriate Data Availability Statement for their manuscript where applicable.

Depending on the nature of the research, the statement should indicate whether:

  • The data are publicly available and provide the relevant repository or access information.

  • The data are available from the authors upon reasonable request.

  • The data are subject to ethical, legal, privacy, confidentiality, or institutional restrictions.

  • The study did not generate or analyze new data.

Authors should not make data publicly available when doing so would violate participant privacy, confidentiality, applicable laws, institutional requirements, or third-party agreements.

2. Research Data and Supporting Materials

Where appropriate and legally permissible, authors are encouraged to make relevant datasets, research materials, questionnaires, instruments, code, analytical procedures, or other supporting materials available through suitable repositories or other reliable means.

Any shared materials should be accompanied by sufficient documentation to enable appropriate interpretation and reuse.

3. Reproducibility

Authors should provide sufficient methodological and analytical detail to enable other researchers to understand and, where feasible, reproduce the reported research.

Manuscripts should clearly describe, where applicable:

  • Research design and methodology

  • Data sources and collection procedures

  • Sampling procedures

  • Variables and measurement methods

  • Statistical or analytical methods

  • Software and relevant versions

  • Research instruments or materials

  • Data processing and analysis procedures

Authors should clearly identify any limitations that may affect the reproducibility or interpretation of their findings.

4. Data Integrity

Authors are responsible for ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of the data underlying their research.

Data must not be fabricated, falsified, selectively manipulated, or deliberately misrepresented.

Authors should retain appropriate research records and supporting documentation for a reasonable period in accordance with applicable institutional, legal, and disciplinary requirements.

5. Confidentiality and Personal Data

Data involving human participants or personally identifiable information must be handled in accordance with applicable ethical, privacy, and data-protection requirements.

Authors must remove or appropriately protect identifying information before sharing research data.

Data should not be made publicly available if disclosure could reasonably identify participants or otherwise compromise their rights, safety, privacy, or confidentiality.

Where data cannot be shared for ethical or legal reasons, authors should explain the applicable restrictions in the Data Availability Statement.

6. Third-Party and Restricted Data

When research relies on data obtained from third parties, commercial databases, institutions, or other restricted sources, authors must comply with the applicable terms of use and licensing conditions.

Authors should clearly identify the source of such data and explain any restrictions affecting access or reproducibility.

7. Statistical and Analytical Transparency

Authors should report analytical procedures accurately and transparently.

Where relevant, authors should provide sufficient information concerning statistical methods, model specifications, assumptions, data processing, exclusion criteria, and other analytical decisions necessary to understand the reported results.

Selective reporting or inappropriate manipulation of analyses intended to produce misleading conclusions is not acceptable.

8. Corrections and Post-Publication Concerns

If authors discover a significant error in the data, analysis, methodology, or reported results after publication, they should promptly notify the Editorial Office.

IJMEA may request supporting information or data when necessary to assess a post-publication concern.

Where a substantive error is confirmed, the journal may publish a correction, clarification, expression of concern, retraction, or other appropriate editorial notice in accordance with its publication ethics policies.

9. Editorial Assessment

The Editorial Office may request access to relevant data, research materials, methodological information, or supporting documentation when reasonably necessary to evaluate concerns regarding research integrity, reproducibility, or the reliability of reported findings.

Any requested materials will be handled with appropriate confidentiality and used for legitimate editorial and research-integrity purposes.

10. Exceptions

IJMEA recognizes that data sharing and full reproducibility are not possible for every type of research.

Legitimate exceptions may include:

  • Protection of participant confidentiality

  • Personal or sensitive information

  • Ethical restrictions

  • Legal restrictions

  • Copyright or licensing limitations

  • Proprietary or commercially restricted data

  • Institutional restrictions

  • Security or other justified concerns

In such cases, authors should provide a clear explanation of the relevant limitation and, where possible, indicate how the underlying research can be assessed without compromising the applicable restrictions.

11. Author Responsibility

Authors are responsible for ensuring that information concerning their data, methodology, analysis, and supporting materials is accurate and not misleading.

Submission of a manuscript to IJMEA indicates that the authors agree to provide reasonable clarification or supporting information when required to assess the integrity and reliability of their research.

12. Editorial Independence

Requests for data, methodological clarification, or supporting materials are made for legitimate scholarly and editorial purposes and are independent of commercial considerations.

Payment of an Article Processing Charge does not influence editorial decisions concerning data integrity, reproducibility, or research ethics.

The Article Processing Charge (APC) of €170 is payable only after the manuscript has received final acceptance and is scheduled for publication. Authors will be officially notified of the publication fee and payment instructions through the journal's official email address.

Following confirmation of payment, the accepted article will be published within 10 days. A Publication Certificate will also be issued and sent to the author after publication.