Data Availability
The International Journal of Research in Communication and Embedded Electronics supports responsible and transparent research practices. Authors are encouraged to provide appropriate information about the availability of research data, software, materials, and other resources necessary to understand, verify, or reproduce their research, where applicable.
1. Data Availability Statement
Authors should include a Data Availability Statement in their manuscript when the research involves datasets, experimental data, software, simulations, or other research materials.
The statement should clearly explain whether the supporting data are:
- Publicly available.
- Available from the authors upon reasonable request.
- Available through a recognized data repository.
- Subject to restrictions.
- Not applicable because no datasets were generated or analyzed.
2. Publicly Available Data
When research data are deposited in a public repository, authors should provide:
- The name of the repository.
- A persistent link or identifier where available.
- The dataset or accession number, if applicable.
- Any relevant conditions for accessing or reusing the data.
Authors should ensure that repository information is accurate and accessible.
3. Data Available Upon Request
Where data cannot reasonably be made publicly available but can be shared, authors may state that the data are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
The authors should clearly explain any conditions that apply to data access.
4. Restricted or Confidential Data
Some research data may not be suitable for public release because of:
- Privacy or confidentiality requirements.
- Intellectual property restrictions.
- Third-party ownership.
- Ethical restrictions.
- Security considerations.
- Legal or contractual requirements.
In such cases, authors should explain the applicable restrictions and, where possible, describe how qualified researchers may obtain access.
5. No Data Generated or Analyzed
For articles that do not involve the generation or analysis of research data, an appropriate statement may be included, such as:
Data Availability: No datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study.
The statement should accurately reflect the nature of the research.
6. Research Software and Materials
Where software, source code, models, algorithms, simulation files, or other materials are important for reproducing the research, authors are encouraged to provide appropriate information about their availability.
Where publicly accessible, authors should provide the relevant repository or persistent identifier.
7. Accuracy and Research Integrity
Authors are responsible for ensuring that data availability statements are accurate and do not misrepresent the accessibility of research materials.
Data should not be fabricated, falsified, selectively manipulated, or presented in a misleading manner.
8. Ethical and Legal Requirements
Data sharing must comply with applicable ethical, privacy, confidentiality, copyright, intellectual-property, and legal requirements.
Where research involves human participants or sensitive information, authors should ensure that data sharing does not compromise participant confidentiality or applicable ethical protections.
9. Reproducibility
The International Journal of Research in Communication and Embedded Electronics encourages authors to provide sufficient methodological and supporting information to enable other researchers to understand and, where reasonably possible, reproduce the reported research.
10. Author Responsibility
Authors are responsible for:
- Providing an accurate Data Availability Statement.
- Maintaining appropriate research records.
- Preserving supporting data where necessary.
- Providing access to data when ethically and legally permissible.
- Clearly identifying restrictions on data access.
