Research Data Management

The British Ecological Society data archiving policy can be found here.

Requirements:

• all data supporting the results in papers published in its journals are archived in an appropriate public archive offering open access and guaranteed preservation
• for theoretical papers, the underlying model code must be archived
• data must be archived in a format that allows a third party to interpret the data
• data must allow each result in the published paper to be recreated and the analyses reported in the paper to be replicated in full
• data may be made publicly available at the time of publication or may opt for an embargo period of up to 12 months (exceptions to this may be granted only in exceptional circumstances at the discretion of the editor)
• all papers must have a data archiving statement and data sources must be cited in the reference list.

Suitable archives:

• authors are free to use any repository and are encouraged to use the best suited to their data
• the data repository must guarantee preservation of the data
• the data must be freely available and the user must not be required to request access to obtain the data
• a DOI or other identifier should be created for the data
• software source code should be archived in a public software repository with version control for ongoing maintenance of software packages.

Use of third party data:

• it is the author's responsibility to seek permission to archive the relevant data so that the data are publicly available
• in cases where proprietary data is not owned by any of the authors and permission to archive the data is not granted, evidence of any refusals by third parties must be sent to the Journal Editorial Office
• where permissions are not granted for archiving third party data, the location of the data must be included in the 'Materials and methods' section of the paper including contact details for the organisation where the data is held, as well as in the 'Data Accessibility' section below the 'Acknowledgements'
• where an author works for an institution that owns the data, the data associated with a paper must be archived.

Information on the suite of PLoS Journals and their data availability policies can be found here.

Although there may be differences between each of the PLoS journals, the PLoS One data availability policy below is indicative of the requirements.  Other PLoS Journal policies can be found here.

Requirements:

• require authors to make all data underlying the findings described in their manuscript fully available without restriction at the time of publication
• when specific legal or ethical requirements prohibit public sharing, authors must indicate how researchers may obtain access to the data
• authors must submit a 'Data Availability Statement' when submitting their manuscript, which will be published if accepted for publication
• a DOI or other identifier must be created for the data
• data must be available under CC0 or CCBY licences (or equivalent)

Acceptable Data-Sharing Models:

• Data deposition (strongly recommended)
  • data and related metadata are deposited in an appropriate public repository unless already provided as part of the submitted article
  • the 'Data Availability Statement' must specify the location where the data is deposited along with the DOI or other identifier
• Data in supporting information files
  • all supporting information files are uploaded by PLoS to Figshare
• Sensitive or third-party data
  • Data made available to all interested researchers upon request as indicated on the 'Data Availability Statement', and should identify the group to which requests should be made as well as the reason for the restriction (note: the author cannot be named as the sole entity responsible for ensuring data access)
  • Data available from a third party as indicated on the 'Data Availability Statement', along with all necessary contact information

Unacceptable Data Access Restrictions

• authors will not share data due to personal interests, such as patents or future publications
• where the conclusions depend solely on the analysis of proprietary data that cannot be accessed by others

Information on Springer Nature data policies can be found here.

Springer Nature has four types of research data policies, although individual journals may make minor changes to fit with the scope of the journal.

Data Policies

• Type 1: data sharing and data citation is encouraged
• Type 2: data sharing and evidence of data sharing encouraged
• Type 3: data sharing encouraged and statements of data availability required
• Type 4: data sharing, evidence of data sharing and peer review of data required.

The list of Springer Nature journals that have adopted one of these policies can be found here.

Requirements:

• Research Data Policy Type 1:
  • encourage authors to deposit data that support the findings of their research in a public repository
  • if assigned a DOI, the data may be cited in the reference list
• Research Data Policy Type 2:
  • encourages that data must be freely available to any researcher for non-commercial purposes, either in a publicly available repository or within the main manuscript of the paper
  • encourages authors to provide a 'Statement of Data Availability' in their article indicating where data can be found, where data can be requested, and where no data are available
• Research Data Policy Type 3:
  • encourages that data must be freely available to any researcher for non-commercial purposes, either in a publicly available repository or within the main manuscript of the paper
  • must include a 'Statement of Data Availability' in their article indicating where data can be found
  • a DOI or other persistent identifier must be created and provided in the paper
  • authors must cite any publicly available data on which the conclusions of the paper rely in the manuscript 
  • peer reviewers are encouraged to check 'Statement of Data Availability' where applicable and may request access to the data
• Research Data Policy Type 4:
  • all data on which the conclusions of the paper rely must be available to reviewers and readers
  • authors must deposit their data prior to peer review
  • data must be publicly available without restriction unless reasonable controls on data access are needed to protect sensitive data
  • must include a 'Statement of Data Availability' in their article indicating where data can be found
  • authors must cite any publicly available data on which the conclusions of the paper rely in the manuscript 
  • peer reviewers are encouraged to check 'Statement of Data Availability' where applicable

Software Sharing

Although the above policies relate to data, the sharing of software is also important.  Many Springer Nature journals have policies applicalbe to software.

Further information on the Taylor & Francis data sharing policies can be found here.

The Taylor & Francis data sharing policies applies to many of the journals, and encourages authors to deposit data in a suitable repository, cite it, and include a Data Availability Statement explaining where others can access the data.

Check the Instructions for Authors for the journal you are submitting to, to find out what data policy applies.

Data Sharing Policies:

• Basic: encourages authors to share and make data open where this does not violate sensitivity or privacy concerns
• Share upon reasonable request: authors make their data available upon reasonable request.
• Publicly available: authors make their data freely available to the public, under a licence of their choice
• Open data: authors make their data freely available to the public, under a licence allowing reuse 
• Open and fully FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusabe): authors make their data freely available to the public, under a licence allowing reuse, and meets all the FAIR standards