Data availability statement

Educational Research & Implementation (EduRE) supports transparency, reproducibility, and responsible research sharing. Authors are encouraged to make the data, code, instruments, and supplementary materials underlying their research publicly available whenever this is legally, ethically, and practically possible.

EduRE recognizes that data sharing practices differ across research traditions, methods, disciplines, and legal or ethical contexts. For this reason, the journal requires authors to include a clear Data Availability Statement in their manuscript, even when data cannot be shared openly.

1) Data Availability Statement Requirement

All manuscripts should include a Data Availability Statement placed before the References section. This statement should explain whether the data supporting the findings of the study are available, where they can be accessed, and under what conditions they may be used.

2) When Data Can Be Shared

Where possible, authors are encouraged to deposit relevant research materials in a recognized public or institutional repository, such as Zenodo, Figshare, Mendeley Data, an institutional repository, or another appropriate discipline-specific archive.

Where data are shared, authors should provide:

  • the name of the repository;
  • a persistent identifier or stable link (such as a DOI or accession link);
  • sufficient information for readers to locate and interpret the materials.

3) When Data Cannot Be Shared Openly

Data may be unavailable for open sharing where restrictions apply, including but not limited to:

  • participant privacy or confidentiality;
  • ethical limitations imposed by consent procedures or ethics approval conditions;
  • legal, contractual, institutional, or copyright restrictions;
  • sensitive educational, clinical, or personal information;
  • third-party ownership or access limitations.

In such cases, authors must clearly state that the data are not publicly available and briefly explain the reason.

4) Data Available on Request

Where full public sharing is not possible, authors may state that data are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request, provided that such sharing is legally and ethically permissible.

5) Responsibility of Authors

Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their Data Availability Statement and for ensuring that any shared data, code, or supplementary files comply with applicable ethical, legal, privacy, and copyright requirements.

Authors are also responsible for ensuring that shared materials do not disclose personally identifiable information unless explicit permission and lawful grounds for disclosure exist.

6) Examples of Data Availability Statements

  • Openly available: “The data supporting the findings of this study are openly available in Zenodo at [DOI/link].”
  • Available on request: “The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request, subject to ethical approval and participant confidentiality.”
  • Not publicly available: “The data are not publicly available due to privacy and ethical restrictions involving human participants.”
  • No new data created: “No new data were created or analyzed in this study.”

7) Editorial Review of Data Statements

EduRE may review Data Availability Statements as part of the editorial and peer-review process and may request clarification where the statement is missing, unclear, or inconsistent with the nature of the study.

Last updated: 2026-02-23