{"id":66,"date":"2014-05-29T19:46:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T19:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries-dev.mit.edu\/data-management\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2026-07-01T21:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:00:56","slug":"journal-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/data-management\/share\/journal-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many journals require that published articles be accompanied by the underlying research data. Data sharing policies often are found in the instructions for authors. We can help you interpret your journal&#8217;s data sharing policy, and if your journal doesn\u2019t specify where and how you should share your data, we can help you <a title=\"Find a data repository\" href=\"\/data-management\/share\/find-repository\/\">find a data repository<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Select data-sharing requirements from key journals and publishers: <\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Science\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/content\/page\/science-journals-editorial-policies#data-and-code-deposition\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Data and Code Deposition Policy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SpringerNature<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.springernature.com\/gp\/authors\/research-data-policy\">Research Data Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.springernature.com\/gp\/open-science\/code-policy\">Code Policy<\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Journal example: Nature\u2019s policy on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature-portfolio\/editorial-policies\/reporting-standards\">Reporting standards and availability of data, materials, code and protocols<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wiley\u2019s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/authorservices.wiley.com\/author-resources\/Journal-Authors\/licensing-and-open-access\/open-access\/data-sharing.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Data Sharing Service<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">American Geophysical Union\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/publications.agu.org\/author-resource-center\/publication-policies\/data-policy\/\">Publication Data Policy<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sage\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sagepub.com\/journals\/publication-ethics-policies\/research-data-sharing-policies\">Research data sharing policies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Data availability statements<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While a data citation gives credit for the dataset in question, a data availability statement provides information about where these data may be found and under what conditions they may be accessed. The following examples are broadly applicable:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com\/data-availability-statement-templates\/\">Taylor &amp; Francis<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.springernature.com\/gp\/authors\/research-data-policy\/data-availability-statements\/12330880\">SpringerNature<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/s\/data-availability\">PLOS<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Resources for journal requirements for data sharing<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gking.harvard.edu\/pages\/data-sharing-and-replication\">Data Sharing and Replication (scroll down to Journal Policies)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oad.simmons.edu\/oadwiki\/Journal_open-data_policies\">Journal open-data policies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many journals require that published articles be accompanied by the underlying research data. Data sharing policies often are found in the instructions for authors. We can help you interpret your journal&#8217;s data sharing policy, and if your journal doesn\u2019t specify where and how you should share your data, we can help you find a data repository. Select data-sharing requirements from key journals and publishers: Science\u2019s Data and Code Deposition Policy.\u00a0 SpringerNature\u2019s Research Data Policy and Code Policy. Journal example: Nature\u2019s policy on Reporting standards and availability of data, materials, code and protocols. 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