Data Availability

The IOASD Journal of Business and Management Studies supports transparency, accountability, and reproducibility in scholarly research. Authors are encouraged to make the data underlying their research findings accessible whenever ethically, legally, and practically possible.

Authors of original research articles must include a Data Availability Statement in their manuscripts, clearly indicating whether the data supporting the findings are available and, where applicable, how they can be accessed.

Data Availability Statements may describe the following circumstances:

Publicly Available Data: Authors should provide the name of the repository and the corresponding DOI or persistent URL through which the data can be accessed.

Available Upon Reasonable Request: Where data are not publicly deposited, authors may state that the data are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request, subject to applicable restrictions.

Restricted or Confidential Data: Where data cannot be shared because of privacy, confidentiality, legal, contractual, institutional, or proprietary restrictions, authors must explain the relevant limitations and, where possible, indicate whether controlled access is available.

Third-Party Data: Authors must identify the original source of third-party datasets and provide relevant access information, permissions, or licensing details, where applicable.

No New Data Generated or Analyzed: Authors should state that data sharing is not applicable when the research did not involve the generation or analysis of datasets.

Data Provided in the Article or Supplementary Materials: Authors may indicate that all relevant data are included in the published article or its supplementary materials.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that shared data do not compromise participant confidentiality, personal privacy, intellectual property rights, or other protected interests. Data sharing must comply with applicable ethical, legal, institutional, and contractual requirements.

The journal reserves the right to request access to relevant underlying research data, supporting materials, or methodological information during editorial assessment or peer review, where necessary to evaluate the validity and integrity of the submitted work. Authors are expected to cooperate with such requests, subject to legitimate restrictions.

Data Availability Statements must be accurate, transparent, and consistent with the actual availability of the research data. Misrepresentation of data availability may be considered a matter of research or publication integrity and addressed in accordance with the journal's applicable editorial and publication ethics policies.