Frontiers in Business and Finance (FBF) supports transparency, reproducibility, and responsible research practices by encouraging authors to share relevant research data associated with their published articles.
Authors are encouraged to make the data, materials, datasets, analytical procedures, and other supporting information underlying their research findings available through trusted data repositories whenever possible.
Authors should include a Data Availability Statement in their submitted manuscripts describing whether the research data are publicly available, where the data can be accessed, or the conditions under which data can be requested.
Data Sharing and Accessibility:
FBF encourages authors to deposit research datasets in recognized institutional, disciplinary, or general-purpose repositories. Authors should provide repository links, accession numbers, or other relevant identifiers when applicable.
Confidential and Restricted Data:
When research data cannot be openly shared due to ethical, legal, privacy, confidentiality, commercial, or security restrictions, authors must clearly explain the limitations and provide information about how qualified researchers may request access where possible.
Authors' Responsibilities:
Authors are responsible for ensuring that shared data comply with ethical standards, participant confidentiality requirements, copyright regulations, and applicable institutional policies.
Supplementary Materials:
Authors may submit supporting datasets, tables, figures, code, questionnaires, and other supplementary research materials alongside their manuscripts to improve transparency and research reproducibility.
Editorial Review:
The editorial team may request access to relevant research data during the peer-review or post-publication process when necessary to verify research findings and maintain academic integrity.
FBF promotes responsible data sharing practices while recognizing that data availability may vary depending on research discipline, methodology, and ethical considerations.
