Data Sharing Policy

Aafaq-e-Tahqeeq (AT) promotes transparency, research integrity, and responsible scholarly communication by encouraging authors to share relevant research data associated with their published articles.

Authors are encouraged to make the data, materials, and supporting information underlying their research findings available to readers whenever possible. Data sharing helps improve research transparency, reproducibility, and further academic collaboration.

Author Responsibilities

Authors should:

• Provide sufficient information about research methods, data sources, and analytical procedures to allow verification and understanding of the research findings.
• Share supporting datasets, research materials, and related information where ethically and legally permitted.
• Deposit research data in appropriate trusted repositories when applicable.
• Include a data availability statement in their manuscript indicating whether research data are available, restricted, or unavailable.

Data Availability Statement

Authors are encouraged to include a Data Availability Statement in their published articles, specifying:

• Where the research data can be accessed.
• Repository links or identifiers (if available).
• Any restrictions on data access due to ethical, legal, privacy, or confidentiality requirements.

Examples:

Data available:
"The datasets generated or analyzed during this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request."

Data restricted:
"Research data are not publicly available due to ethical, privacy, or confidentiality restrictions."

Ethical and Legal Considerations

Authors must ensure that shared data comply with ethical standards, copyright requirements, privacy regulations, and applicable institutional guidelines. Data containing confidential information or personal identifiers should not be shared publicly unless appropriate consent and protection measures are in place.

Editorial Responsibilities

The editorial team of Aafaq-e-Tahqeeq (AT) encourages responsible data sharing practices and may request clarification regarding data availability when necessary. Editors and reviewers consider transparency and research integrity during the evaluation process.

Open Research Commitment

Aafaq-e-Tahqeeq (AT) supports open science principles and encourages researchers to share appropriate datasets and research materials to enhance reproducibility, collaboration, and the advancement of scholarly knowledge.