The International Journal of Management Science and Operations Research (IJMSOR) actively promotes Open Science principles, encouraging the availability, transparency, and reuse of data supporting published research findings.

The journal encourages authors to share datasets, code, models, and supplementary materials to enhance reproducibility and scientific validation.

 

 1. Data availability and deposit: Authors are encouraged to:

• Deposit research data prior to or at the time of manuscript submission
• Ensure data availability for verification and reuse
• Include a Data Availability Statement in the final article

The statement must indicate where the data are stored (repository, DOI, or link) and access conditions.

 2. FAIR principles and repositories: Data must be stored in repositories that comply with FAIR principles:

• Findable
• Accessible
• Interoperable
• Reusable

Authors are encouraged to use internationally recognized open-access, institutional, or domain-specific repositories.

 3. Confidentiality and restrictions: Data sharing is not required when:

• It compromises participant privacy or safety
• It involves sensitive or confidential information
• Legal, ethical, or contractual restrictions apply

In such cases, authors must provide a justification for data unavailability.

 4. Peer review and anonymity: To ensure double-blind peer review:

• Data repository links must not be included in the manuscript under review
• This information should be provided separately to the editor
• After acceptance, data availability information will be included in the final version

 5. Transparency in data management: In the Methodology section, authors must:

• Describe how data were collected, managed, and processed
• Specify ethical and methodological standards applied
• Ensure data were obtained through honest, transparent, and verifiable research practices

This is essential for scientific rigor and reproducibility .

 6. Author responsibility: Authors are responsible for:

• The accuracy, integrity, and availability of shared data
• Ensuring that data faithfully represent reported results
• Enabling independent validation whenever possible

Shared data contribute to the scientific ecosystem and knowledge exchange.

 7. Reproducibility principles: IJMSOR promotes:

• Replicability of research
• Independent validation of findings
• Open and accessible knowledge
• Continuous improvement of research quality