- Data Archiving and Permissions
- ISSN 2689-2855 (online)
- Open access · CC BY 4.0
Data Archiving and Permissions
How the Journal of Advances in Nanotechnology asks authors to share the data and code behind their findings and to obtain permission for material they reuse.
At a glance
The essentials for authors. Each item is explained in full below.
- Data availability statement
- Required in every empirical research manuscript.
- Repositories
- Deposit in a recognized repository with a persistent identifier is encouraged.
- Code
- Analysis, simulation and modeling code is shared where possible.
- Characterization data
- Raw or processed spectra, diffraction patterns, images and measurements are shared where possible.
- Reused material
- Written permission from the copyright holder, supplied at submission.
- Preservation
- JAN articles are deposited in Portico.
Data availability statement
Every empirical research manuscript must include a data-availability statement. It explains where the data supporting the results can be found, or the conditions under which they can be accessed. Typical statements read:
Data in a repository: “The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in [repository] at [DOI or URL].”
Data on request: “The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.”
Restricted data: “The data are not publicly available because of [reason] and are available from the corresponding author under a data use agreement.”
Data in the article: “All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this article and its supplementary files.”
Choosing a repository
Data are deposited in a discipline-specific or general-purpose repository that assigns a persistent identifier, such as a DOI or accession number, and supports FAIR-aligned metadata. Examples include general repositories such as Zenodo, Figshare, Dryad and the Open Science Framework, and materials-science resources such as Materials Cloud. Crystal structures are deposited with the Cambridge Structural Database or an equivalent archive.
Code and software
Custom code, analysis scripts, simulation inputs and software used to produce the results are shared where possible, for example through Zenodo, GitHub or GitLab, with version numbers, dependencies and enough documentation to reproduce the work.
Characterization and materials data
Where an article reports new or characterized materials, authors report the data needed to identify and reproduce them: composition, structure, size or thickness distributions, synthesis conditions and measurement settings. Raw or processed spectra, diffraction patterns, micrographs and measurement files are deposited where possible.
Human participants and privacy
Data from human participants, where a study involves them, are shared only when this is consistent with the participants' consent and the ethics approval for the study. Before sharing, authors remove information that could identify a participant and follow applicable data-protection law.
Permission to reuse published material
A manuscript that reproduces figures, tables or substantial text published elsewhere needs written permission from the copyright holder, usually the original publisher. Authors supply the permission with the submission and give the source in the caption, for example “Adapted with permission from [citation]”. Material published under CC BY needs attribution but usually no permission.
JAN articles are published under CC BY 4.0, so they can be reused without asking permission, provided they are credited as set out on the Copyright and License page.
Supplementary material
Supplementary files, such as extended tables, additional characterization data, computational input files or video, are welcome. Each file is clearly named, for example “Supplementary_Table_1.xlsx”, and briefly described in the manuscript. Supplementary material is reviewed with the manuscript. For very large files, contact the editorial office before submission.
Questions
For questions about data sharing or permissions, write to the editorial office at info@openaccesspub.org.