Data Sharing & Availability
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Data Sharing & Availability
How ABR supports openness, reproducibility, and responsible data sharing.
Archives of Business Research encourages openness and reproducibility. Sharing the data and materials underlying published findings strengthens trust in research and enables others to build on it.
Data Availability Statement
Every research article must include a Data Availability Statement describing whether and how the data supporting the results can be accessed. Where data cannot be shared (for example, for reasons of confidentiality, commercial sensitivity, or participant privacy), the statement must explain why. Example statements:
| • | “The data supporting the findings of this study are openly available in [repository] at [DOI/URL].” |
| • | “The data are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.” |
| • | “The data are not publicly available due to [confidentiality / ethical / legal] restrictions.” |
Recommended practice
| ✓ | Deposit datasets in a recognised, citable repository that issues a persistent identifier (DOI), and cite the dataset in the reference list. General-purpose repositories (e.g., Zenodo, Figshare, Open Science Framework, Harvard Dataverse) are suitable where no discipline-specific repository exists. |
| ✓ | Provide enough detail in the Methodology that the analysis could be reproduced. |
| ✓ | Where relevant, share analytical code and materials (e.g., survey instruments). |
Confidential and personal data
Data sharing must never compromise participant confidentiality, consent terms, or data-protection obligations. Personal data must be anonymised before sharing (see Research Ethics & Consent and the Privacy Policy).
Funding statement
Authors must also declare all sources of funding for the research, including grant numbers, or state that the research received no specific funding.
