Repository Policy

The Davao Research Journal (DRJ) is a fully open-access journal and strongly encourages authors to support transparency, reproducibility, and long-term access by depositing the data, software, code, protocols, instruments, and other materials behind their findings in public repositories, unless these are already included in the article or its supplementary files. Authors should use recognized, reliable repositories that ensure responsible sharing, digital preservation, accessibility, and proper citation. These may be subject-specific repositories designed for particular disciplines, data formats, or software types, or generalist repositories that accept many kinds of research outputs. Where disciplinary standards for data or software deposition exist, authors are expected to follow them. Deposited materials should be well documented, ethically shared, and include enough metadata to allow reuse and verification. If no suitable subject-specific repository exists, institutional or other trusted repositories that offer open access, long-term preservation, and sound data stewardship may be used. Authors are encouraged to include repository links, accession numbers, or persistent identifiers such as DOIs in their manuscripts. If ethical, legal, confidentiality, intellectual property, or privacy concerns limit public sharing, authors should clearly state the restrictions and, where possible, explain how qualified researchers can request access under appropriate conditions.