Repository Policy

Since this journal is fully open-access, authors are highly encouraged to deposit their data, software, and computer codes underlying reported findings in proper public repositories, unless already provided as part of the published article. Repositories may be either subject-specific repositories that accept specific types of structured data and/or software, or cross-disciplinary generalist repositories that accept multiple data and/or software types. In the case of field-specific standards for data or software deposition, authors are required to comply with these standards. In the case where no available community repositories exist, institutional repositories that adhere to unrestricted use or public domain, and that adhere to best practices pertaining to responsible sharing, digital preservation, proper citation, and openness are also deemed suitable repositories.