Data Availability & Research Integrity

Data Availability & Research Integrity Policy

To enhance transparency and research reproducibility, CPS requires authors to declare the availability of data supporting their findings.

1. Data Availability Statements

Each accepted article must include one of the following:

  • The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

  • Publicly available datasets were analyzed in this study. These data can be found at… (provide link).

  • Data is confidential due to ethical / legal restrictions and cannot be shared.

2. Data Integrity Requirements

Authors must ensure that:

  • All data is original, accurate, and not manipulated.

  • Statistical results are reproducible.

  • Images and figures have not been digitally altered to misrepresent results.

Suspected violations will trigger investigation under COPE Misconduct Procedures.

3. Archiving

CPS supports archiving via:

  • PKP PN

  • LOCKSS / CLOCKSS

  • Institutional repositories when available