Supplementary Materials Policy

Albahit Journal of Applied Sciences is committed to promoting scientific transparency and facilitating access to research-related information while respecting intellectual property rights, authors’ rights, and data ownership.

This policy regulates the management of research data and supplementary materials associated with published articles and ensures their responsible and ethical use.

1. Research Data Rights

Ownership of research data remains subject to applicable agreements and regulations between researchers, institutions, and data owners.

Authors must:

  • Ensure they have the legal and ethical rights to use the submitted data.
  • Obtain necessary permissions when using data owned by third parties.
  • Respect participants’ rights and sensitive data protection requirements.
  • Clearly identify data sources and conditions of use when applicable.

2. Research Data Sharing

The journal encourages authors to share data supporting published research findings to promote:

  • Verification of scientific results.
  • Research reproducibility.
  • Future scientific development.

Data may be shared through:

  • Open research repositories.
  • Institutional repositories.
  • Subject-specific repositories.

Authors should provide a clear Data Availability Statement within the manuscript.

3. Supplementary Materials

The journal allows authors to submit supplementary materials related to published articles, including:

  • Additional datasets.
  • Large tables that cannot be included in the main manuscript.
  • High-resolution figures and images.
  • Software files or research codes.
  • Detailed protocols or procedures.
  • Supporting materials that improve understanding or reuse of research findings.

4. Review and Approval of Supplementary Materials

Supplementary materials are subject to the same scientific and ethical standards applied to the main article.

The editorial team and reviewers may evaluate supplementary materials to ensure:

  • Relevance to the published article.
  • Scientific accuracy.
  • Compliance with research ethics.
  • Respect for intellectual property and privacy rights.

5. Rights of Use for Supplementary Materials

Supplementary materials are subject to the same licensing terms as the published article unless different conditions apply due to data ownership or specific restrictions.

Users must:

  • Properly acknowledge the original source.
  • Follow applicable usage conditions.
  • Avoid any use that violates the rights of data owners.

6. Protection of Confidential and Sensitive Data

The journal does not require authors to publish data that may reveal participant identities or compromise privacy.

Authors must:

  • Remove personal identifiers before sharing data.
  • Comply with ethical approvals for human or animal studies.
  • Clearly explain any restrictions preventing data sharing.

7. Authors’ Responsibilities

Authors are fully responsible for:

  • The accuracy of submitted data.
  • Legal and ethical use of data and supplementary materials.
  • Obtaining necessary permissions.
  • Providing accurate descriptions of datasets and related methodologies.

8. Compliance with International Standards

Albahit Journal of Applied Sciences applies this Data Rights and Supplementary Materials Policy in accordance with:

  • Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines
  • DOAJ Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
  • Principles of open access and responsible research data management.