Data Sharing & Accessibility Policy

Promoting responsible research-data sharing, transparent reporting, reproducibility, and ethical access to scholarly evidence.

Policy Statement

Arabiyat: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab dan Kebahasaaraban supports transparency, responsible data sharing, and reproducibility in scholarly research. The journal encourages authors to make the research data underlying their findings available whenever ethically, legally, and practically appropriate.

This policy applies to research involving quantitative and qualitative data, surveys, semi-structured interviews, classroom observations, language proficiency assessments, curriculum frameworks, instructional materials, learner corpora, and other research materials relevant to Arabic language education, applied linguistics, and Arabic literary studies.

Data-sharing practices must respect research participants' rights, confidentiality, intellectual property, institutional obligations, applicable laws, and restrictions governing access to sensitive information. The journal recognizes that some research materials cannot be made publicly available without compromising ethical or legal responsibilities.

Research transparency does not require unrestricted public disclosure of all research data. Authors must provide an accurate statement explaining the availability of their supporting data, while protecting confidential, sensitive, or legally restricted information.

1. Data Availability Statement

All submitted manuscripts must include a Data Availability Statement indicating whether the data supporting the research findings are available, where they can be accessed, and what conditions or restrictions apply.

The statement must accurately reflect the nature of the research and the actual accessibility of the supporting data. Authors should use the statement most appropriate to their study.

The examples above are provided for guidance. Authors must select or adapt the statement according to the actual research materials and access arrangements. A statement that data are available upon request must not be used when the authors lack permission or the ability to provide them.

2. Data Repositories, Formats and Documentation

Authors are encouraged to deposit shareable research data in recognized disciplinary, institutional, or general-purpose repositories that provide stable access, clear metadata, and preferably persistent identifiers such as a DOI.

Examples of suitable repositories include:

Whenever possible, shared datasets should use accessible, reusable, and non-proprietary formats, including CSV, TXT, JSON, or other formats appropriate to the type of research.

Datasets should be accompanied by sufficient documentation to support accurate interpretation and potential secondary analysis.

• Dataset title, creator information, and a description of its contents.
• Variable definitions, coding schemes, or data dictionaries where applicable.
• Sources, collection procedures, and relevant dates or coverage periods.
• Data-cleaning, processing, and analytical procedures where relevant.
• Software or analytical code where sharing is appropriate and permitted.
• Reuse licenses, access conditions, and relevant limitations.

3. Ethical, Legal and Confidential Data

Research-data sharing must comply with applicable ethical requirements, institutional policies, privacy protections, intellectual-property rights, data-use agreements, and relevant laws.

This requirement is particularly important for research in Arabic language education and Arabic studies, where studies may involve vulnerable student participants in schools and educationial institutions, identifiable interviews with educators and figures, institutional curriculum and diagnostic assessment records, sensitive sociocultural, and institutional archives.

• Identifiable interview recordings, transcripts, and personal information.
• Survey responses containing sensitive political preferences or affiliations.
• Restricted government records and non-public administrative datasets.
• Confidential diplomatic, institutional, or organizational information.
• Materials obtained under research agreements or restricted access permissions.
• Data involving vulnerable participants or information that could expose individuals to harm.

4. Data Embargoes and Access Exceptions

Authors may request a temporary embargo on public access to research data where a legitimate reason exists, such as the completion of related research, intellectual-property protection, patent considerations, or other justified scholarly circumstances.

An embargo request should specify:

• The dataset or materials subject to restricted access.
• The reason for requesting the embargo.
• The proposed duration and expected end date.
• Any applicable institutional, contractual, or legal conditions.
• The intended access arrangements after the embargo period, where appropriate.

A proposed embargo period, for example up to 12 months, may be considered where justified. Such a period is not automatically granted; requests are subject to editorial evaluation and applicable repository or institutional requirements.

5. Data Citation and FAIR Principles

Research datasets should receive appropriate acknowledgment and citation. Where data are deposited in a repository, authors should provide sufficient information to identify and retrieve the relevant record.

A dataset citation should include, where available, the creator's name, publication year, dataset title, version, repository, and DOI or another persistent identifier.

Arabiyat supports the internationally recognized FAIR Guiding Principles, which aim to improve the discoverability and responsible reuse of research data.

6. Editorial Oversight and Compliance

The Editorial Team may assess the accuracy and completeness of Data Availability Statements and, where necessary, request access to research materials supporting submitted or published findings.

Such requests may arise during editorial evaluation, peer review, or the investigation of research-integrity concerns.

• Evaluate the adequacy and accuracy of Data Availability Statements.
• Request clarification when data-access arrangements are unclear.
• Consider justified restrictions arising from ethics, privacy, law, or confidentiality.
• Request relevant underlying data or documentation where necessary and appropriate.
• Protect confidential information received during editorial assessment.
• Apply proportionate editorial action where serious inconsistencies or integrity concerns arise.

Authors are expected to respond appropriately to reasonable requests for supporting evidence. Where access is restricted, authors should explain the applicable limitations and identify lawful alternatives for verification, where available.

7. Contribution to Open Science and Research Integrity

Arabiyat encourages research practices that strengthen scholarly transparency, responsible verification, and the credibility of published findings.

Appropriate data sharing can support secondary analysis, comparative research, methodological evaluation, and the development of cumulative evidence in Arabic education and Arabic studies.

The journal recognizes that reproducibility and transparency take different forms across research methods. Quantitative studies may provide datasets, variable definitions, and analytical code; qualitative studies may provide methodological documentation, coding procedures, or appropriately anonymized materials; and document-based research may identify the sources and selection procedures used in the analysis.

Regardless of methodology, authors are expected to report their research sources and analytical procedures accurately while observing all relevant ethical, legal, and confidentiality requirements.

Arabiyat: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Arab dan Kebahasaaraban is committed to strengthening research transparency, methodological accountability, and the responsible accessibility of scholarly evidence. The journal encourages appropriate data-sharing practices while protecting research participants, confidential information, intellectual-property rights, and the integrity of academic research.