Data Availability Statement Policy
Publication: Journal of Infrastructure Systems
Volume 25, Issue 2
ASCE is taking steps to improve the availability and reproducibility of work published in its journals. ASCE is introducing a new policy requiring authors to specify the availability of data, computational models, code, and other electronic materials used in work submitted for publication. The new policy is intended to (1) make it easier for readers and others to use, reproduce, and extend published work; (2) increase the quality of submissions; and (3) further encourage people to use work published in ASCE journals and cite that work. This new policy is a step forward to allow readers, authors, and our field to practice more open and reproducible science (Rosenberg and Watkins 2018; Govindaraju et al. 2019).
When submitting a new manuscript, authors will include a new section titled “Data Availability Statement” before the “Acknowledgments.” Within this section, authors will select one or more of the following statements verbatim, with the inclusion of all citations to data, code, or models.
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Some or all data, models, or code generated or used during the study are available in a repository or online in accordance with funder data retention policies. (Provide full citations that include URLs or DOIs.)
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Some or all data, models, or code used during the study were provided by a third party. (List items.) Direct requests for these materials may be made to the provider as indicated in the Acknowledgments.
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Some or all data, models, or code generated or used during the study are available from the corresponding author by request. (List items.)
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Some or all data, models, or code generated or used during the study are proprietary or confidential in nature and may only be provided with restrictions (e.g., anonymized data). (List items and restrictions.)
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All data, models, and code generated or used during the study appear in the submitted article.
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No data, models, or code were generated or used during the study (e.g., opinion or dataless paper).
Available data and code must be cited in the “References.” Authors may update or change their statement if information changes during the course of peer review. It may not be changed after the paper is accepted.
References
Govindaraju, R. S., M. Hantush, and X. Chu. 2019. “New policy for transparency of data, models, and code.” J. Hydrol. Eng. 24 (3): 01618001. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001785.
Rosenberg, D. E., and D. W. Watkins Jr. 2018. “New policy to specify availability of data, models, and code.” J. Water Resour. Plann. Manage. 144 (9): 01618001. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000998.
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Journal of Infrastructure Systems
Volume 25 • Issue 2 • June 2019
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©2019 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Received: Apr 3, 2019
Accepted: Apr 3, 2019
Published online: Apr 10, 2019
Published in print: Jun 1, 2019
Discussion open until: Sep 10, 2019
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