Q. What is a Data Access Statement?

Scenario

Example

Data are openly stored in the LJMU institutional data repository

Data supporting this study are available in the Liverpool John Moore’s University Research Data Repository at DOI or URL, under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Data are openly available in a repository

Data supporting this study are openly available in - include name of repository - and DOI or URL, under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Data are available in a repository, but subject to an embargo

Data supporting this study will be available from - include name of repository -  and DOI, or URL following a 6-month embargo.

Data are available in a repository, but access is restricted due to legal, ethical, or commercial reasons

Data supporting this study are available from - include name of repository and DOI or URL. Access to the data is subject to approval and a data sharing agreement - include reasons why access to the data is restricted.

Secondary analysis of third-party data subject to restrictions

This study used third-party data made available under a license that the author does not have permission to share. Give reasons why the Data cannot be shared.

Data available as supplementary information

Data supporting this study are included within the article and/or supporting materials.

Data cannot be shared due to ethical, legal, or commercial restrictions

Data supporting this study cannot be made available due to - give reasons why the Data cannot be shared.

No new data generated or analysed

No new data were generated or analysed during this study.

Proprietary or licensed data used in the study

This study used data provided by - name data provider - which are available under license for the current study and cannot be shared. Researchers interested in accessing the data should contact - name provider and include URL/contact. 

Mixed availability of data

Option 1: Data supporting this study are available from  - name repository and include DOI or URL for the quantitative datasets. Qualitative datasets are not publicly available due to confidentiality/sensitive nature but can be accessed on request under appropriate agreements.
 Option 2: Data supporting this study are available upon reasonable request from the corresponding author due to sensitivity and to protect participant confidentiality. Additionally, non-sensitive data are openly available in the Liverpool John Moore’s University Research Data Repository at - include DOI or URL, under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.

Data partially available for public access

Summary statistics for this study are openly available in - include repository name and DOI or URL. Full raw datasets are available on request, subject to ethical review and data access agreements.

Data shared under a time-limited embargo and predefined plan

Data supporting this study will be deposited in -include name of repository  - and will be accessible after a 12-month embargo period ending on - add date.