Data and Reproducibility

Elementary: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Dasar is committed to promoting transparency, research integrity, and scientific rigor in scholarly publications. This policy outlines the journal's approach to data availability, research reproducibility, and the use of appropriate reporting guidelines. Authors are encouraged to follow established standards and reporting practices relevant to their research designs and academic disciplines.

The journal refers to the Core Practices established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in promoting transparency and responsible research practices.

Data Availability

Elementary encourages authors to make the data supporting their research findings available and accessible to readers whenever possible. Authors should provide sufficient information about data collection procedures, research instruments, methodologies, and data analysis to enable readers to understand and assess the research findings.

Where applicable, authors are encouraged to include a Data Availability Statement in their manuscripts, explaining where and how the data supporting their findings can be accessed. The editorial board may request access to relevant research data or supporting materials when necessary for the evaluation of a manuscript.

Data Availability Based on Research Design

Authors should consider the following recommendations according to their research designs:

• Quantitative Research: Authors are encouraged to provide access to datasets, research instruments, and relevant statistical analysis procedures through reputable data repositories or supplementary materials. If the data cannot be made publicly available due to ethical, privacy, or legal restrictions, authors should explain the reasons in their Data Availability Statement.
• Qualitative Research: Authors should provide sufficient descriptions of data sources, participant selection, data collection procedures, and analysis techniques. Relevant excerpts or anonymized data examples may be included to support the research findings, provided that participant confidentiality and privacy are protected.
• Classroom Action Research: Authors should clearly describe the research procedures, action cycles, instruments, observation methods, and criteria used to evaluate the outcomes of each cycle.
• Research and Development (R&D): Authors should provide adequate information about the development procedures, validation processes, research instruments, and product evaluation methods. Relevant supporting materials, such as validation instruments and product specifications, may be provided as supplementary materials.
• Systematic Literature Review: Authors should report their literature search strategies, databases, search terms, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and study selection procedures. Authors are encouraged to provide supporting materials, such as search records and data extraction tables, to facilitate verification of the review process.

Protection of Research Participants and Data Confidentiality

Authors must ensure that all shared research data comply with applicable ethical standards and regulations. Personal information and identifiable data relating to research participants must be protected. In particular, research involving children and elementary school students must ensure appropriate confidentiality and protection of participants' identities. Data should be anonymized or de-identified before being shared publicly.

Reporting Guidelines

Elementary encourages authors to follow relevant reporting guidelines appropriate to their research designs. The use of established reporting guidelines helps improve the completeness, clarity, and transparency of research reports and enables editors, reviewers, and readers to assess the quality of the research.

Reproducibility and Verification

Authors should provide sufficient methodological details, research procedures, instruments, and analytical approaches to allow readers and other researchers to understand and, where applicable, reproduce or verify the research findings. Any limitations affecting the reproducibility or verification of the study should be clearly acknowledged.

Data Citation

Authors must appropriately acknowledge and cite datasets, research instruments, and other data sources used in their studies, where applicable. References to publicly available datasets should include sufficient information, such as the dataset title, author or creator, publication year, repository name, and DOI or persistent identifier, when available. Data citations should be included in the reference list in accordance with the journal's citation style.

Compliance Check

The editorial board and peer reviewers may evaluate authors' compliance with this policy during the manuscript review process. Authors may be asked to provide additional information, research data, instruments, or supporting materials when necessary to clarify or verify the reported findings.

Review of the Policy

Elementary periodically reviews and updates this policy to ensure its alignment with evolving standards and best practices in research transparency, data sharing, and reproducibility. Any revisions to this policy will be communicated to authors and published on the journal's website.