IOP Publishing Advances Research Data Sharing with New Policy for Two Environmental Research Journals  - IOP Publishing

"IOP Publishing (IOPP) is strengthening its support for open science by requiring authors publicly share the research data underpinning articles in two of its journals: Environmental Research: Food Systems (ERFS) and Environmental Research: Climate (ERCL). Papers submitted with data inaccessible will only be accepted if there is compelling legal or ethical justification. The new policy represents a pilot aimed at fostering greater access to research data, with potential expansion across other journals in IOPP’s Environmental Research series. 

The policy seeks to cultivate greater transparency and trust in science, stipulating that authors must share all necessary data required to validate or reproduce their findings, following the FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) wherever possible. While there will still be some legitimate exceptions to the policy – such as when authors are legally prohibited from making data public – the journal editors will reserve the right to decline to review a paper if the reason for withholding data is not considered valid and robust."