Authors are required to make replication material publicly available prior to publication. The replication materials must be sufficient to replicate results in all tables and figures printed in the article, including simulations for both theoretical and empirical work. Data and replication code must be uploaded to the IPSR Dataverse at http://thedata.harvard.edu/dvn/dv/ipsr-risp. If authors have strong reason to believe that they are unable to do this they should talk in the first instance to the editors to arrange a suitable alternative.

Required materials typically include all data used for the analysis, specialized computer programs or the source code of these algorithms, program recodes and a file which details what is included in the data set and how the results can be reproduced. English must be used to describe variables and labels or provide a correspondence table. Datasets must fulfill GDPR regulation. 

Authors will be responsible for responding to enquiries about data replication. Manuscripts will be rejected for publication if the replication material is not uploaded.

See the separate instructions for authors to upload the data and replication code on IPSR/RISP Dataverse.

IPSR editors will release the study once they are satisfied with the material provided. After the release, your article will be ready for publication in IPSR. Remember, making your data accessible and replication of your findings easy may significantly increase the impact of your article.

Even for qualitative research, IPSR strongly encourages data access and research transparency. In case of interviews, authors should upload a list of the places and dates of the interviews on the IPSR Dataverse. Without breaching confidentiality, they are encouraged to provide longer excerpts from the interviews if they are relevant to the arguments of their article. If the research relies on documentary evidence, they should provide a detailed list of all the documents and sources. There is no need to upload these documents. Guidelines for uploading to the IPSR Dataverse can be found here.

We encourage all authors to cite materials and data they have used in their research, alongside literature citations, to recognise the importance of all kinds of research outputs.

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact the editorial office.