Data Availability Statement

Data Availability Policy

Sriwijaya Journal of International Law (SJIL) is committed to promoting transparency, research integrity, and reproducibility in scholarly publishing. The journal encourages authors to make research data and supporting materials available whenever appropriate, thereby enabling readers to verify, understand, and build upon published research.

Recognizing the diversity of legal scholarship, SJIL acknowledges that data availability requirements differ between empirical, interdisciplinary, and doctrinal or normative legal research. Authors should therefore provide a clear Data Availability Statement that accurately reflects the nature of the materials used in their study.

⚖ Principles of Data Availability

SJIL encourages authors to:

  • Promote openness and transparency in research.

  • Share supporting materials whenever ethically and legally permissible.

  • Ensure that research findings can be verified where applicable.

  • Respect confidentiality, privacy, intellectual property rights, and legal restrictions.

  • Clearly explain any limitations on data sharing.

The journal recognizes that not all research data can or should be made publicly available.

⚖ What Should Be Made Available?

Where applicable, authors are encouraged to provide access to materials that support the findings of their research, including:

✔ Research Data

Quantitative or qualitative datasets, survey results, interview transcripts (where ethically permissible), coding frameworks, and statistical outputs.

✔ Legal Materials

Relevant legislation, treaties, conventions, regulations, judicial decisions, arbitral awards, official documents, and policy papers that are central to the research.

✔ Supporting Documentation

Research instruments, interview protocols, questionnaires, appendices, coding manuals, or other supplementary materials that facilitate understanding or replication of the study.

✔ Digital Resources

Repositories, databases, archival collections, or online resources used in the research, where publicly accessible.

⚖ Data Availability Statements

Every manuscript should include a Data Availability Statement appropriate to the nature of the research.

Examples include:

✔ Data Available Upon Request

"The data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request."

✔ Publicly Available Data

"The data supporting this study are publicly available at [Repository Name/URL]."

✔ Restricted Data

"The data are not publicly available due to legal, ethical, confidentiality, or licensing restrictions but may be made available upon reasonable request, subject to applicable requirements."

✔ No New Data Generated

"No new empirical data were generated or analyzed in this study."

Authors should ensure that their Data Availability Statement accurately reflects the accessibility of the materials underlying their research.

⚖ Guidance for Legal Research

SJIL recognizes that many submissions involve doctrinal, normative, comparative, or conceptual legal research, which may not generate original empirical datasets.

For these types of studies, authors should ensure that:

  • All legislation, statutes, treaties, conventions, and regulations are accurately cited.

  • Judicial decisions and arbitral awards are fully referenced.

  • Official documents and policy materials are properly identified.

  • Secondary sources are cited in accordance with the journal's citation standards.

  • Wherever possible, cited legal materials are accessible through publicly available or authoritative sources.

These practices enhance the transparency, credibility, and reproducibility of legal scholarship.

⚖ Ethical and Legal Considerations

Data sharing should always comply with applicable legal and ethical obligations.

Authors should not disclose information that:

  • Violates confidentiality agreements.

  • Infringes privacy or data protection laws.

  • Breaches intellectual property rights.

  • Compromises sensitive or legally protected information.

Where restrictions apply, authors should explain the reason within the Data Availability Statement.

⚖ Editorial Assessment

The editorial office may review Data Availability Statements to ensure they are complete, accurate, and consistent with the content of the manuscript.

Where appropriate, authors may be asked to:

  • Clarify the availability of supporting materials.

  • Provide additional information regarding data accessibility.

  • Revise their Data Availability Statement before publication.

The absence of publicly available data will not, by itself, affect editorial decisions when justified by the nature of the research or applicable legal and ethical considerations.

⚖ Commitment to Research Transparency

SJIL supports responsible research practices by encouraging appropriate data sharing while recognizing the distinctive characteristics of legal scholarship.

The journal promotes transparency, reproducibility, and academic integrity through clear reporting of research materials and responsible management of data and legal sources. Authors, editors, and reviewers share responsibility for ensuring that published research remains trustworthy, verifiable, and accessible whenever possible.