Policies

Research Integrity

RDJ adheres to the best practices in the ethics of scholarly publishing stated in the COPE’s (Committee on Publication Ethics) Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for all parties involved: authors, reviewers, editors and the publisher.

Peer Review Policy

Data papers in RDJ (max. 2500 words) undergo double blind peer review by both subject experts and data specialists. Reviewers provide feedback and suggest necessary revisions for acceptance.

Open Access Policy

This journal is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to users or their institutions. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or to use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This journal does not charge article processing fees.

Archiving Policy

This journal utilises Portico and PKP Preservation Network to create permanent archives for the purposes of preservation and restoration. Underlying datasets must be formally archived in a trusted repository by the authors.

Copyright and license

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication. Articles are published under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), which allows others to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or to use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. When reused, the authorship of the work must be stated and reference made to the original publication in this journal.