FAIRsharing record for: Research Data Management (Guidelines for Authors) - Acta agriculturae Slovenica

This FAIRsharing record describes: This document presents the Research Data Management (Guidelines for Authors) of the journal Acta agriculturae Slovenica. It defines the journal’s policy and requirements regarding the management, sharing, citation, and long-term preservation of research data underlying scholarly publications.

The guidelines explain what constitutes research data, outline the benefits of open data for transparency, reproducibility, and reuse, and specify authors’ obligations to provide open access to data in accordance with national open science legislation and the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). The document also describes justified exceptions to open access (e.g., legal, ethical, or security constraints), and promotes the principle “as open as possible, as closed as necessary.”

In addition, the guidelines provide recommendations for selecting trusted data repositories, encourage the use of open licences, and include concrete examples of publishing and citing research data using persistent identifiers (e.g., DOIs) and APA citation style. Responsibilities of authors and editorial verification procedures are clearly stated.

This resource is intended for authors, editors, and research support staff and serves as a practical reference for implementing good research data management practices in line with Open Science standards.