Guidelines supplementary materials
The Colombian Journal of Advanced Technologies (RCTA) promotes good practices in scientific openness and reproducibility. Authors are encouraged, but not required, to share the data, code, and materials that support the results of their research. This contributes to transparency, validation, and the reuse of knowledge in the fields of engineering, computing, and applied technologies.
1. Scope of Supplementary Materials
Supplementary materials may include:
- Datasets, experimental records, CSV tables, or spreadsheets.
- Source code, scripts, notebooks, or computational models.
- Algorithms, architectures, simulation configurations, or trained models.
- Diagrams, images, videos, blueprints, or technical documentation of hardware and sensors.
- Manuals, protocols, metrics, or files generated during the research process.
2. Deposit and Access
It is recommended that materials be made available in public repositories with a permanent identifier (DOI), such as Zenodo, Figshare, Harvard Dataverse, or Mendeley Data. Code-based projects can be hosted on GitHub or GitLab, preferably linked to Zenodo to ensure preservation and traceability.
When data cannot be made public for ethical, legal, or confidentiality reasons, the corresponding author must declare this and indicate whether the material can be shared upon reasonable request.
3. Format and Citation
At the end of the manuscript, authors may include a short section titled “Availability of Materials and Data”, indicating the repository location or DOI reference.
Example: The data and source code of this study are available on Zenodo, DOI: 10.xxxx/zenodo.xxxxxx.
If no new data or materials were generated, or if this does not apply, this section may be omitted without affecting the editorial evaluation.
4. Editorial Review
During the peer review process, the editorial team may verify the accessibility and consistency of the cited supplementary material. In case of inconsistencies, an update may be requested before publication.
