ISTIBSHAR: Journal of Islamic Education and Learning champions open science, scientific transparency, and research reproducibility aligning with FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable).

• Data Availability Statement: Authors are encouraged to provide a Data Availability Statement in the manuscript preceding the reference list, clarifying access protocols for raw data (e.g., survey instruments, anonymized interview corpora, statistical datasets).
• Public Repository Archiving: Authors are encouraged to deposit research materials in recognized public repositories providing persistent identifiers (DOIs), such as Zenodo, Harvard Dataverse, or Open Science Framework (OSF).
• Ethical Privacy Safeguards: Datasets involving human research participants (e.g., students, pesantren teachers) must be rigorously anonymized to preserve participant confidentiality in compliance with ethical research mandates.