Limnology and Oceanography Letters was conceived as a fully open science journal where all articles and their underlying data are freely available online (Soranno et al. 2021). The data publication requirement, described in the author guidelines (https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/23782242/about/author-guidelines#data), ensures that the data set(s) analyzed in each study, and the metadata describing them, are easily accessible to support the authors' conclusions. This requirement is a journal commitment to the FAIR principles of improving Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse of scientific data (Wilkinson et al. 2016). Data publication benefits authors by fostering reproducibility, enhancing the credibility of your results, and increasing the likelihood that your paper will be cited (Christensen et al. 2019).

Although the journal's online author guidelines explain the data-publication requirement, we receive submissions where that requirement is not fully met. Those submissions are returned unreviewed to authors, delaying the editorial process. As a guide for authors, I provide here a checklist of the five steps taken at the editorial office to verify that the data-publication requirements are fully met so your paper can be forwarded for review.

Limnology and Oceanography Letters被认为是一本完全开放的科学期刊，所有文章及其基础数据均可在线免费获得（Soranno 等人，  2021 年）。作者指南 (https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/23782242/about/author-guidelines#data) 中描述的数据发布要求确保在每项研究中分析的数据集，以及描述它们的元数据，很容易获得以支持作者的结论。这一要求是期刊对提高科学数据的可查找性、可访问性、互操作性和重用性的公平原则的承诺（Wilkinson et al.  2016）。数据出版通过促进可重复性、提高结果的可信度以及增加论文被引用的可能性使作者受益（Christensen 等人，  2019 年）。

尽管该期刊的在线作者指南解释了数据发布要求，但我们会收到未完全满足该要求的提交。这些投稿未经审查就退回给作者，从而延误了编辑过程。作为作者指南，我在此提供了一份清单，其中列出了编辑部为验证是否完全满足数据发布要求而采取的五个步骤，以便您的论文可以转发以供审查。