Digital Preservation Policy
Ibn Khaldoun Journal for Studies and Researches is committed to preserving its published scholarly content and ensuring its long-term accessibility. The journal seeks to ensure that articles, metadata, and digital files remain accessible to researchers and readers, even in the event of technical or operational changes to the journal website or publishing management system.
1. Scope of Digital Preservation
This Digital Preservation Policy covers all content published by the journal, including:
- Published research articles and papers.
- Full-text files.
- Article metadata.
- Author information.
- Volume and issue information.
- DOI identifiers.
- Digital records associated with the publishing process.
2. Publishing Management System
The journal uses Open Journal Systems (OJS) to manage manuscript submission, peer review, and publication processes. The system maintains digital records and metadata associated with published articles.
3. DOI and Persistent Links
The journal assigns Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to published articles through Crossref, providing persistent digital identifiers that facilitate access to and citation of articles, even if the structure of the website or article URLs changes.
4. Backup Copies
The journal performs periodic backups of its digital content and metadata to support the recovery of content in the event of data loss, technical failures, or server-related problems.
Depending on the available technical infrastructure, backups may include published article files, metadata, issue information, and records necessary for the continuity of publishing operations.
5. Long-Term Digital Preservation
The journal works to develop long-term digital preservation mechanisms and to utilize appropriate digital archiving and preservation services for Open Access scholarly journals, in accordance with international best practices in academic publishing.
6. Continuity of Access
The journal seeks to ensure continued access to published content through:
- The journal’s official website.
- The OJS platform.
- DOI identifiers.
- Scholarly indexing and discovery services.
- Repositories and digital archives that permit self-archiving in accordance with the journal’s policies.
7. Content Integrity and Protection
The journal works to maintain the integrity of published files and their associated metadata and avoids substantive changes to published versions without following the journal’s established correction or retraction procedures.
When a published article is corrected or retracted, the original publication record is preserved, and the editorial action taken is clearly indicated in accordance with the journal’s Correction and Retraction Policy.
8. Archiving and Self-Archiving
The journal permits authors to deposit eligible versions of their works in institutional and subject repositories and academic platforms in accordance with its Archiving and Self-Archiving Policy.
The Self-Archiving and Archiving Policy is maintained separately from the Digital Preservation Policy. The former regulates the redistribution and accessibility of article versions, while the latter focuses on ensuring the long-term preservation of the journal’s published content.
9. Review and Development of the Policy
The journal periodically reviews its Digital Preservation Policy and works to improve its technical infrastructure, preservation mechanisms, and archiving practices in line with technological developments and international best practices in digital preservation and Open Access scholarly publishing.
10. Responsibility
Ibn Al-Arabi Center for Culture and Publishing, in coordination with the journal’s management, provides institutional oversight of the technical infrastructure required to preserve and maintain access to the journal’s published scholarly content.
Journal Commitment to Digital Preservation
Ibn Khaldoun Journal for Studies and Researches is committed to taking the necessary measures to ensure the continued preservation and long-term accessibility of its published scholarly content for researchers and readers. The journal continuously works to develop its digital preservation and archiving practices in accordance with best practices in Open Access scholarly publishing.
Last Updated: August 1, 2026.
