Archiving Policy

The International Journal of Islamic Studies UK (IJOIS) is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, and availability of all published scholarly content. The journal recognizes the importance of digital archiving in maintaining the integrity and continuity of the academic record and therefore adopts internationally recognized preservation practices consistent with modern scholarly publishing standards.

IJOIS ensures that all published articles remain permanently accessible to researchers, institutions, libraries, and the wider academic community through secure digital preservation and archiving systems.

Digital Preservation and Accessibility

All articles published in IJOIS are archived electronically and made openly accessible through the journal’s online platform. The journal supports permanent scholarly access by maintaining secure backups and preservation copies of all published issues and articles.

The journal aims to utilize recognized archiving and preservation systems, including:

Institutional repositories
Academic indexing databases
Digital library services
Open-access preservation platforms
Long-term electronic backup systems

These measures help protect published content against accidental loss, technological failure, or discontinuation of service.

PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN)

As the journal operates through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, IJOIS supports participation in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) where available. The PKP PN provides decentralized and distributed preservation services to ensure the continued accessibility of journal content in the event that the journal website becomes unavailable.

LOCKSS and CLOCKSS Compatibility

IJOIS supports compatibility with recognized digital preservation initiatives such as:

LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe)
CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe)

where institutional participation or technical integration is available. These archiving systems ensure permanent preservation and recovery of scholarly content through distributed preservation networks.

Institutional and Repository Archiving

Authors are encouraged to archive and share:

Preprints
Accepted manuscripts (postprints)
Published versions of articles

through institutional repositories, academic social networks, personal websites, and research databases, provided proper acknowledgment of first publication in IJOIS is included.

Metadata Preservation

The journal maintains and preserves essential publication metadata, including:

Article titles
Author information
Abstracts and keywords
DOI and citation data
Publication history and indexing information

This ensures continued discoverability, citation tracking, and academic visibility across scholarly databases and search engines.

Commitment to Scholarly Continuity

The International Journal of Islamic Studies UK (IJOIS) is dedicated to preserving the scholarly record for future generations of researchers and academics. Through responsible archiving practices and digital preservation strategies, the journal aims to support sustainable open-access publishing and uninterrupted access to high-quality academic research worldwide.

The archiving practices of IJOIS are aligned with international standards of academic publishing, digital preservation, and open scholarly communication promoted by organizations such as the Public Knowledge Project and the Committee on Publication Ethics.