Archiving Policy

Tadwin : International Journal of Islamic Education and Studies (TIJIES) is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, and availability of all published scholarly content. The journal recognizes the importance of permanent digital preservation to protect the scholarly record and to guarantee continuous access to published articles for future generations of researchers.

To support sustainable preservation and dissemination, the journal implements the following archiving policy:

Digital Preservation

The journal preserves all published articles through reliable digital preservation systems to ensure continued accessibility even in the event of technical failure, website disruption, or journal discontinuation.

Where available, the journal participates in recognized digital preservation services, including:

  • PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN)
  • LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe)
  • CLOCKSS (Controlled LOCKSS) (where applicable)
  • Institutional repositories
  • National or international digital repositories

The journal will activate and utilize appropriate preservation services according to its technical infrastructure and eligibility requirements.

Self-Archiving Policy

Authors are encouraged to archive the published version (Version of Record) of their articles in:

  • Institutional repositories;
  • University repositories;
  • Subject repositories;
  • Personal websites;
  • Research networking platforms;
  • Academic profile services.

Authors may deposit their published articles immediately after publication without any embargo period, provided that proper citation to the original publication in Tadwin : International Journal of Islamic Education and Studies (TIJIES) is included.

Permanent Availability

All published articles remain permanently accessible through the journal website under the journal's Open Access Policy.

The journal is committed to maintaining stable article URLs and permanent Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for all published content.

Metadata Preservation

The journal maintains complete metadata for every published article, including:

  • Title
  • Author(s)
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • DOI
  • Publication information
  • References
  • Licensing information

Metadata are made available for indexing services and harvesting through the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH).

Backup Policy

The journal performs regular backups of:

  • article files;
  • journal database;
  • website configuration;
  • metadata;
  • editorial records.

Backups are securely stored to minimize the risk of data loss.

Repository Compatibility

Published articles may be harvested and indexed by scholarly databases, repositories, library discovery services, and search engines that comply with international metadata standards.

Commitment to Long-Term Preservation

The Editorial Board of Tadwin : International Journal of Islamic Education and Studies (TIJIES) is committed to preserving the integrity and accessibility of the scholarly record through continuous maintenance of digital preservation systems and adherence to international best practices in scholarly publishing.