Senarai: Journal of Islamic Heritage and Civilization adopts archiving practices intended to support the continued preservation, accessibility, and retrievability of its published scholarly content. This policy explains how the journal preserves published articles and related publication records, and how authors may archive their work in accordance with the journal’s open-access framework and licensing policy.

1. Archiving Approach

The journal seeks to reduce the risk of content loss by maintaining preservation measures for published material within its publication workflow and through recognized third-party preservation services. These measures are intended to support access to the scholarly record in the event of technical disruption, platform migration, or other circumstances affecting the journal’s primary website.

For the purposes of this policy, archived content may include the final published version of an article, issue-level metadata, bibliographic records, publication identifiers, and other relevant descriptive information made available through the journal platform. Where applicable, the journal also maintains the publication history needed to identify the official version of record.

The journal’s archiving practice is designed to be practical and sustainable rather than absolute. It aims to preserve access where reasonably possible, subject to the policies, technical conditions, and continued availability of the services used.

2. Preservation of Published Content

The journal uses the PKP Preservation Network (PKP-PN) as one of its preservation arrangements. PKP-PN is a distributed digital preservation service developed for journals using Open Journal Systems (OJS). It is intended to retain preserved copies of journal content and metadata in a decentralized environment, which may help protect the scholarly record if the journal’s primary platform becomes unavailable.

In addition, the journal may use Internet Archive (Archive.org) as a supplementary archiving resource for selected published issues or articles. Where content is captured by Internet Archive, the preservation and public retrieval of that content are subject to the technical processes and service terms of that platform.

These preservation arrangements are intended to provide additional copies of published material beyond the journal’s main hosting environment. They are not a substitute for the journal’s editorial platform, but rather a complementary measure to support continuity of access and long-term availability.

3. Self-Archiving by Authors

The journal permits authors to self-archive their published work in institutional repositories, disciplinary repositories, university repositories, personal academic websites, and other non-commercial scholarly platforms. Self-archiving is permitted as part of the journal’s open-access dissemination practices, provided that the original source is clearly acknowledged.

Authors may deposit the Version of Record immediately upon publication. No embargo period applies under the current policy. When sharing or depositing the published version, authors should retain the original bibliographic details and identify the journal as the place of first publication.

Where available, the following information should be included with any archived copy: article title, author name(s), journal title, volume, issue, page range, year of publication, and DOI. Including complete citation data helps readers identify the officially published version and supports accurate discovery and linking.

Any archived or shared copy should remain faithful to the published text and should not be presented in a way that could reasonably cause confusion regarding its publication status, source, or finality.

4. License and Reuse

Licensing and reuse of published articles are governed by the journal’s Licensing Policy. Unless otherwise stated on the article page, users may refer to the applicable license terms provided by the journal for guidance on permitted sharing, reuse, attribution, and derivative use.

Any reuse should preserve author attribution, source identification, and the integrity of the published Version of Record. Users should not imply endorsement by the journal unless such endorsement has been expressly stated.