The International Journal of Behavioral Social and Movement Sciences (IJOBSMS) is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, and availability of published scholarly content. The journal recognizes the importance of maintaining a reliable scholarly record and supporting continued access to research for authors, readers, researchers, institutions, and the wider academic community.
This policy outlines the journal’s approach to digital archiving, preservation, and long-term access to published content.
The purpose of digital preservation is to ensure that published articles remain accessible, discoverable, and usable over time, regardless of technological changes or unforeseen disruptions.
The journal is committed to preserving the scholarly record and supporting the continued availability of published research for future generations of researchers and scholars.
The journal seeks to ensure that published articles remain accessible through the journal website and other appropriate preservation mechanisms.
Where possible, published content will remain available even if changes occur to the journal platform, publishing system, or hosting environment.
IJOBSMS supports the preservation of published content through appropriate digital archiving and preservation practices. The journal may utilize:
These measures are intended to support the long-term availability and accessibility of scholarly content.
To support discoverability, citation, and indexing, the journal maintains bibliographic information associated with published articles, including:
The preservation of metadata helps ensure that articles remain discoverable through scholarly databases and search services.
Authors are permitted to share and archive their published articles in accordance with the journal’s copyright and licensing policies. Authors may deposit published articles in:
Appropriate citation to the published version should be provided.
As an Open Access journal, IJOBSMS supports the broad dissemination and long-term preservation of scholarly research. Published articles remain freely accessible to readers and may be archived in accordance with the journal’s licensing policies and applicable copyright provisions.
The journal implements reasonable administrative and technical measures to support the preservation and protection of published content and publication records. These measures may include data backup procedures, system maintenance, and security practices designed to support the integrity and availability of journal content.
The Editorial Office is responsible for supporting the preservation of published content and maintaining appropriate records associated with the journal’s publications.
Authors are encouraged to retain original research data and supporting documentation in accordance with recognized research integrity and data management practices.
IJOBSMS supports the principles and best practice guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and is committed to maintaining the integrity, accessibility, and preservation of the scholarly record.
This policy may be reviewed and updated periodically to reflect developments in digital preservation practices, scholarly communication, publication ethics, and international publishing standards.