Archiving Policy

SCIENCE – International Journal is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, and integrity of its published scholarly content.

Digital Preservation

The journal utilizes standard digital preservation practices to ensure permanent access to published articles. Content is preserved through the journal’s publishing platform and supported by recognized preservation infrastructures compatible with Open Journal Systems (OJS), including the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), where applicable.

Self-Archiving (Green Open Access)

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

  • institutional repositories;

  • national repositories;

  • subject-based repositories;

  • personal or institutional websites.

Self-archiving is allowed immediately upon publication, without embargo, provided that proper citation of the original publication in SCIENCE – International Journal is included and the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license is respected.

Repository and Version Policy

  • Allowed version: Final published version (Version of Record)

  • Embargo period: None

  • License: CC BY 4.0

  • Attribution: Mandatory

Long-Term Accessibility

The journal ensures that all published content remains permanently available via the journal website and through standard archiving and backup procedures, supporting the continuity and reliability of the scholarly record.

Final Statement

This archiving policy supports international best practices in open access publishing and complies with the transparency and preservation requirements of DOAJ, Scopus, and Web of Science.