Archiving and Data Distribution Policy

J Innov Technol Hum Kinet is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, and transparency of all published content. This policy outlines the journal’s strategy for digital archiving, self-archiving rights, data availability expectations, and compliance with international standards.

1. Digital Preservation and Archiving

The journal employs a multi-layered preservation system to protect the scholarly record:

PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN): All published articles are automatically deposited for decentralized, long-term archiving.
Institutional and National Repositories: Authors and libraries are encouraged to preserve the Version of Record in university and national repositories.
Redundant Storage: Full-text files and metadata are backed up regularly on secure servers to prevent loss, corruption, or unauthorized modification.

OJS-Based Preservation Infrastructure

The journal operates on Open Journal Systems (OJS), a secure and standards-compliant platform that supports long-term archiving. OJS provides:

Automatic file backups and controlled server management
Export of metadata and full texts in multiple formats (XML, PDF, HTML)
Native integration with PKP PN
Interoperability via OAI-PMH, ensuring harvesting by indexing services, research repositories, and digital libraries

This technical infrastructure guarantees that all published materials remain accessible, discoverable, and preserved across future technological changes.

2. Self-Archiving and Author Rights

To support open access and scholarly dissemination, authors may freely archive:

Preprints
Accepted manuscripts (postprints)
Published versions (Version of Record)

Deposits may be made immediately upon publication, and no embargo applies. Authors are encouraged to link the archived version to the article for proper citation tracking.

3. Research Data Availability and Distribution

The journal promotes responsible data sharing in line with global open science practices. Authors are encouraged to:

Deposit underlying research data in recognized repositories (e.g., Zenodo, Figshare, Dryad)
Provide a Data Availability Statement in the manuscript
Ensure data sharing complies with ethical, legal, and confidentiality requirements

Open data is not mandatory where privacy, consent restrictions, or proprietary limitations apply, but such restrictions must be transparently stated.

4. Long-Term Accessibility Guarantee

The journal ensures that:

All published content will remain accessible through the journal website, DOI system, and third-party preservation services
Metadata will be maintained to ensure discoverability in indexing databases
If the journal migrates to a new platform or undergoes structural changes, all content will be preserved and transferred without interruption