Al-Bayyinaẗ. البينة follows a strict archiving policy to ensure that all published content remains publicly accessible and preserved for future reference. Our policy aligns with global best practices in scholarly publishing and ensures the long-term availability and integrity of our journal’s content.

1. Digital Preservation:

All articles published in Al-Bayyinaẗ. البينة are archived in multiple digital repositories, ensuring their permanence and availability for future research. These repositories include:

• LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe): Articles are archived with the LOCKSS system, ensuring long-term access and preservation.

• PORTICO: Our journal is archived with Portico, one of the leading digital preservation services in the academic community.

• DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals): Our content is indexed and preserved in DOAJ, ensuring global visibility and academic accessibility.

2. Self-Archiving:

Authors are encouraged to self-archive their articles in institutional or subject-specific repositories, such as:

• Institutional Repositories: Authors may upload their accepted manuscripts to their university or institutional repository after a 12-month embargo period.

• Preprint Repositories: Authors may also submit their manuscripts to preprint repositories relevant to their research fields prior to formal peer review.

3. Print Archiving:

In addition to digital preservation, the journal is committed to maintaining a print archive of all published issues, stored in accessible physical locations, such as university libraries and national archives, ensuring additional backup for print access.

4. Metadata and Indexing:

Our content is indexed with prominent databases and repositories to ensure that it is discoverable by scholars and researchers globally. The journal metadata, including authorship, abstracts, keywords, and publication details, is regularly updated and synchronized with trusted indexing services.

5. Preservation of Content Integrity:

The editorial team ensures that all content published in Al-Bayyinaẗ. البينة is accurate, up-to-date, and remains free from alterations. Any corrections or retractions will be clearly marked and archived in the appropriate manner according to the journal’s policy on corrections and retractions.

6. Long-Term Access and Availability:

We adhere to open-access principles to maximize the reach and impact of our articles. All published content is freely accessible via our journal website and is archived for public access. The journal’s content will remain available indefinitely, ensuring that research from Al-Bayyinaẗ. البينة continues to contribute to the academic community.

7. Responsibilities:

The Al-Bayyinaẗ. البينة editorial board is responsible for overseeing and managing the implementation of the archiving policy. The board works in collaboration with repository and preservation services to ensure continued access to published content.

8. License and Rights:

Published content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing authors and researchers to reuse, redistribute, and adapt the material as long as appropriate credit is given.