Archiving and Deposit Policy

The Indonesian Journal of Feminist Legal Studies (IJFLS) recognizes that long-term digital preservation is an essential responsibility of scholarly publishing. The journal is committed to ensuring the continued availability, authenticity, integrity, and accessibility of all published content, even in the event of technological changes, website disruption, or other circumstances that may affect access to the journal platform.

As an open access journal, IJFLS considers preservation and archiving as fundamental components of responsible academic communication. The journal implements appropriate digital preservation strategies to protect the scholarly record and ensure that published research remains accessible to researchers, academics, practitioners, policymakers, and the public over the long term.

1. Objectives of the Archiving Policy

The primary objectives of the IJFLS Archiving and Deposit Policy are to:

  • Ensure the permanent preservation of published scholarly content;

  • Maintain continued access to journal articles and metadata;

  • Protect published works from accidental loss, corruption, or technological obsolescence;

  • Support reliable citation, indexing, and academic referencing;

  • Preserve the intellectual contributions of authors as part of the global scholarly record;

  • Promote transparency, accountability, and sustainability in scholarly publishing.

2. Content Preservation

IJFLS preserves all officially published materials, including but not limited to:

  • Research Articles;

  • Review Articles;

  • Conceptual Articles;

  • Case Commentaries and Legal Analyses;

  • Policy and Practice Papers;

  • Book Reviews;

  • Special Issue Publications;

  • Editorial materials and issue-level information.

The preserved content includes:

  • Final published article files (PDF and/or other publication formats);

  • Article metadata, including title, author names, affiliations, abstracts, keywords, references, and publication dates;

  • Digital Object Identifier (DOI) information, where applicable;

  • Issue information, volume, number, and publication records;

  • Supplementary materials associated with published articles, where available.

3. Digital Preservation Systems

IJFLS utilizes recognized digital preservation mechanisms to ensure the long-term availability of journal content. The journal may participate in or utilize trusted preservation services, including:

a. PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN)

For journals managed through Open Journal Systems (OJS), IJFLS supports preservation through the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), which provides decentralized and secure preservation of journal content.

PKP PN enables the preservation of published articles and associated metadata, ensuring that journal content remains recoverable and accessible even if the journal website becomes unavailable.

b. LOCKSS/CLOCKSS and Other Preservation Networks

Where applicable, IJFLS supports participation in trusted preservation networks such as LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) and CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) or other recognized digital preservation services.

These systems create distributed archival copies of journal content across multiple secure locations to reduce the risk of permanent data loss.

c. Institutional and Subject Repositories

IJFLS encourages preservation and dissemination through:

  • University institutional repositories;

  • Research organization repositories;

  • Subject-based repositories;

  • National and international scholarly archives.

Repository deposits help increase accessibility, visibility, and long-term availability of published research.

4. Publisher Responsibilities

As the publisher, JUSTISIA GLOBAL EDUKASI, through The Indonesian Journal of Feminist Legal Studies (IJFLS), is responsible for:

  • Maintaining accurate and complete publication records;

  • Ensuring that published content is preserved using appropriate digital methods;

  • Maintaining article metadata quality for discoverability and citation;

  • Monitoring the accessibility of archived materials;

  • Updating preservation strategies in response to developments in digital publishing standards;

  • Cooperating with preservation services and scholarly infrastructure providers.

The publisher is committed to protecting the integrity of the academic record and ensuring that published materials remain available regardless of changes in editorial management, website infrastructure, or publishing technology.

5. Author Deposit Policy

IJFLS supports responsible sharing and repository deposit by authors. Authors may deposit their published articles in:

  • Institutional repositories;

  • Subject repositories;

  • Personal academic websites;

  • Research-sharing platforms permitted under the journal's licensing policy.

Authors are encouraged to deposit the final published version of their article where permitted.

All deposited versions should include:

  • Full citation information;

  • Proper acknowledgment of publication in The Indonesian Journal of Feminist Legal Studies (IJFLS);

  • A link or reference to the official journal publication page;

  • Appropriate licensing information.

6. Metadata Deposit and Discoverability

To enhance accessibility and academic visibility, IJFLS maintains accurate metadata records and supports deposit to relevant scholarly communication systems.

Metadata may include:

  • Article title;

  • Author information;

  • Institutional affiliations;

  • Abstract;

  • Keywords;

  • References;

  • Publication date;

  • Journal volume and issue information;

  • DOI and persistent identifiers.

Accurate metadata ensures that published articles can be effectively discovered, indexed, cited, and connected with global scholarly databases and research networks.

7. Handling Journal Discontinuation or Platform Failure

In the event that IJFLS ceases publication, changes its publishing platform, or experiences technical disruption, the journal will make reasonable efforts to ensure continued access to all published content through trusted archival systems and repositories.

The preservation copies maintained by external archiving services will serve as a safeguard to protect the continuity of the scholarly record.

8. Access to Archived Content

Archived content remains available according to the journal's Open Access Policy and applicable licensing terms. Users may access preserved articles for reading, research, educational, and scholarly purposes.

Any use, reproduction, or distribution of archived materials must comply with the journal's copyright and licensing requirements.

9. Commitment to Long-Term Scholarly Preservation

Through this Archiving and Deposit Policy, The Indonesian Journal of Feminist Legal Studies (IJFLS) affirms its commitment to responsible academic publishing and the preservation of knowledge. The journal continuously improves its preservation practices by following recognized standards in digital archiving, open access publishing, and scholarly communication. By maintaining reliable archival systems, IJFLS ensures that research contributions remain accessible, citable, and valuable for current and future generations of scholars.