Digital Preservation & Archiving Policy

The Journal of Information Technology, Cybersecurity, and Artificial Intelligence (JITCAI) is committed to preserving the scholarly record and ensuring the long-term accessibility, integrity, and availability of all published content. To support this commitment, JITCAI utilizes industry-recognized digital preservation technologies and persistent identifiers.

PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN)

JITCAI utilizes the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform to support the long-term preservation of eligible published content. The PKP Preservation Network provides distributed digital preservation services that help ensure continued access to journal content in the event of data loss, system failure, or journal discontinuation.

For more information about the PKP Preservation Network, please visit:

https://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp-pn/

LOCKSS and CLOCKSS

JITCAI has enabled support for LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) and CLOCKSS (Controlled LOCKSS) through Open Journal Systems (OJS). These preservation technologies facilitate distributed archiving by participating preservation networks and libraries, helping safeguard the long-term availability of published scholarly content.

For additional information:

LOCKSS: https://www.lockss.org/
CLOCKSS: https://clockss.org/

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)

All articles published in JITCAI are assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) through Crossref. DOIs provide permanent, persistent, and reliable links to scholarly content, ensuring long-term discoverability, accessibility, and citation.

Long-Term Availability

JITCAI is committed to maintaining permanent public access to all published articles. Every reasonable effort will be made to preserve the journal's scholarly record and ensure continued availability of published content through recognized digital preservation services and the journal's official website.

Official Version of Record

The official version of record for all published articles is maintained on the JITCAI website:

https://www.jitcai.org

Open Access

As a Gold Open Access journal, all published articles are freely and permanently accessible without subscription or registration. Content is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License, allowing unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.