Archiving Policy

Open Access Commitment

Academia International Research Journal is dedicated to the free and open dissemination of high-quality research across diverse academic disciplines. All published articles are made immediately and permanently accessible online without subscription or access fees.

The journal operates under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which allows users to:

  • ✅ Read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to full-text articles.

  • ✅ Use the material for lawful, non-commercial purposes with appropriate citation.

⚠️ Modifications or derivative works of the published content are not permitted under this license.

This policy ensures broad accessibility while safeguarding the integrity and originality of the published work.

Open Archiving Policy

To preserve research permanently and ensure its global visibility, the journal maintains a robust open archiving system:

  • All articles are stored in secure, open-access digital repositories.

  • Archived content remains freely available for download, citation, and academic use without restrictions.

Repositories include, but are not limited to:

  • Institutional repositories

  • Discipline-specific archives

  • National and international digital libraries

This guarantees permanent availability and wide reach of the journal’s content worldwide.

Self-Archiving and Author Rights

As a green open-access journal, Academia International Research Journal encourages authors to widely share their work.

  • ✍️ Authors retain full copyright of their published manuscripts.

  • Authors may deposit versions of their work in:

    • Pre-print form (before peer review)

    • Post-print form (after peer review but before final formatting)

    • Final published PDF

Permitted deposit locations include:

  • Personal or academic websites

  • Institutional or departmental repositories

  • Subject-specific repositories (e.g., SSRN, ResearchGate)

No additional permissions are required as long as:

  • Proper citation to the original publication is given.

  • A link to the journal’s official publication page is included.

Ethical Publishing and Compliance

The journal strictly adheres to ethical publishing guidelines as recommended by:

  • Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

  • International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)

  • Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan

Key areas of compliance include:

  • Transparent, unbiased peer review

  • Disclosure and management of conflicts of interest

  • Resolution of authorship disputes

  • Prevention and handling of research misconduct