ABOUT E-JITU
FOR AUTHORS
PUBLICATION POLICIES
Publication Ethics and Malpractice
Archiving Policy
The E-Journal of Islamic Thought & Understanding (E-JITU) is committed to ensuring the permanent availability, accessibility and preservation of all published scholarly content.
E-JITU maintains digital preservation and archiving through multiple recognized systems and institutional infrastructure, including:
- LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) distributed preservation network
https://journal.uitm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/E-JITU/gateway/lockss - CLOCKSS (Controlled LOCKSS) archival preservation system
https://journal.uitm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/E-JITU/gateway/clockss - Institutional repository storage managed by Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/journal/ejitu - Secure journal hosting infrastructure and routine system backups
These preservation mechanisms provide redundancy, decentralized archiving and long-term preservation of the scholarly record to ensure continued access to published content.
E-JITU supports standard metadata and interoperability protocols to enhance discoverability, indexing and long-term accessibility, including:
- OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting)
- Structured XML metadata
- Crossref metadata registration
All published articles are assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) through Crossref to ensure persistent identification, stable citation linking and reliable long-term access.
Published articles remain permanently accessible as part of the journal’s scholarly record, including in the event of journal discontinuation or platform migration.
