Self-Archiving Policy

Self-Archiving Policy

Diwan Al-Ma'rifah Journal for Applied and Human Sciences supports authors’ rights to archive and share their scholarly work in accordance with the journal’s open-access policy.

Authors may deposit the following versions of their manuscripts in institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal websites, academic networking platforms, or other non-commercial scholarly archives:

  • Preprint: The version submitted before peer review.
  • Accepted Manuscript: The final author version accepted after peer review but before the journal’s formatting and typesetting.
  • Published Version: The final version of record published on the journal’s website.

Authors may self-archive their manuscripts without an embargo period. When depositing an accepted or published version, authors must:

  • Provide full bibliographic details of the published article.
  • Clearly state that the article was first published in Diwan Al-Ma'rifah Journal for Applied and Human Sciences.
  • Include the article’s DOI or permanent journal link when available.
  • Preserve the names of all authors and the original citation information.
  • Indicate any changes made to the deposited version.
  • Comply with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Commercial use, misleading presentation, or unauthorized modification of the published record is not permitted unless such use complies with the applicable license terms.

This policy aims to increase the visibility, accessibility, preservation, and academic impact of published research while ensuring proper attribution to the authors and the journal.