Archiving Policy

PIETAS: Jurnal Studi Agama dan Lintas Budaya (Journal of Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies) is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, integrity, and continuity of its published scholarly content.

The journal maintains appropriate digital preservation practices for published articles, article metadata, publication records, and related scholarly information to minimize the risk of data loss and to preserve the integrity of the academic record.

Digital Preservation

Published articles and associated metadata are preserved through the journal's electronic publishing system and digital archive. PIETAS implements reasonable administrative and technical measures to maintain continued access to published content during system maintenance, platform migration, technical disruptions, or other unforeseen circumstances.

PIETAS's digital preservation practices include:

  • Maintaining digital copies of published articles and associated metadata;
  • Performing regular backups of journal data, publication records, and system information;
  • Preserving article identifiers, including Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs);
  • Maintaining the integrity and accessibility of published articles and journal issues;
  • Supporting migration of journal content to updated platforms or file formats when necessary; and
  • Implementing recovery procedures to reduce the risk of permanent loss of scholarly content.

Long-Term Accessibility

PIETAS is committed to maintaining permanent accessibility to its published scholarly content. Published articles remain part of the scholarly record regardless of post-publication actions, including corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions.

Any changes affecting the status of published articles are documented transparently and linked to the original publication record in accordance with PIETAS Publication Ethics and editorial policies.

External Archiving and Preservation Services

PIETAS supports the preservation of published content through recognized digital preservation systems, scholarly repositories, indexing services, and other appropriate academic infrastructures where applicable.

The journal may participate in trusted preservation networks and repository services to strengthen long-term accessibility, discoverability, and continuity of published research.

Article metadata and published content may be deposited or distributed through appropriate scholarly infrastructures in accordance with PIETAS Open Access Statement and Copyright & License Policy.

Author Self-Archiving

Authors are permitted to archive and disseminate their published articles through institutional repositories, personal academic websites, academic networks, and other appropriate scholarly platforms, provided that:

  • The original publication in PIETAS: Jurnal Studi Agama dan Lintas Budaya (Journal of Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies) is properly cited and acknowledged;
  • The article DOI or permanent publication link is included where available; and
  • The reuse complies with the journal's applicable Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Preservation of Sensitive Scholarly Materials

Because PIETAS publishes research related to religion, culture, society, communities, fieldwork, and historical or archival materials, preservation practices must consider applicable ethical, privacy, cultural, and confidentiality requirements.

Confidential participant information, culturally restricted knowledge, sacred materials, or sensitive research data should not be publicly accessible unless appropriate ethical approval, authorization, consent, or permission has been obtained.

Preservation of the Scholarly Record

PIETAS seeks to preserve the integrity and continuity of the scholarly record by maintaining stable bibliographic information, article metadata, DOI identifiers, publication history, and relevant post-publication notices.

Through responsible archiving and preservation practices, PIETAS aims to ensure that scholarly contributions in religion, culture, and society remain accessible to researchers, institutions, communities, and the wider academic public over the long term.