Repository & Self-Archiving Policy
AL-ĪMĀN Research Journal (IRJ) permits authors to deposit and share versions of their published work in institutional repositories, subject-based repositories, personal academic websites, and other lawful scholarly platforms of their choice.
Authors may deposit the following versions:
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Preprint: The version of the manuscript submitted before peer review.
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Accepted Manuscript (AAM): The final version accepted for publication after peer review and incorporating the required revisions.
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Version of Record (VoR): The final published version of the article.
The journal permits authors to deposit and share these versions without an embargo period.
Authors should provide appropriate acknowledgement of the original publication and, where available, include the article DOI and a link to the official journal version.
Self-archiving and repository deposit are subject to the journal's Copyright & Licensing Policy. Published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
The journal does not require authors to use a specific repository. Authors may choose an appropriate institutional, subject-based, or other lawful repository according to their institutional or disciplinary requirements.
The journal encourages authors to preserve and share their scholarly work through appropriate repositories while maintaining accurate citation and attribution to the original publication.
