Archiving, Indexing, and Licensing

Archiving, Indexing, and Licensing

The Review of Economics, Accounting, Business, and Management Studies (REABMS) is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, discoverability, accessibility, and integrity of the scholarly record. The journal adopts internationally recognized practices for digital preservation, persistent identification, open-access licensing, and inclusion in reputable indexing and abstracting services to maximize the visibility and impact of published research.

REABMS continuously develops its publishing infrastructure to ensure that published articles remain permanently accessible, citable, and available to the global scholarly community.

Archiving and Digital Preservation

REABMS recognizes that the permanent preservation of scholarly literature is an essential component of responsible academic publishing. To safeguard published content against data loss, technological obsolescence, and unforeseen disruptions, the journal implements trusted digital preservation strategies designed to ensure the long-term availability of all published articles.

Where technically and institutionally available, the journal participates in recognized preservation initiatives, including:

  • PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN)
  • LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe)
  • CLOCKSS (Controlled LOCKSS)

These distributed preservation systems maintain multiple secure copies of published content across geographically dispersed locations, ensuring that articles remain accessible even in the event of server failure, journal discontinuation, or other unforeseen circumstances.

As the journal's publishing infrastructure evolves, additional trusted archiving services and preservation repositories may be adopted to further strengthen the long-term security and accessibility of the scholarly record.

Persistent Identifiers

To promote reliable citation, discoverability, and long-term access, REABMS supports the use of persistent digital identifiers.

Where applicable, the journal will:

  • Register Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) through Crossref or another recognized DOI registration agency;
  • Encourage authors to provide their ORCID iDs during manuscript submission;
  • Maintain stable article URLs and metadata to facilitate long-term scholarly citation.
Persistent identifiers improve interoperability among scholarly databases and enhance the global visibility of published research.

Indexing and Abstracting

REABMS actively seeks inclusion in reputable national and international indexing and abstracting services to maximize the dissemination, visibility, discoverability, and scholarly impact of published research.

The journal is committed to maintaining the editorial quality, ethical publishing practices, transparency, technical standards, and publishing consistency required for inclusion in recognized scholarly databases.

REABMS will pursue inclusion in services that may include:

  • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
  • Crossref
  • Google Scholar
  • OpenAlex
  • Dimensions
  • BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)
  • WorldCat
  • ROAD: Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources
  • Scilit
  • Semantic Scholar
  • Lens.org
  • EBSCO (where eligible)
  • ProQuest (where eligible)
  • Other recognized indexing and abstracting services relevant to economics, accounting, business, management, finance, entrepreneurship, public administration, and multidisciplinary social sciences.

The journal website will accurately identify all databases in which REABMS is currently indexed. No indexing service will be claimed until official acceptance has been confirmed.

Metadata Quality

REABMS is committed to maintaining accurate, complete, and standardized article metadata to improve discoverability across indexing services and digital repositories.

Published metadata include, where applicable:

Article title Author names ORCID iDs Institutional affiliations Abstract Keywords References DOI Publication dates Licensing information

The journal regularly reviews metadata quality to ensure compatibility with international indexing and discovery systems.

Open Access Licensing

All articles published in the Review of Economics, Accounting, Business, and Management Studies (REABMS) are distributed under the:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License

License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Under this license, users may:

Share

  • Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

Adapt

  • Remix;
  • Transform;
  • Translate;
  • Build upon the material.

These permissions apply for any lawful purpose, including commercial use, provided that users comply with the license terms. These rights cannot be revoked provided users comply with the license terms.

License Requirements

Users reusing REABMS publications must:

Attribution

Provide appropriate credit by:

  • Citing the original author(s);
  • Citing REABMS as the original source of publication;
  • Providing a link to the CC BY 4.0 License;
  • Clearly indicating whether modifications have been made.

Attribution must not imply endorsement by the original authors or the journal.

No Additional Restrictions

Users may not apply legal, contractual, or technological measures that restrict others from exercising the rights granted under the CC BY 4.0 License.

Repository Deposit

Authors are encouraged to deposit the published Version of Record in:

  • Institutional, Subject, or Government repositories;
  • Funding agency repositories or University digital libraries;
  • Personal academic webpages or Academic networking platforms.

When depositing published articles, authors should include:

  • Complete bibliographic citation and DOI;
  • Link to the official published version.

The journal imposes no embargo on repository deposits.

Long-Term Accessibility

REABMS is committed to ensuring that published research remains permanently accessible. The journal seeks to:

  • Maintain permanent article URLs;
  • Preserve published files through trusted archiving services;
  • Ensure metadata interoperability;
  • Support citation persistence through DOI registration;
  • Maintain open access without embargo periods.

Commitment to Preservation and Discoverability

The Review of Economics, Accounting, Business, and Management Studies (REABMS) is dedicated to preserving the scholarly record while maximizing the visibility and accessibility of published research. Through trusted digital preservation systems, persistent identifiers, accurate metadata, ongoing efforts toward inclusion in reputable indexing services, and a fully open-access licensing model, the journal supports the long-term dissemination, discoverability, citation, and impact of scholarly work in economics, accounting, business, management, and related disciplines. These practices strengthen the reliability, permanence, and accessibility of the academic record for researchers and institutions worldwide.

Alignment with International Standards

This policy has been developed in accordance with internationally recognized standards for digital preservation, indexing, open-access publishing, and research transparency. It is informed by the guidance and recommendations of:

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    Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) – Core Practices on preserving the scholarly record and ensuring publication integrity:
    https://publicationethics.org/
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    Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) – Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing and criteria relating to archiving, licensing, metadata quality, and indexing transparency:
    https://doaj.org/apply/guide/

REABMS periodically reviews and updates its archiving, indexing, and licensing practices to ensure continued compliance with evolving international standards for scholarly publishing, digital preservation, and open-access dissemination.