Archiving Policy

Pakistan Social Sciences Review (PSSR) supports open access dissemination and permits self-archiving of scholarly work in accordance with green open access practices.

Self-Archiving Rights

• Authors retain copyright of their work.
• Authors may archive pre-print, accepted manuscript (post-print), and published versions (publisher’s PDF) in personal websites, institutional repositories, or other scholarly repositories without requiring prior permission.
• When archiving, authors must clearly acknowledge Pakistan Social Sciences Review (PSSR) as the original source of publication and provide correct citation details, including a link to the published article.

Digital Preservation

To ensure long-term preservation and accessibility of published content, PSSR utilizes recognized digital archiving and preservation services, including:

• PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) / LOCKSS
• Other trusted scholarly repositories and indexing-compatible archiving systems

These mechanisms ensure that published content remains accessible in the event of accidental data loss or service disruption.

This Archiving Policy is designed to comply with DOAJ archiving requirements and internationally accepted best practices for scholarly content preservation.