The International Journal of Peace and Conflict Research (IJPCR) is committed to the long-term preservation, accessibility, and integrity of its published scholarly record.
IJPCR is published using Open Journal Systems (OJS), developed by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). The journal uses preservation mechanisms supported by OJS to help safeguard published content against loss and to support continued access over time.
Where enabled and applicable, IJPCR may participate in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), a distributed digital preservation service designed for OJS journals. Participation in PKP PN is subject to the journal meeting the network’s eligibility requirements and the relevant preservation service being activated within the journal’s OJS installation.
The journal seeks to preserve published articles and associated bibliographic information as part of the permanent scholarly record.
Preservation practices are intended to support continued access to journal content in the event of technical failure, platform migration, organisational change, or other circumstances that could affect availability.
The version published on the IJPCR website is the journal’s Version of Record. Where post-publication changes are necessary, they are handled transparently in accordance with the journal’s policy on corrections, retractions, and withdrawals.
Published articles remain part of the scholarly record unless a formal editorial action requires a correction, retraction, withdrawal notice, or other appropriate update.
Authors may deposit their published articles in institutional, subject, funder, or other appropriate scholarly repositories in accordance with the journal’s Open Access & Licensing policy.
Where the Version of Record is deposited elsewhere, authors are encouraged to include the complete citation and DOI or permanent link to the article on the IJPCR website.
IJPCR assigns Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to published articles where applicable. DOI registration supports persistent identification and reliable linking to the scholarly record, but it is complementary to, rather than a substitute for, long-term digital preservation.
Digital preservation arrangements may evolve as technologies, platform capabilities, or preservation services change. Where the journal changes platform or preservation provider, reasonable measures will be taken to maintain the continuity, integrity, and accessibility of published content.
Submissions are open for Vol. 2 No. 1 (2027). We welcome original research articles, review articles, and short communications in peace studies, conflict resolution, international relations, and related areas of social science.
Next publication date: 31 January 2027.
