Metadata Policy

The journal is committed to creating accurate, structured, and interoperable metadata to support scholarly discovery, indexing, citation, preservation, and research dissemination.

Article metadata may include:

• article title;
• author names;
• affiliations;
• countries;
• ORCID identifiers;
• abstract;
• keywords;
• article type;
• publication date;
• volume;
• issue;
• page range or article number;
• DOI;
• references;
• copyright information;
• license information;
• funding information; and
• other relevant scholarly metadata.

Metadata may be made available through:

• Open Journal Systems;
• OAI-PMH;
• DOI registration agencies;
• scholarly repositories;
• indexing databases;
• library discovery systems; and
• other legitimate academic services.

Where errors are identified, the journal may correct metadata to maintain accuracy and discoverability.

 

Related Policies:
DOI Policy | Indexing & Abstracting | Open Access Policy