Information For Librarians

For Librarians

The International Journal of Advances in Soft Computing and its Applications (IJASCA) welcomes collaboration with university libraries, research institutions, digital repositories, and information services to enhance the visibility, accessibility, and long-term preservation of scholarly research.

The following information is provided to assist librarians and information professionals in integrating and managing journal content within their library systems and discovery services.

Abstracting & Indexing

IJASCA is committed to increasing the visibility and accessibility of published research through inclusion in reputable abstracting and indexing databases.

An up-to-date list of the journal's indexing and abstracting services is available on the Abstracting & Indexing page of the journal website.

Libraries are encouraged to use the official journal website as the authoritative source for current indexing information.

DOI Registration

Every article published in IJASCA is assigned a unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI) through Crossref.

DOIs provide permanent and reliable links to published articles, ensuring persistent access, accurate citation, and efficient scholarly communication.

Librarians and repository managers are encouraged to use the DOI when cataloguing or referencing journal content.

OAI-PMH

IJASCA supports the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) through its Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.

This service enables libraries, institutional repositories, indexing services, and discovery platforms to harvest standardized metadata and improve the discoverability of published articles.

Technical information regarding the journal's OAI-PMH endpoint is available through the journal's OJS platform.

Metadata Information

The journal provides standardized bibliographic metadata to facilitate indexing, cataloguing, and interoperability with library systems.

Article metadata typically includes:

  • Article title

  • Author names and affiliations

  • ORCID identifiers (where available)

  • Abstract

  • Keywords

  • DOI

  • Publication date

  • Volume and issue information

  • References

  • Licensing information

Metadata is structured to support international indexing standards and scholarly discovery services.

Digital Preservation

IJASCA is committed to the long-term preservation and continued accessibility of its published content.

The journal implements digital preservation practices to ensure that published articles remain accessible, authentic, and permanently available to the scholarly community.

Information regarding the journal's digital preservation arrangements is available on the Digital Archiving & Preservation Policy page.

For additional information regarding library services, metadata harvesting, indexing, or repository integration, librarians are welcome to contact the Editorial Office.