Ar Rehla: Journal of Islamic Tourism, Halal Food, Islamic Traveling, and Creative Economy permits and encourages authors to deposit and share their scholarly manuscripts and published articles through institutional, disciplinary, and other appropriate repositories. Authors may archive permitted manuscript versions without an embargo period or additional permission from the journal.
Ar Rehla allows authors to deposit the following versions of their manuscripts:
Submitted Manuscript (Preprint): The version prepared before formal peer review and editorial acceptance. Authors may deposit this version before or during manuscript submission, provided that it is clearly identified as a preprint.
Author Accepted Manuscript (Postprint): The version accepted for publication after peer review and required revisions, but before final journal formatting. Authors may deposit this version immediately after official acceptance.
Published Version of Record (VoR): The final article officially published by Ar Rehla. Authors may deposit and distribute this version immediately upon publication under its applicable Creative Commons licence.
All three versions may be archived without an embargo imposed by Ar Rehla.
Authors may deposit their manuscripts and published articles in:
Institutional repositories managed by universities or research institutions.
Disciplinary or multidisciplinary research repositories.
Recognised preprint servers.
Personal academic websites and institutional webpages.
Other appropriate scholarly repositories and academic networking platforms.
Authors may select their preferred repositories, provided that the repository's terms are compatible with applicable copyright, licensing, and confidentiality requirements.
Authors must ensure that deposited manuscripts and articles are accurately identified and appropriately attributed.
Repository records should include:
The manuscript or article title and authors' names.
Clear identification of the deposited version (Preprint, Postprint, or Version of Record).
The journal title and relevant publication information, where available.
The DOI or permanent URL linking to the officially published article, when available.
Accurate copyright and licensing information applicable to the deposited version.
Authors are encouraged to update earlier repository records with the official publication details after the article is published.
The published Version of Record is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) License. This licence must not automatically be attributed to preprints or accepted manuscripts unless it has also been applied to those versions.
Further licensing provisions are available in the Copyright and Licensing Policy.
Repository deposits must accurately represent the publication status of each manuscript or article. When a published article is corrected or retracted, authors are encouraged to update the relevant repository records and provide links to the official notices.
Deposited materials must comply with applicable intellectual property rights, confidentiality obligations, and legal requirements. Repository sharing must not misrepresent the scholarly publication record.
Requirements concerning the deposit and sharing of underlying research datasets are addressed separately in the Research Data Policy.
