Identifiers, Archiving and Indexing

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Policy

JAPED assigns DOIs to all published articles via CrossRef. DOIs provide permanent, globally resolvable links to published content and are required for reliable citation and indexing.

DOI Requirement for References

The inclusion of a DOI for all cited works — where a DOI exists — is a mandatory condition for publication at JAPED, effective from the current issue onward. Authors must verify that all DOIs are active and formatted as full hyperlinks (https://doi.org/XXXXXXXXXX) before submission. Manuscripts with incomplete DOI records will be returned for correction prior to peer review.

Archiving and Long-Term Preservation

  Portico:  all content published in JAPED is archived by Portico, providing permanent dark-archive preservation against journal discontinuation or content loss.

  EBSCO:  JAPED is indexed by EBSCO, making its content discoverable through EBSCO's global database infrastructure.

  AJOL:  JAPED is registered with African Journals Online (AJOL), the continent's primary open-access journal platform.

Indexing and Discovery

JAPED is currently indexed or archived in:

Index / Archive

Status and URL

EBSCO

Indexed — https://www.ebsco.com

Portico

Archived (dark archive) — https://www.portico.org

African Journals Online (AJOL)

Registered — https://www.ajol.info

Google Scholar

Indexed

CrossRef (DOIs)

Registered — https://www.crossref.org

COPE

Membership application in progress

DOAJ

Application in preparation

SciELO

Application in preparation