About Journal

University of Thi-Qar Journal for Engineering Sciences (UTJES) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the College of Engineering, University of Thi-Qar, Iraq. UTJES publishes original research articles, review papers, and technical notes across diverse engineering disciplines, including Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Petroleum, and Computer Engineering. All submissions undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process in accordance with international publishing standards and the ethical guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). As a fully open-access publication, UTJES ensures immediate, free, and unrestricted access to all published research, maximizing its visibility and global impact. The journal operates under the University of Thi-Qar in compliance with the accreditation requirements of the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

University of Thi-Qar Journal for Engineering Sciences (UTJES),is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, and integrity of all published scholarly content. To achieve robust and secure digital preservation, University of Thi-Qar Journal for Engineering Sciences (UTJES) utilizes internationally recognized archiving systems, including:

1. College of Engineering , University of Thi-Qar, Iraq.

2. PKP Preservation Network (PKP PLN)

As part of its OJS (Open Journal Systems) infrastructure,University of Thi-Qar Journal for Engineering Sciences (UTJES) participates in the PKP Preservation Network, which offers decentralized, LOCKSS-based long-term archiving to ensure that the journal’s content remains safe, discoverable, and permanently accessible.

Commitment to Long-Term Accessibility

By archiving content through Portico and PKP PLN, University of Thi-Qar Journal for Engineering Sciences (UTJES) ensures:

- Permanent preservation of all published articles
- Redundancy and data security through distributed archiving
- Ongoing accessibility regardless of changes to hosting systems
- Compliance with international digital preservation standards required by Scopus, Clarivate, COPE, and major global libraries
- Stable metadata and DOI resolution for long-term citation reliability

These archiving mechanisms safeguard the journal’s scholarly record, promote reproducibility, and ensure that research published in JBB remains available to the global scientific community indefinitely.