RDPD has a set of minimum criteria that conferences must meet to participate in the program.

• The conference must have a board of referees for reviewing the papers.
• The conference must be administered by an appointed program committee.
• The advisory committee must comprise scholars, PhD holders, or senior professors.
• The conference must be supported by a government-recognized educational institute or university.
• Annual conferences will be preferred for inclusion in the RDPD program.

What is RDPD?

RDPD stands for Research Data Preservation Drive. It is a JAAI initiative funded by the Foundation of Computer Science, New York, USA (FCS). RDPD publishes conference proceedings and archives them permanently on JAAI's and mirror server systems. The papers are made accessible to the international scientific community for reference and citation. They are also indexed with prestigious databases such as DOAJ, Google Scholar, Informatics, ProQuest CSA Technology Research Database, NASA ADS, ScientificCommons (Univ. of St Gallens), University of Karlsruhe, Germany, Georgetown University Library, USA, among others. RDPD also provides international recognition and endorsement to participating conferences.

Who can participate?

The Research Data Preservation Drive (RDPD) invites conference organizers to submit conference proceedings or a selected set of papers for publication and permanent archiving under the RDPD program as a special issue.

Are there any charges involved?

RDPD is a free-of-cost initiative funded by the Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), New York, USA. There are no fees or charges for conference organizers to participate.

What are the benefits of RDPD?

• Your research will be accessible to millions of researchers working in related fields.
• The H-index of the authors can be enhanced.
• The citation count of each paper will likely increase due to global exposure.
• The papers will be indexed with prestigious indexes such as DOAJ, Google Scholar, Informatics, ProQuest CSA Technology Research Database, NASA ADS, ScientificCommons (Univ. of St Gallens), University of Karlsruhe, Germany, Georgetown University Library, among others.
• Participating conferences gain recognition and endorsement from JAAI and the Foundation of Computer Science (FCS) worldwide. Future editions of these conferences may also be eligible for sponsorship.

Our conference proceedings are already published. Is there still a need to participate in RDPD?

If you have transferred the copyright to another publisher, RDPD cannot publish the full text of the submitted papers. In this case, RDPD will publish the abstracts and provide a link to the full text of the paper.

Will the abstracts be indexed with DOAJ, Google Scholar, etc.?

Yes, abstracts will be indexed with prestigious indexes such as DOAJ, Google Scholar, Informatics, ProQuest CSA Technology Research Database, NASA ADS, ScientificCommons (Univ. of St Gallens), University of Karlsruhe, Germany, Georgetown University Library, among others.

How can we participate in the RDPD program?

Conference organizers interested in participating in the RDPD program should provide the DOC/DOCX versions of the papers submitted to their conference. These can be sent via email or uploaded directly to any of the JAAI server systems via FTP. Organizers should express their interest by emailing jaai.editor@fcsresearch.org.