Poorvam Open Research Engine

◈ Our Mission

The Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE), hosted at http://pore.poorvam.com, is a sibling platform to the Poorvam International Journal of Creative Arts and Cultural Expressions (PIJCACE). Published by Dhvani Publication, PORE shares the same civilisational focus and scholarly seriousness, but is oriented toward discovery, aggregation, and open research infrastructure rather than journal publishing.

Where PIJCACE publishes finished knowledge and Ideas publishes live thinking, PORE is the infrastructure that makes both more valuable — storing, surfacing, connecting, and preserving the intellectual work across the entire Poorvam ecosystem.

Think of it this way: Ideas is the sketchbook, the Journal is the exhibition, and PORE is the archive, catalogue, and library combined.

01 The Three-Layer Ecosystem

Each layer has a distinct job. None cannibalises the others. PORE makes the whole more than the sum of its parts.

02 What PORE Does

• Index and cross-link — makes research articles and short essays findable together, so a reader on an article can discover the quick idea that seeded it
• Open repository — hosts preprints, working papers, datasets, and raw research materials that don't fit either publication format
• Synthesis engine — aggregates themes across both publications; identifies where multiple short ideas converge into a research gap
• Open review layer — hosts public peer commentary on published work, creating a living conversation around finished pieces
• Author profiles and citation graphs — tracks how ideas evolve into full journal articles, making the intellectual genealogy visible
• Single search interface — the unified search across the entire Poorvam ecosystem

03 Platform Features

• Full-text search across the journal, ideas, and deposited preprints simultaneously
• Faceted filtering by discipline, medium, geography, language, and methodology
• "Idea-to-Article" trails — traceable pathways showing how a short essay evolved into a full research article
• Version control — every revision of a deposited work is preserved and timestamped
• Persistent identifiers (DOIs or equivalent) for every deposited item
• Theme clustering — periodic "State of the Field" briefs mapping research density
• Cross-pollination alerts — notifications when a new idea essay touches a researcher's area
• Community-curated reading lists and collections

04 Open Access Policy

Open access in the arts and cultural studies context carries a particular tension: researchers and creative practitioners are often already poorly compensated. Our model is free to read, free to deposit, and sustainable through institutional support rather than author fees.

PORE commits to a minimum 25-year preservation guarantee for all deposits, partnering with external digital preservation networks so content survives beyond any single infrastructure.

05 Governance

PORE is governed separately from the journal editorial board. If the same people who decide what gets published also control what gets indexed and surfaced, PORE becomes a promotional tool rather than a genuine open engine. The separation protects its credibility.

• PORE Council — 5–7 rotating members responsible for indexing policy, deposit standards, and open access terms
• Community Advisory Panel — researchers, artists, and cultural practitioners who provide annual input on PORE's direction
• Technical Steward — responsible for infrastructure, uptime, and data integrity, accountable to the Council

06 Our Team

PORE is developed by scholars, technologists, and librarians dedicated to open access and academic excellence.

◈ Contact

We welcome feedback, collaboration, and inquiries. Contact us at admin@poorvam.com to learn more or contribute to PORE.