Repository Policy
Archiving is a form of digital preservation, involving a series of processes and activities designed to ensure that information in digital formats is securely backed up and distributed for long-term access. The digital content of the journal is invaluable, and specific measures are in place to ensure its current accessibility and its preservation for the future. The preservation policy includes the following steps:
- Website Archiving
- Abstracting/Indexing Services
- Self-Archiving
The benefits of archiving Open Access (OA) journal articles include:
- Ensuring the long-term availability and accessibility of research work to relevant readers and audiences.
- Minimizing or eliminating the risk of digital degradation by preserving valuable information over time.
- Facilitating easy data retrieval from archived storage in case of a disaster. Archived copies of journals can be recovered and made accessible to the public if the original output is lost or removed.
- Increasing the chances of journal discovery and visibility by joining and submitting articles to more archives.
When articles are published, authors can self-archive the accepted manuscript on their personal websites, as well as in funder or institutional repositories for public access.
Authors retain the copyright to their articles, allowing them to self-archive both the accepted and published manuscripts.
There is no embargo on archiving articles published under the Open Access category. Authors are permitted to deposit such articles in institutional, non-commercial repositories and on personal websites immediately after publication on the journal's website. This is done under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0).
All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode), which allows unrestricted archiving, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
