Platform resilience
Use tested backups, restricted administrative access, recovery procedures, and documented responsibilities.
Long-term continuity
Digital Preservation and Archiving
Digital preservation protects journal content from platform failure, organizational change, broken links, and ordinary technology loss. The journal should name only preservation services covered by active arrangements and should maintain its own tested backup, recovery, and content-transfer procedures.
journal digital archiving policy
1Preservation2Backups3DOI continuity4Content transfer
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More Than a Routine Backup
Operational backups help restore a working system after an incident. Independent preservation services support long-term access when the journal platform or publisher can no longer provide content.
Persistent identifiers remain useful only when their metadata and destination URLs are maintained. Article, issue, correction, license, and relationship metadata should be updated when the site changes.
Key routes
Use the Journal With Confidence
Each route connects to the record or policy needed for the next decision.
Scholarly preservation
Deposit content and metadata only with services covered by current, verifiable arrangements.
Identifier maintenance
Keep DOI and other persistent-record metadata accurate across moves, corrections, and version changes.
02
A Practical Continuity Plan
The journal should know what is backed up, how often, where copies are stored, who can restore them, and how recovery is tested. It should also plan for domain renewal, platform migration, credential transfer, and publisher transition.
A content-transfer plan identifies the files, metadata, licenses, notices, and technical documentation needed to move the journal without losing issue structure or article routes.
- Maintain tested backups in more than one controlled location.
- Document recovery roles and platform dependencies.
- Keep issue, article, license, and notice metadata exportable.
- Update persistent-identifier destinations after a move.
- Publish only verified preservation claims.
Common questions
Questions Readers and Contributors Ask
Is a cloud backup the same as digital preservation?
No. A backup supports recovery of the operating system, while preservation addresses durable access and continuity of the scholarly record.
Should the journal display preservation logos?
Only when an active agreement or verified participation supports the claim.
What happens if the platform changes?
The journal should migrate content, metadata, notices, and links while maintaining persistent identifiers and redirects.
Sources
Standards and Further Reading
These external resources provide additional policy or practice context. The journal’s own published policies govern its workflow.
Preserve the Record Before a Crisis
Stable routes, exportable metadata, tested recovery, and verified preservation arrangements work together.