Archiving Policy

Archiving and Digital Preservation Policy

The International Journal of Medical Research and Innovation in Applied Science (IJMRIAS) is committed to the long-term preservation, permanent accessibility, authenticity, and integrity of the scholarly record. The journal recognizes that published scientific literature represents a permanent contribution to global medical knowledge and therefore adopts responsible digital preservation practices to ensure that published articles remain accessible, discoverable, and citable for future generations of researchers, clinicians, educators, policymakers, and healthcare professionals.

The journal continuously implements appropriate digital preservation measures consistent with internationally accepted scholarly publishing practices to minimize the risk of content loss resulting from technological failures, cyber incidents, organizational changes, or unforeseen operational disruptions.

1. Purpose of the Archiving Policy

The purpose of this policy is to:

  • Ensure permanent preservation of published scholarly content.
  • Maintain uninterrupted public access to research articles.
  • Protect the integrity of the scholarly record.
  • Support long-term academic citation and referencing.
  • Safeguard published content against accidental loss or corruption.
  • Promote responsible scholarly communication.

2. Digital Preservation

All articles published in IJMRIAS are preserved electronically using secure digital storage infrastructure maintained by the publisher. Published content is retained in multiple secure environments to reduce the risk of data loss and to support long-term preservation.

Digital preservation measures are designed to protect published content against:

  • Hardware failures.
  • Software corruption.
  • Server malfunction.
  • Cybersecurity incidents.
  • Website migration.
  • Hosting infrastructure changes.
  • Accidental deletion.
  • Natural disasters affecting information systems.
  • Unexpected organizational or operational interruptions.

Routine backup procedures and recovery mechanisms are maintained to support continuity of access whenever technically feasible.

3. Open Access Preservation

IJMRIAS follows a fully open-access publishing model. All published articles are made freely available immediately upon publication without subscription fees, registration barriers, or embargo periods.

Published articles remain permanently accessible through the official journal website and may also be preserved through appropriate scholarly repositories, indexing services, institutional archives, or other preservation mechanisms where applicable.

The journal supports the widest possible dissemination of medical research while ensuring permanent scholarly accessibility.

4. Author Self-Archiving Policy

IJMRIAS encourages authors to maximize the visibility and accessibility of their research through responsible self-archiving.

Authors may archive:

  • The accepted manuscript following peer review.
  • The final published Version of Record.
  • Supplementary research materials where appropriate.

Authors may deposit their work in:

  • Institutional repositories.
  • University digital libraries.
  • Government-funded repositories.
  • Subject-specific repositories.
  • Personal academic websites.
  • Professional academic profiles.
  • Research networking platforms.

Whenever archived elsewhere, authors should cite the original publication in IJMRIAS and include the DOI (where assigned) or the official journal URL.

5. Metadata Preservation

To support long-term discoverability and scholarly citation, IJMRIAS preserves comprehensive bibliographic metadata for every published article.

Metadata may include:

  • Article title.
  • Author names.
  • Author affiliations.
  • ORCID identifiers (where provided).
  • Abstract.
  • Keywords.
  • Publication date.
  • Volume and issue information.
  • Page numbers or article identifiers.
  • Digital Object Identifier (DOI), where assigned.
  • Licence information.
  • Funding statements.
  • Conflict of interest declarations.

Maintaining complete metadata enhances indexing, citation tracking, interoperability, and long-term retrieval of published research.

6. Preservation of the Scholarly Record

Once an article has been formally published, it becomes part of the permanent scholarly record.

Published articles are not ordinarily removed, replaced, or substantially modified.

Where necessary, the journal may publish:

  • Editorial corrections.
  • Corrigenda.
  • Errata.
  • Expressions of concern.
  • Retraction notices.
  • Editorial updates.

Any post-publication notice will remain permanently linked to the original article in order to preserve transparency and maintain the integrity of the academic record.

7. Long-Term Accessibility

IJMRIAS is committed to maintaining permanent public access to all published content.

If future technological, organizational, publishing, or infrastructure changes occur, reasonable preservation measures will be implemented to ensure continued availability of published articles whenever practicable.

The journal will make reasonable efforts to preserve access to previously published scholarly content regardless of changes in website architecture, publishing systems, or digital platforms.

8. Print Preservation

Where printed versions of journal issues are produced, archival copies may be retained by the publisher and may also be deposited with libraries, documentation centres, universities, or research institutions for long-term physical preservation.

9. Integrity of Archived Content

IJMRIAS is committed to preserving the authenticity of published articles.

Archived content shall not be altered after publication except where editorial corrections, corrigenda, errata, or retraction notices are required in accordance with accepted publication ethics and editorial policies.

The journal strives to maintain an accurate, transparent, and trustworthy scholarly record.

10. Policy Review and Updates

This Archiving and Digital Preservation Policy may be reviewed and updated periodically to reflect developments in digital preservation technologies, scholarly publishing practices, information security, legal requirements, and internationally recognized best practices.

Any revised version of this policy shall become effective upon publication on the official IJMRIAS website.