Archiving Policy
1. Purpose of Archiving
Pammula Journal of Nursing Practice & Innovation is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, and usability of its published scholarly content. This Archiving Policy outlines the journal’s approach to digital preservation and permanent access to published articles.
2. Digital Archiving System
The journal utilizes recognized digital archiving systems and repositories to ensure the permanent availability of its content. Published articles are securely stored and preserved through:
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LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) system
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CLOCKSS (Controlled LOCKSS) where applicable
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Institutional Repositories
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National Library or academic digital repositories (when available)
These systems provide decentralized and distributed preservation to safeguard journal content against data loss.
3. Journal Website Archiving
All published articles are archived on the official website of Pammula Journal of Nursing Practice & Innovation using the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. The journal regularly performs:
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Server backups
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Database backups
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Content integrity checks
to ensure data security and continuity of access.
4. Author Self-Archiving Policy
Authors are permitted to archive their work under the following conditions:
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Pre-print: Authors may share the submitted version of the manuscript before peer review.
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Post-print (accepted manuscript): Authors may deposit the accepted version in institutional or personal repositories with proper citation to the journal.
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Published version (Version of Record): Authors may share the final published PDF on non-commercial platforms, provided that full citation and a link to the journal website are included.
5. Open Access and Permanent Availability
As an open-access journal, all articles published in Pammula Journal of Nursing Practice & Innovation are freely accessible to readers worldwide without subscription or access barriers. The journal ensures that published content remains permanently available.
6. Preservation of Metadata
In addition to full-text articles, the journal preserves complete metadata, including abstracts, keywords, author information, and references, to support discoverability, indexing, and interoperability with scholarly databases.
7. Policy on Journal Closure
In the event that Pammula Journal of Nursing Practice & Innovation ceases publication, all published content will remain accessible through existing digital archiving systems and partner repositories to ensure continued access to the scholarly record.
8. Policy Review and Updates
This Archiving Policy is periodically reviewed and updated to reflect changes in archiving technology, publishing standards, and regulatory requirements.