1. Commitment to Long-Term Preservation
Zoological Records and Reviews is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, and integrity of its published scholarly content. The journal recognizes archiving as a core responsibility to the academic community and the broader public, safeguarding the scholarly record for future generations.
2. Digital Archiving Strategy
All published articles are stored and preserved in secure digital formats. The journal maintains multiple preservation measures to protect content against data loss, technological obsolescence, and unexpected service disruptions.
Archiving practices are designed to ensure that published content remains accessible even if the journal ceases publication.
3. Institutional and Repository Archiving
Authors are permitted and encouraged to deposit the published version of their articles in:
- Institutional repositories
- Subject-specific repositories
- National or regional research archives
Such deposits support wider dissemination and redundancy of preservation while respecting the journal’s licensing terms.
4. Website and Publisher Archiving
The journal maintains complete archives of all published issues on its official website. Back issues remain freely accessible, with no time limitations or access restrictions.
Regular backups are performed to ensure data security and content integrity.
5. Article Identification and Version Control
Each published article is assigned stable bibliographic metadata and permanent identifiers to support citation, discovery, and retrieval. Once published, articles are not altered except in cases of correction, retraction, or expressions of concern.
All post-publication changes are clearly documented and linked to the original article to maintain transparency.
6. Preservation of Supplementary Materials
Where applicable, supplementary files (datasets, appendices, multimedia content) associated with published articles are archived alongside the main article or through recognized repositories, ensuring continued access to supporting research materials.
7. Open Access and Archiving Compatibility
The journal’s open access model supports unrestricted archiving and long-term availability. Licensing terms allow lawful preservation, copying, and redistribution in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license.
8. Responsibility and Oversight
The Publisher is responsible for implementing and maintaining archiving and preservation practices. Archiving policies and procedures are reviewed periodically to ensure compliance with evolving technical standards and indexing requirements.
9. Transparency and Public Availability
This Archiving Policy is publicly available on the journal’s website. Information about where and how content is archived is clearly stated to ensure transparency for authors, readers, and indexing services.
10. Policy Review and Updates
The Archiving Policy is reviewed regularly and updated when necessary to reflect improvements in preservation technologies, repository partnerships, or international best practices.