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Archiving policy

This archiving policy complies with the UNESCO’s recommendations on the preservation of digital heritage (2003) and Open Science (2021), as well as the United Nations 2030 Agenda's Sustainable Development Goals 9 and 16.

Digital Preservation

The Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences ensures the long-term accessibility, authenticity, and integrity of its content by participating in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), developed by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP), utilizing LOCKSS technology, which secures copies of its articles on servers distributed globally.

Self-archiving

The journal permits and encourages authors to deposit their articles’ Version of Record (VoR) (final published PDF version of the article) into non-commercial open access institutional or subject-specific repositories to promote wider dissemination and accessibility of their work.

The journal encourages authors to include appropriate citation details and a link to the final published version when self-archiving. Self-archived content must respect copyright, licensing terms, and ethical standards, ensuring that author rights and the integrity of the scholarly record are maintained.

Metadata harvesting

The journal’s archiving policy supports metadata harvesting to ensure broad accessibility, discoverability, and long-term preservation of published content. Metadata associated with all published articles will be made available through standardized protocols such as OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting). This facilitates indexing by institutional repositories, aggregators, and digital libraries, enhancing the visibility and integration of the journal’s content within the global scholarly ecosystem.

The journal commits to maintaining the accuracy and currency of metadata records and will collaborate with archiving services to enable seamless metadata harvesting. Harvested metadata will be used solely for scholarly communication purposes, respecting copyright and licensing terms.

Persistent identifiers

Persistent identifiers ensure that all published content is assigned unique, stable, and resolvable identifiers such as DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) or other recognized persistent identifier systems, which facilitate reliable citation, long-term access, and integration of the journal’s articles within digital archives, indexing services, and scholarly communication platforms.

Persistent identifiers will be embedded in metadata records and linked to the final published versions to enhance discoverability and interoperability across repositories and digital libraries.