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International Journal of Nutrology

Electronic Archiving and Access Retention

The International Journal of Nutrology (IJN) is committed to the long-term preservation, integrity, discoverability, and continued accessibility of its published scholarly content. This policy distinguishes routine operational backup from independent digital preservation and states the preservation coverage that can be verified.

IJN is identified by ISSN 1984-3011 (print), eISSN 2595-2854 (online), and ISSN-L 1984-3011. The official online ISSN record is available through the ISSN Portal.

Objectives

The journal's archiving and access-retention plan is intended to:

  • protect published articles, issue files, supplementary materials, metadata, and post-publication notices against accidental loss, technical failure, or organizational disruption;
  • preserve the authentic scholarly Version of Record and its publication history;
  • maintain stable identification and discoverability through ISSNs, DOIs, metadata, and article landing pages;
  • support restoration of journal operations after an incident; and
  • provide a route to continued public access if the journal or publisher ceases operation.

Verified preservation of historical content

The ISSN Portal and Keepers Registry record for eISSN 2595-2854 reports that IJN content from the former publishing period, covering all or part of 2011–2021, has been preserved by Portico, the Global LOCKSS Network, and Scholars Portal. The record lists the CLOCKSS deposit for that historical period as in progress.

Coverage differs among preservation services and may not include every issue. The current status, years, volumes, and completeness must therefore be checked in the ISSN Portal or Keepers Registry. Historical preservation under a former publisher does not automatically demonstrate preservation of content published on the current platform from 2022 onward.

Preservation route for content on the current platform

IJN's designated long-term preservation route for content published through its current journal platform is the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN). PKP PN is a distributed preservation service for eligible OJS journals and uses LOCKSS-based preservation.

Participation in PKP PN requires activation of the preservation service, acceptance of its agreement, continued technical eligibility, and successful deposit of journal content. IJN will describe an issue or publication period as deposited or preserved through PKP PN only after its deposit status has been verified. The journal and publisher must periodically review deposit status and resolve reported deposit errors.

Until external preservation records are updated, authors, readers, librarians, and indexers may request current deposit evidence from the editorial office at [email protected].

No unsupported preservation claims

IJN will not claim preservation or participation in PubMed Central, CLOCKSS, Portico, LOCKSS, PKP PN, or another repository for publication years that are not supported by a service record, deposit confirmation, participation agreement, or other verifiable evidence. Indexing, DOI registration, website hosting, library cataloging, and preservation are separate functions and must not be presented as equivalent.

Operational backups

The publisher and technical service provider must maintain regular backups appropriate to the journal's publication activity. Backups should include:

  • the journal database;
  • published article files and supplementary materials;
  • submission, review, production, and editorial records retained under journal policy;
  • website configuration and essential journal assets; and
  • metadata required to reconstruct article, issue, author, DOI, license, and publication records.

At least one current backup copy must be stored separately from the production environment and protected by appropriate access controls. Backup integrity and restoration procedures must be tested periodically. Access to confidential submission and peer-review records is limited to authorized personnel.

Operational backups support disaster recovery but do not replace independent long-term preservation.

Version of Record and post-publication notices

The final published article is the Version of Record. Published content must not be silently replaced or altered. Corrections, expressions of concern, retractions, withdrawals, and removals must be issued and linked in accordance with the journal's Corrections, Retractions and Withdrawals Policy.

When an article file is corrected, the journal must preserve an appropriate version history and ensure that the article landing page, DOI, metadata, and notice clearly identify the action taken. Retraction does not ordinarily remove the article from the archive.

Persistent identifiers and metadata

IJN assigns DOIs to published articles and maintains bibliographic metadata for articles and issues. DOI metadata, article URLs, titles, author information, publication dates, license information, and post-publication status must be corrected when necessary and maintained consistently.

DOIs and metadata improve persistent identification and discovery but are not, by themselves, digital preservation services.

OAI-PMH and metadata dissemination

The journal provides an OAI-PMH interface to support metadata harvesting by libraries, repositories, discovery services, and other scholarly systems. Metadata harvesting increases discoverability and supports distributed records, but it does not necessarily preserve the complete Version of Record or associated files.

Open access and author self-archiving

IJN articles are published open access under the journal's stated Creative Commons license. Authors may deposit the submitted manuscript, accepted manuscript, and published Version of Record in institutional, subject, funder, or general-purpose repositories, provided that the deposited version includes the correct citation, DOI link, license, and indication of any correction or retraction.

Additional details are provided in the Licenses, Copyright and Permissions Policy. Author self-archiving creates useful additional access copies but does not replace the journal's preservation obligations.

Continuity of access

If the journal website experiences a temporary interruption, the publisher and technical service provider will prioritize restoration from verified backups and preservation records. When reasonably possible, status and alternative-access information will be communicated through official journal or sponsoring-organization channels.

If IJN permanently ceases publication, the journal, sponsoring organization, and publisher will cooperate to:

  • notify the applicable preservation service and initiate its continuity or trigger procedure when available;
  • maintain DOI registrations and redirect links where technically possible;
  • provide preservation services or a trusted successor with the files and metadata needed for continued access;
  • publish a notice explaining the cessation and where archived content can be accessed; and
  • preserve corrections, retractions, and other notices together with the affected articles.

Monitoring and documentation

The publisher and technical service provider must review the preservation arrangement at least annually and after any substantial hosting, domain, platform, publisher, or ownership change. The review should document:

  • the preservation service used and its current status;
  • the years, volumes, issues, and files successfully deposited;
  • deposit warnings, exclusions, or errors and the action taken;
  • backup completion and the most recent restoration test;
  • DOI and metadata continuity;
  • changes to repository agreements or technical eligibility; and
  • the person responsible for corrective action.

Evidence such as preservation-service status reports, deposit confirmations, screenshots, audit notes, and restoration-test records should be retained for editorial governance and indexer evaluation.

Responsibilities

  • Editor-in-Chief: ensures that the preservation policy protects the integrity and continuity of the scholarly record.
  • Publisher and sponsoring organization: maintain the agreements, resources, and continuity arrangements required for long-term access.
  • Technical service provider: maintains backups, monitors preservation deposits, documents failures, tests restoration, and supports incident recovery.
  • Production team: ensures that final files, supplements, metadata, licenses, DOIs, and post-publication notices are complete and correctly associated.

Policy transparency

This page will be corrected whenever the preservation service, verified coverage, hosting arrangement, or continuity plan changes. Any preservation claim must be specific enough to identify the service and the covered publication period.

Questions about archival coverage or requests for preservation evidence should be sent to [email protected].

Last updated: August 2026.