Digital Archiving & Preservation Policy

Last updated: October 24, 2025

Scope: 

  • This policy describes how INNOVAPATH: Journal of Translational Medicine & Biotechnology ensures the long-term preservation, accessibility, and integrity of its published scholarly record.

Primary Preservation Service (LOCKSS network):

  • INNOVAPATH preserves all published content via the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), a LOCKSS-based distributed “dark archive” for OJS journals.
  • Once deposited and validated, article packages (PDF, HTML, supplementary files, and essential metadata) are redundantly stored across the PKP PN nodes. They can be restored in the event of catastrophic failure or content loss on the journal site.

Additional Safeguards:

  • The journal’s hosting provider performs scheduled, versioned backups of the site and database.
  • All articles receive DOIs; references and metadata are deposited to a DOI registration agency to facilitate discovery and citation.
  • The journal exposes machine-readable metadata via OAI-PMH to support harvesting by indexers and libraries.
  • Articles are preserved in widely adopted, preservation-friendly formats (PDF/A where feasible; CSV/ZIP for datasets).
  • Routine checksums and server-side integrity checks are used during deposit and restore operations.

Access & Restoration:

  • If the journal website becomes unavailable for an extended period, preserved content can be restored from PKP PN. The Editor-in-Chief (or designate) will coordinate with PKP PN to trigger restoration and communicate timelines to readers and authors.

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