Journal of Biomedical & Space Sciences
Protecting the scholarly record for the long term
The Journal of Biomedical & Space Sciences (JBSS) is committed to preserving the accessibility, integrity, authenticity, and continuity of its published scientific content.
Layered preservation strategy
External preservation, institutional backups, and persistent identifiers work together to support continued access.
Preserve
Validate
Restore
Policy objective
Long-term availability and integrity of published content
JBSS adopts digital preservation strategies designed to ensure that published articles, metadata, and related scholarly records remain permanently available to researchers, institutions, and the wider scientific community.
Preservation infrastructure
External digital preservation mechanisms
Decentralized preservation
PKP Preservation Network
JBSS participates in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), which provides decentralized digital preservation for eligible journals using Open Journal Systems.
Preserved copies support continued access to published content in the event of technical failure, data loss, or service interruption.
Learn about PKP PNDistributed copies
LOCKSS
JBSS supports the principles of the LOCKSS program — “Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe” — as a distributed approach to long-term digital preservation.
The creation of multiple preserved copies across independent locations helps reduce reliance on a single server or storage environment.
Learn about LOCKSSPreservation continuity
CLOCKSS
JBSS recognizes the importance of CLOCKSS as an internationally trusted initiative for safeguarding scholarly publications through geographically distributed archival systems.
Such preservation frameworks support the future availability of the scholarly record when content is no longer accessible from its original publishing platform.
Learn about CLOCKSSPreservation transparency: JBSS distinguishes between active preservation arrangements and preservation initiatives that the journal supports or recognizes. Participation statements are reviewed whenever the journal’s technical configuration or preservation services change.
Internal safeguards
Institutional preservation and backup procedures
Institutional preservation
Independent backups complement external preservation
In addition to external preservation initiatives, JBSS maintains institutional backup procedures for the journal’s Open Journal Systems environment and its scholarly publishing records.
These procedures provide an additional recovery layer and reduce dependence on any single technical system, server, or preservation mechanism.
Institutional backups include:
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OJS database
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Published articles
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Article metadata
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Editorial files
Persistent identification
Digital Object Identifiers and the version of record
Permanent identifiers
Persistent access through DOI registration
All published JBSS articles receive a Digital Object Identifier registered through Crossref. The DOI provides a persistent identifier for the published version of record.
DOI metadata supports reliable identification, citation, linking, and redirection even when the location of an article changes within the journal’s publishing infrastructure.
Access continuity
Continuity and recovery approach
In the event of data loss, technical failure, platform interruption, or another event affecting public access, JBSS will use the available preserved copies, institutional backups, metadata, and persistent identifiers to support restoration of the scholarly record.
Identify the disruption
The journal evaluates the affected content, files, metadata, and technical services.
Restore preserved content
Available institutional backups or preserved copies are used to restore access.
Validate integrity
Restored files, article metadata, links, and identifiers are reviewed before normal access resumes.
Resume public access
Validated content is made publicly accessible again through the journal platform and persistent DOI links.
Preservation scope
Scholarly content covered by this policy
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Published article files
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Article and issue metadata
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DOI identification records
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Editorial and production files
Commitment to long-term access
Preservation is a continuing editorial responsibility
JBSS is committed to maintaining permanent public access to its published content and to continually improving its preservation infrastructure in accordance with internationally recognized practices for scholarly publishing.
Core preservation principles
✓ Multiple preservation layers
✓ Persistent article identification
✓ Institutional recovery procedures
✓ Continued public accessibility
Policy review: This policy is reviewed whenever the journal’s publishing platform, backup procedures, DOI arrangements, or external preservation services undergo a material change.