Archiving Policy

Purpose

A journal's obligation to the scholarly record does not end at publication. Pediatrics & Nursology maintains its content so that every article remains permanently available, citable and verifiable, independently of the journal's own continued operation.

Digital preservation

The journal's content is deposited in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), a distributed archive operated by the Public Knowledge Project on LOCKSS infrastructure. Content is replicated across multiple geographically separate nodes and can be recovered and made available by the network if the journal ceases to publish for any reason.

The journal additionally maintains complete backups of its full-text content, metadata, submission records and editorial correspondence.

Persistent identifiers

Every article is assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), registered with Crossref. The DOI resolves permanently to the article record and is the citation link that should be used in reference lists. Metadata deposited with Crossref includes author names, ORCID identifiers, affiliations, funding information and the reference list, making the journal's content traceable through the wider citation infrastructure.

Author self-archiving

Authors may deposit the published version of their article in any institutional or subject repository immediately on publication, without embargo and without seeking permission. This distributed copy is itself a form of preservation, and the journal encourages it. The only requirement is that the original publication is cited.

Metadata harvesting

Article metadata are exposed through an OAI-PMH interface, allowing harvesting by libraries, discovery services, aggregators and indexing databases. The OAI base URL is available from the editorial office.

Corrections and the integrity of the record

Published articles are never removed from the archive and are never silently altered. Where an amendment is required, a citable correction, expression of concern or retraction notice is published and linked to the original, which remains accessible and clearly marked. This applies equally to retracted articles: the retraction removes the findings' standing, not the record of their publication.

Contact

Questions about archiving and preservation: editor@pediatricsnursology.com