Archiving Policy

Archiving Policy

Medical Forum Monthly is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, accessibility, and integrity of all published scholarly content. The journal recognizes the importance of maintaining a permanent scholarly record and has implemented measures to preserve its digital publications for future access.

Digital Preservation

The journal adopts digital preservation practices to ensure that published articles remain accessible over time. Preservation strategies are designed to protect journal content against accidental loss, system failures, and technological changes.

The journal regularly maintains secure backups of its website, database, and published content to support business continuity and disaster recovery.

Long-Term Preservation

If you use PKP PN (only include this if it is actually active):

Medical Forum Monthly participates in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), a free preservation service for eligible Open Journal Systems (OJS) journals. PKP PN provides long-term preservation of published journal content and ensures continued access to articles should the journal website become unavailable.

If you are not yet using PKP PN, use this instead:

Medical Forum Monthly is committed to implementing a recognized long-term digital preservation service. Until such a service is fully operational, the journal maintains regular backups of all published content and journal data to safeguard against data loss.

Permanent Availability

All published articles remain permanently available through the journal's official website. The journal strives to ensure uninterrupted access to published content and maintains article metadata to support discoverability and citation.

Where applicable, articles are assigned Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to provide persistent and reliable access.

Open Access Preservation

As an Open Access journal, Medical Forum Monthly provides immediate and free access to all published research. Archived content remains openly accessible without subscription or registration, in accordance with the journal's Open Access Policy.

Preservation Objectives

Medical Forum Monthly aims to:

  • Preserve the scholarly record for future generations.
  • Ensure long-term accessibility of published research.
  • Protect published content from accidental loss or corruption.
  • Maintain the authenticity and integrity of published articles.
  • Support international standards for digital preservation and scholarly communication.

Website Backup and Recovery

The journal performs regular backups of:

  • Published articles
  • Journal database
  • Website files
  • Editorial records
  • Metadata

These backups are securely maintained to facilitate recovery in the event of technical failures or unexpected data loss.

Policy Updates

This Archiving Policy may be updated periodically to reflect improvements in digital preservation practices and compliance with international publishing standards.

Contact Information

For questions regarding this Archiving Policy, please contact:

Editorial Office
Medical Forum Monthly

Email: editor@medicalforummonthly.com (replace with your official editorial email if different)

Website: https://medicalforummonthly.com