Archive Policy

Indexing, Archiving, and Digital Preservation Policy

The Journal of European Internal Medicine Professionals (JEIMP) is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, discoverability, and continued accessibility of all published content. The journal implements a structured archiving and metadata management strategy aligned with internationally recognized standards for scholarly and open-access publishing.

Digital Preservation and Archiving

JEIMP applies multiple, complementary preservation mechanisms to safeguard its scholarly record.

Primary Hosting and Backup

All published articles and associated journal content are hosted on secure server infrastructure supporting the journal’s official platform
(https://jeimp.com/index.php/pub).
Regular system-level backups are performed to protect against data loss, system failure, or unauthorized access.

Trusted Third-Party Preservation Services

To ensure long-term digital preservation independent of local infrastructure, JEIMP deposits the full text of all published articles in recognized external archiving systems, including:

  • LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe)
    JEIMP participates in the LOCKSS program, which permits participating libraries to collect, preserve, and provide access to the journal’s content through a distributed preservation network.

  • PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN)
    JEIMP utilizes the PKP Preservation Network, a trusted digital preservation service integrated with the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform developed by the Public Knowledge Project. PKP PN provides automated, geographically distributed preservation of journal content.

These systems ensure that JEIMP’s content remains accessible even in the event of journal discontinuation, server failure, or platform migration.

Metadata Standards and Interoperability

JEIMP ensures that article-level metadata are created, stored, and disseminated in accordance with internationally accepted interoperability standards to support indexing, archiving, and discovery.

The journal employs structured metadata compliant with protocols such as:

  • Dublin Core

  • OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting)

This approach facilitates accurate harvesting by indexing services, repositories, and library systems, enhancing the global visibility and accessibility of JEIMP’s published content.

Commitment to Scholarly Record Integrity

Through its combined use of secure hosting, trusted third-party preservation services, and standardized metadata dissemination, JEIMP demonstrates a long-term commitment to the integrity, availability, and sustainability of the scholarly record.

NOTE:All articles are assigned permanent DOIs and are archived in trusted open repositories. DOI links are embedded at the article and reference level to ensure persistent access and discoverability.