Open Access and Digital Preservation Policy

Educational Regent Multidisciplinary Journal (ERMJ) adopts an Open Access model to promote the global dissemination of scientific knowledge and facilitate the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas.

All content published by the journal is freely and immediately available. Articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0), which permits their consultation, use, distribution, reproduction, adaptation, and reuse for lawful purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the authors and the original source of publication.

Through this model, ERMJ reaffirms its commitment to the democratisation of knowledge, the international visibility of scientific output, and the advancement of research in scientific, technological, social, educational, economic, environmental, and humanistic fields.

Digital Preservation Policy

To ensure the integrity, security, availability, and long-term preservation of its published scientific content, Educational Regent Multidisciplinary Journal maintains a digital preservation policy based on good editorial practices.

The journal implements the following measures:

  • Regular backups of editorial files, databases, metadata, and published content.
  • Storage of backup copies in independent locations or storage media.
  • Regular updating and maintenance of the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform to reduce the risks of technological obsolescence and facilitate future migrations.
  • Assignment of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to published articles to support their persistent identification, discoverability, and academic traceability.
  • Preservation of articles and their metadata in the digital formats available on the editorial platform.
  • Periodic verification of the integrity, availability, and accessibility of stored files.
  • Implementation of technical and administrative measures to prevent the loss, alteration, or unauthorised deletion of content.

ERMJ’s participation in external distributed digital preservation networks, such as LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, or the PKP Preservation Network, will be publicly declared once such participation has been formally enabled and can be verified.

In the event of technological changes, platform migration, or service interruptions, the journal will seek to preserve the files, metadata, and other elements required to restore access to its published content.

Interoperability Protocols

Educational Regent Multidisciplinary Journal (ERMJ) uses the interoperability features of Open Journal Systems (OJS) to facilitate the exchange and harvesting of publication metadata by repositories, directories, libraries, and other academic services.

The journal provides a public interface based on the OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting), which enables its metadata to be automatically harvested by external systems and enhances the visibility, dissemination, and indexing of published articles.

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