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October 2, 20250 citationsOpen Access

The problems for small Open Access journals in terms of digital preservation

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MEMartin Paul Eve

Key Points

  • Digital preservation is crucial for small open access journals to safeguard their content, especially after unexpected events.
  • A reliance on software solutions like Open Journal Systems poses unique risks to content management and long-term access.
  • The stability of an open access journal is contingent on its editorial board and technological infrastructure—critical weaknesses exist.
  • Unforeseen circumstances, such as the death of a server administrator, can lead to the loss of valuable journal content.

Abstract

So, it looks, with the easy reach of software such as Open Journal Systems and Annotum, as though anybody can create a journal. This is, to a large extent, true. It comes, however, with a problem. Even assuming that you get the editorial board together, have a great first issue and the journal continues, what happens (to take an extreme case) if the server admin dies (I mean real, physical human death)? What happens to the content?

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Martin Paul Eve (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68de70f583cbc991d0a2340fhttps://doi.org/10.59348/bgcm4-81226
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