Shodh Sari-An International Multidisciplinary Journal

Archiving Policy: Manuscript Deposition and Digital Preservation

Shodh Sari – An International Multidisciplinary Journal is committed to ensuring the permanent availability, accessibility, and preservation of all published scholarly content. Digital archiving is understood as a structured set of processes and activities designed to safeguard digital information against technological obsolescence, data loss, or unforeseen disruptions, thereby guaranteeing long-term access to the scholarly record.

The journal recognizes that digital content is a valuable academic asset and has implemented robust measures to ensure both current accessibility and long-term digital preservation of all published materials.

Digital Preservation Strategy

The journal’s digital preservation framework includes the following components:

• Website Archiving: All published articles are preserved through systematic website archiving to ensure continuity of access and protection against accidental loss, corruption, or removal of content.

• Third-Party Archiving and Preservation Services: All articles published in Shodh Sari are automatically archived through the Internet Archive (archive.org) to ensure permanent and independent preservation of journal content beyond the publisher’s own platform.

• Metadata Preservation and Discoverability: Article-level metadata is deposited with Crossref, supporting persistent identifiers (DOIs), citation linking, and long-term discoverability across global indexing and abstracting systems.

Long-Term Availability and Accessibility

The journal is committed to ensuring that published research remains freely accessible to readers worldwide over the long term, regardless of changes to the journal’s website, publishing platform, or editorial management.

Digital archiving helps to:

• Minimize or eliminate the risk of digital decay

• Enable rapid data recovery in the event of technical failure, cyber incidents, or natural disasters

• Maintain continuity of scholarly communication

• Enhance the visibility, credibility, and discoverability of published research

In the event that original published content becomes unavailable, archived versions can be retrieved and restored from trusted preservation repositories to maintain uninterrupted public access.

Abstracting, Indexing, and Redundant Preservation

To strengthen resilience and visibility, the journal supports dissemination and preservation through:

• Participation in abstracting and indexing services

• Distribution of metadata to recognized scholarly infrastructures

• Encouragement of responsible self-archiving by authors

The journal acknowledges that broader archiving and repository participation increases the likelihood of discovery and long-term academic impact.

Self-Archiving and Author Rights

Authors are permitted to self-archive their work in accordance with the journal’s copyright and licensing terms. Specifically:

• Authors may deposit the accepted manuscript or published version of their article on:

  • Personal websites

  • Institutional repositories

  • Funder-mandated repositories

• Self-archived versions must:

  • Clearly acknowledge Shodh Sari as the original publisher

  • Include the article’s DOI and full citation details

Further details regarding self-archiving permissions are available on the Copyright & License page.

Sustainability and Continuity Assurance

Shodh Sari is committed to maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record. In the unlikely event that the journal ceases publication, all archived content will remain permanently accessible through third-party preservation services, ensuring that published research continues to be available to the academic community.

Policy Review and Updates

This Archiving & Digital Preservation Policy is reviewed periodically to ensure alignment with:

• Best practices in scholarly publishing

• COPE principles

• The evolving requirements of major indexing and abstracting services