Archiving and Digital Preservation Policy

Digital Preservation and Archiving Policy

Synthesis: A Multidisciplinary Research Journal is dedicated to ensuring the long-term preservation, discoverability, and accessibility of all published content. To safeguard the scholarly record against data loss, corruption, or technological obsolescence, the journal employs a comprehensive digital preservation strategy grounded in industry-recognized best practices.

Digital Archiving Systems

To maintain the permanence and integrity of our publications, Synthesis utilizes trusted, distributed archiving and preservation services, including:

  • LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe):
    Provides decentralized, redundant preservation across participating libraries to ensure durability and resilience against data loss.

  • PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN):
    Offers automated, distributed preservation for Open Access journals operating on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.

  • Institutional Repositories:
    Journal content may also be mirrored within partner university and library repositories, providing additional layers of redundancy.

These preservation systems operate independently of the journal’s primary hosting platform, ensuring that content remains accessible even in the event of website disruption or publisher discontinuation.

DOI Assignment

Each article published in Synthesis is assigned a unique Digital Object Identifier (DOI) through services such as Crossref or Zenodo, ensuring:

  • Permanent and unambiguous identification of every published work

  • Reliable citation linking across digital platforms and scholarly databases

  • Enhanced discoverability through indexing and metadata integration in global research systems

Open Access and Guaranteed Long-Term Availability

In alignment with our Open Access mandate, all journal content is freely accessible online without subscription or access barriers. Our preservation infrastructure ensures that this unrestricted access remains:

  • Continuous, with no interruptions

  • Secure, through multi-layered redundancy

  • Permanent, safeguarding both the intellectual contributions of authors and the rights of readers worldwide