Digital Archiving Policy

Abbreviation: BJHS 
Digital Archiving Policy

Believers Journal of Health Sciences (BJHS) is committed to preserving its published scholarly content and supporting long-term access to articles, metadata, supplementary materials, and associated publication records. The journal maintains technical and administrative measures intended to support the continued accessibility and integrity of its published content over time.

Digital Preservation Architecture

BJHS maintains backups of published articles, metadata, supplementary files, and relevant journal records through its journal infrastructure. These procedures are intended to support data recovery and continued access in the event of technical failure, accidental loss, or other infrastructure-related disruption.

Current Digital Preservation Status

BJHS currently supports the continued availability of published content through its journal hosting infrastructure, backup procedures, and controlled technical management. Published articles remain accessible through the journal's official website. If the journal establishes participation in an external digital preservation service or repository network, the relevant information will be added to this policy.

External Digital Preservation Services

BJHS currently relies on its journal platform, hosting infrastructure, and internal backup procedures for the preservation and continued availability of published content. Any future participation in recognized external digital preservation services or repository networks will be disclosed transparently through this policy page.

Online Archive Access

The BJHS online archive provides access to published articles and associated publication information through the official journal website:

  • Full-text articles are made available through the official BJHS online archive in PDF format.
  • Article records provide relevant bibliographic and publication information, including the article title, author details, abstract, keywords, publication date, volume, issue, and article URL, where applicable.
  • Supplementary files, where provided and approved for publication, are associated with the relevant article record.
  • Corrections, Expressions of Concern, Retractions, and other applicable post-publication notices are clearly identified and associated with the relevant published article.
Long-Term Digital Preservation Commitment

Believers Journal of Health Sciences is committed to supporting the long-term preservation and accessibility of its published scholarly content. Technical maintenance and backup procedures are used to support the accessibility, integrity, and continued availability of published articles and associated records.

The journal currently preserves its published content through its journal infrastructure and backup arrangements. BJHS may consider additional recognized preservation arrangements in the future and will update this policy when any such arrangement is formally established.

Digital Preservation and Archiving Responsibility

Believers Journal of Health Sciences maintains responsibility for managing the technical processes used to support the preservation and accessibility of its published scholarly content.

These processes include journal-platform maintenance, hosting, backup procedures, access management, and recovery arrangements. Information on additional third-party preservation services or repository arrangements will be added to this policy if and when such services are formally implemented.

Journal Platform and Technical Infrastructure

BJHS operates through a dedicated web-based journal platform developed using PHP technology. The platform supports article publication, metadata management, online accessibility, and the technical maintenance of publication records. Backup and infrastructure-management procedures are maintained to support continuity of access to published journal content.

Repository Self-Archiving Permissions

In accordance with the journal's open-access policy, BJHS permits authors to self-archive appropriate versions of their work in institutional repositories, subject repositories, or personal academic websites without an embargo:

Content Version Archiving Permission
Preprint Version Permitted without embargo
Author Accepted Manuscript Permitted without embargo
Published Version of Record Permitted without embargo

Conditions: Authors should acknowledge BJHS as the original publisher and, for the published Version of Record, provide a direct link to the article on the official journal website.

Citation: When the published article is deposited or shared, authors should include the complete bibliographic citation and a link to the corresponding article page on the BJHS website.

Disaster Recovery

BJHS maintains backup and recovery procedures intended to reduce the risk of content loss resulting from technical failures, accidental deletion, or infrastructure disruption. Recovery arrangements are maintained as part of the journal's technical management procedures to support continued access to published records.

Record Retention

When a published article requires a Correction, Expression of Concern, Retraction, or another appropriate post-publication notice, the publication record is maintained and its current status is communicated transparently. Relevant notices are associated with the affected article so that readers can understand the nature of the post-publication action.

Preservation Responsibility

The journal management team is responsible for maintaining the technical infrastructure used to support access to and integrity of published content. Published articles, metadata, supplementary materials, and associated publication records are managed through the journal's technical maintenance, backup, and recovery procedures.

Technical Review & Policy Updates: This Digital Archiving Policy may be reviewed periodically to reflect changes in the journal's technical infrastructure, preservation arrangements, and relevant scholarly publishing practices. Material updates will be reflected in the current version published on the official BJHS website.