Archiving Policy

Digital Preservation Policy

Archiving Policy

Long-term preservation and continued accessibility of published scholarly content.

DIGITAL PRESERVATION PKP PN LONG-TERM ACCESS

Communica: Journal of Communication is committed to ensuring the long-term preservation, availability, and accessibility of its published articles and scholarly communication materials. The journal uses digital preservation mechanisms and archiving services to maintain secure copies of published content and protect the continuity and integrity of the academic record.

PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN)

Communica: Journal of Communication participates in the Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network (PKP PN). This service provides distributed digital preservation for content published through Open Journal Systems (OJS), helping ensure that journal articles and associated scholarly records remain securely preserved, recoverable, and accessible over the long term.

Preservation Principles

✓ Long-Term Preservation

✓ Distributed Copies

✓ Continued Accessibility

Purpose: Digital preservation ensures that published communication research, articles, metadata, and scholarly records remain available to readers, researchers, educators, practitioners, and other stakeholders even in the event of technical failure, platform migration, website disruption, or other circumstances affecting the journal's primary publishing platform.