JCollBiomed is committed to the long-term preservation, accessibility, and integrity of the scholarly record. The journal maintains an archiving policy to ensure that published articles remain accessible to readers and researchers even if the journal’s website or publishing platform becomes temporarily unavailable or undergoes substantial changes.

1. Digital Preservation

JCollBiomed preserves the bibliographic metadata and full-text content of published articles, including:

• Article metadata;
• Full-text HTML and PDF files;
• Figures and tables;
• Supplementary materials, where applicable;
• Author information and affiliations;
• Publication dates and article identifiers; and
• Copyright and licensing information.

The journal may deposit published content and metadata in recognized digital preservation services, institutional repositories, subject repositories, indexing databases, and other appropriate scholarly preservation infrastructures.

2. Repository and Third-Party Archiving

JCollBiomed encourages the long-term preservation of published content through multiple archiving mechanisms. Where appropriate, the journal may participate in recognized digital preservation and repository services, including institutional, national, disciplinary, and international repositories.

The journal may also deposit metadata and full-text articles in repositories or preservation systems that support long-term access and interoperability.

Details of specific archival services used by JCollBiomed will be provided on the journal website as they become available.

3. Author Self-Archiving

Authors retain the right to archive and share their published work in accordance with the journal’s [Open Access, Copyright, and Licensing Policy].

Authors may deposit the following versions:

• The submitted manuscript or preprint;
• The accepted author manuscript; and
• The final published version of record.

Self-archiving may be undertaken in:

• Institutional repositories;
• Subject-specific repositories;
• Funder-designated repositories;
• Personal or institutional websites;
• Non-commercial academic networks; and
• Recognized preprint servers.

No embargo is imposed on author self-archiving of articles published under the CC BY 4.0 licence.

Authors are encouraged to include the complete citation and DOI of the published article when depositing a manuscript or article in an external repository.

4. Persistent Identifiers

Each published article should be assigned a persistent identifier, such as a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), when available.

Persistent identifiers and complete bibliographic metadata facilitate the discovery, citation, linking, and long-term preservation of published articles.

Authors should use the official DOI and citation information when linking to or referencing the published version.

5. Version of Record

The final published version of an article constitutes the journal’s official version of record.

When an article is deposited in an external repository, the repository record should, where technically possible, include a link to the official version of record on the JCollBiomed website.

Any subsequent corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions will be linked to the original article to maintain the integrity and transparency of the scholarly record.

6. Preservation of Supplementary Materials

JCollBiomed aims to preserve supplementary materials associated with published articles whenever technically and ethically feasible.

Supplementary files may include:

• Research datasets;
• Analytical code;
• Protocols;
• Additional tables and figures;
• Multimedia files; and
• Other supporting materials.

The availability and preservation of supplementary materials may be subject to applicable copyright, privacy, ethical, legal, and data-protection requirements.

7. Journal Website and Platform Continuity

JCollBiomed will take reasonable measures to maintain continued access to published content through its official website and publishing platform.

If the journal website or publishing platform is migrated, redesigned, or replaced, reasonable efforts will be made to preserve article URLs, DOI links, metadata, full-text files, and associated supplementary materials.

8. Long-Term Accessibility

JCollBiomed recognizes that long-term preservation is essential to maintaining the scholarly record. The journal therefore aims to ensure that published content remains accessible independently of short-term changes to its website, editorial management system, or publishing infrastructure.

The journal will periodically review its archiving arrangements and may adopt additional preservation services or repositories when appropriate.

9. Access in the Event of Journal Discontinuation

If JCollBiomed ceases publication, the journal will make reasonable efforts to ensure that previously published articles remain permanently accessible through established archival services, repositories, DOI infrastructure, or other recognized preservation mechanisms.

The cessation of publication will not invalidate previously published articles, their DOI records, copyright status, or applicable Creative Commons licences.

10. Integrity of the Archived Record

Archived articles will be preserved as part of the scholarly record. When corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions are issued, the original article will normally remain accessible but will be clearly identified and linked to the relevant editorial notice.

JCollBiomed will not remove a published article from the scholarly record solely because it is no longer actively promoted, cited, or hosted on the journal’s current publishing platform. Removal will occur only in exceptional circumstances and in accordance with applicable ethical and scholarly publishing standards.