Archiving and repository policy

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Archiving Policy

 

The North African Journal of Food and Nutrition Research (NAJFNR) ensures long-term digital preservation through the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), the archiving service of the Public Knowledge Project, which permanently safeguards content published via Open Journal Systems (OJS).

To maximize accessibility, NAJFNR articles are indexed in databases such as:

All published articles are assigned a persistent DOI (Digital Object Identifier) through CrossRef, ensuring permanent citability even if URLs change.

 

Repository Policy

 

The North African Journal of Food and Nutrition Research (NAJFNR) permits both self-archiving and repository archiving of accepted and published papers in accordance with its open access policy, both before and after publication. Authors retain copyright to their scholarly work and are permitted to archive the publisher’s version or PDF in personal or institutional repositories or libraries at any time without requiring permission from the journal or publisher.

Authors may also make their published article publicly available immediately following publication, without needing any special permission, by depositing the URL of their published article in various repositories, libraries, or on personal websites, in addition to the PDF version. Proper citation of the journal name or publisher, along with other citation details, is required.

NAJFNR allows authors to deposit Published version (Version of Record) of their paper in an institutional or other repository of their choice (e.g., Google Scholar, Academia.edu, ResearchGate, etc). Authors are allowed to use and reposit its own published work, by downloading it from the journal website; no modifications such as article’s reformatting or repaginating are allowed. 

NAJFNR provides repository within the Open Journal Systems (OJS) open-source software application for the following versions:

  • Submitted version – reposited in OJS, but not publicly available
  • Accepted version (Author Accepted Manuscript) – reposited in OJS, but not publicly available
  • Published version (Version of Record) – reposited in OJS, and publicly available – open access

 

Author Archiving Policy

We encourage authors to share their research widely while respecting the integrity of the published record. Our policy on author archiving is as follows:

  • Pre-print: Authors are permitted to deposit their pre-print in a non-commercial repository or on their personal website at any time. We encourage authors to update the pre-print record with a link to the final published article once it becomes available.

  • Accepted Manuscript (Post-print):  Authors may archive this version in their institutional repository or on their personal website.

  • Published Version of Record: This is the final, published version of the article as it appears on our journal website, including all publisher-added value such as formatting, copyediting, and the DOI. Authors are not permitted to archive this version. We ask that authors always link to the published version of record via its DOI to ensure that the definitive, citable version is easily accessible.

Long-Term Preservation and Archiving

To ensure the permanent availability of all published content, our journal utilizes a robust digital preservation strategy, as mentioned above. 

To ensure the permanent availability of all published content, our journal utilizes a robust digital preservation strategy. We are a participating member of the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), which is a free, community-supported preservation service for Open Journal Systems (OJS) journals.

The PKP PN functions as a secure, "dark archive," ensuring the long-term preservation of our journal content. Our published articles are automatically deposited into this network, which uses the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) program to distribute and preserve content across multiple libraries and institutions. In the event of a "trigger event" (such as the journal ceasing operations), the preserved content will be made publicly available, guaranteeing that all published articles will be perpetually preserved and accessible for the scholarly community.