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