Digital Preservation and Self-Archiving

Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences FACE Journal is committed to ensuring the digital preservation of its contents. The main measures adopted are detailed below:

  1. Use of Open Journal Systems (OJS): Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences FACE Journal uses Open Journal Systems (OJS) to efficiently manage its publications and ensure the digital preservation of its content.

  2. Assignment of Digital Object Identifiers (DOI): Each article published in Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences FACE Journal receives a DOI, providing a persistent identifier managed by Crossref. This facilitates the unique identification and citation of articles within the academic community.

  3. PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN): Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences FACE Journal benefits from the free digital preservation services provided by the PKP Preservation Network. The journal’s files are stored in LOCKSS, a system developed by the Stanford University Library, ensuring permanent and secure archiving.

  4. Open Access Policy: Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences FACE Journal follows an open access policy, meaning that its content is freely available to all users without access or download charges. This policy promotes knowledge sharing and the dissemination of the journal’s content.

The journal Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences FACE ensures the preservation of its digital content through LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe), a system that distributes multiple copies of the material across different locations, guaranteeing availability and protection against failures or data loss.

In addition to LOCKSS, the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences FACE Journal participates in the CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) network, a global dark archive that provides robust and secure backup, ensuring that the journal’s content remains available even in the event of irreversible loss of the original source.

The journal Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences FACE is included in the DSpace Hulago Institutional Repository of the University of Pamplona, ensuring preservation, open access, and permanent visibility of its contents. This repository complies with international interoperability standards such as OAI-PMH, allowing articles to be harvested by academic search engines and research networks worldwide.

Authors may deposit their articles in institutional repositories, subject-based repositories, personal repositories, or on academic websites, provided that proper citation of the version published in the journal is maintained.

The following versions may be deposited:

  • Postprint version: Manuscript accepted after peer review, which may be made publicly available immediately upon acceptance.
  • Final published version: Official edited and formatted version produced by the journal, available after final publication.

Recommended Platforms for Self-Archiving

Zenodo

Open access platforms that allow the deposit of articles, data, and research materials. Examples: Zenodo, arXiv, Figshare, Institutional Repositories.

ResearchGate

Social platforms for researchers that allow sharing publications and connecting with other authors. Examples: ResearchGate, Academia.edu.

ORCID

Tools that consolidate an author’s scientific output, improve visibility, and link publications. Examples: ORCID, Google Scholar, Publons.