Archiving Policy

The journal “Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surface” is committed to the long-term preservation and permanent accessibility of all published content.

The journal ensures that all published materials remain accessible to readers, researchers, and indexing services even in the event of organizational or technical changes.

 

Digital Preservation Strategy

The journal implements multiple strategies to ensure the long-term digital preservation of published content, including:

• regular backup of journal content and metadata;
• secure storage of digital files;
• redundancy of hosting systems;
• preservation of publication metadata.

 

Archiving Systems

The journal participates in or supports recognized digital archiving and preservation systems, including:

• PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN)
• LOCKSS 
• CLOCKSS 
• institutional and national library repositories. 

These systems provide distributed and secure long-term preservation of the journal content.

 

Institutional and Repository Archiving

Authors are permitted and encouraged to deposit published versions of their articles in:

• institutional repositories;
• subject repositories;
• personal academic websites;
• funding agency repositories.

All deposited versions must include full citation of the original publication in the journal.

 

Article Versioning

The journal maintains clear records of published versions, including:

• submitted manuscript (where applicable);
• accepted manuscript;
• final published version (Version of Record).

The Version of Record is considered the definitive and citable version of the article.

 

Access and Permanence

All published content remains permanently accessible online in accordance with the journal’s Open Access Policy.

The journal ensures that:

• articles will not be removed from the archive without serious legal or ethical justification;
• corrections and retractions will be clearly identified while remaining part of the scholarly record.

 

Metadata Preservation

The journal ensures preservation of bibliographic metadata and its availability to indexing and abstracting services, including:

• article titles;
• author information;
• affiliations;
• abstracts;
• references;
• publication dates;
• DOI information.

 

Third-Party Preservation Services

The journal actively seeks integration with international preservation services such as:

• LOCKSS/CLOCKSS networks;
• national library systems;
• institutional digital preservation infrastructures.

These services provide redundancy and protection against data loss.

 

Policy Updates

The Editorial Board reserves the right to update this policy in accordance with international standards for digital preservation and scholarly archiving.

 

Last updated: 2026