Archiving & Digital Preservation Policy

Archiving & Digital Preservation Policy – Utilitas Mathematica Journal

At Utilitas Mathematica Journal, we believe that mathematics should last forever—not just in theory, but in access. Knowledge that’s published today should still be discoverable, citable, and readable decades (or centuries) from now.

We’re committed to long-term digital preservation of all published content, ensuring your work remains accessible to scholars, educators, and the wider public, now and in the future.

1. Permanent Availability

All articles published in Utilitas Mathematica Journal are:

  • Permanently available online via our official website

  • Assigned DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) to ensure persistent links and global discoverability

  • Indexed in major academic databases and open archives

We do not remove or "sunset" content, even if the journal ceases publication—your work stays accessible.

2. Trusted Digital Preservation Services

To ensure high-reliability archiving, we partner with industry-standard services:

  • LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe)

  • CLOCKSS (Controlled LOCKSS)

  • Portico and other digital repositories

These services mirror and preserve our full content library, protecting it from data loss, technical failure, or institutional shutdowns.

3. Self-Archiving & Institutional Repositories

We fully support author self-archiving. Authors are encouraged to:

  • Deposit preprints or accepted manuscripts in personal, institutional, or subject-specific repositories (e.g., arXiv, HAL, Zenodo)

  • Share their work on academic networks like ResearchGate or Academia.edu, in line with the article’s CC BY 4.0 license

There are no embargoes on self-archiving.

4. Metadata and Discoverability

To enhance the longevity and findability of your work:

  • All articles are published with rich metadata (title, abstract, keywords, authors, affiliations, ORCID, references)

  • Indexed in services like Google Scholar, MathSciNet, zbMATH, and Crossref

5. Preservation Beyond the PDF

We understand that scholarly communication is evolving. That’s why we’re building infrastructure to archive:

  • Supplementary data files

  • Source code (when applicable)

  • Interactive content (e.g., visualizations or executable notebooks)

All supplementary materials are preserved alongside the main article with appropriate DOIs or persistent links.

In Summary:

Mathematics should never be lost in time.
At Utilitas Mathematica Journal, we ensure your work is preserved, discoverable, and citable—forever.