Archiving Policy
Economic Trends and Business Review (ETBR) adheres to a robust archiving policy to ensure the long-term preservation and accessibility of its content. The journal's articles are deposited in multiple digital archives, including institutional repositories, national archives, and specialized open-access platforms, ensuring that all published material remains publicly accessible over time.
The key elements of the archiving policy are as follows:
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Open Access Availability: All articles published in ETBR are freely available to the public, ensuring open access to its content. Authors retain the copyright to their work, with ETBR offering a Creative Commons license that allows for redistribution, reproduction, and adaptation of the work, provided proper attribution is given.
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Digital Preservation: ETBR works with well-established digital repositories and platforms such as LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) and CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) to ensure the long-term preservation of its published content. This helps guarantee that articles will remain accessible even if the journal's website experiences technical disruptions.
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Institutional Repositories: Authors are encouraged to deposit their published articles in their respective institutional repositories, providing further access and citation of their work.
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Permanent DOI (Digital Object Identifier): Each article published in ETBR is assigned a permanent DOI to ensure persistent linking and traceability. This enables users to access and cite the content without risk of the link becoming broken over time.
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Global Accessibility: In alignment with the journal's commitment to wide-reaching access, all published content is made available through global open-access databases and platforms such as Google Scholar, ResearchGate, and similar aggregators.
