IJMSDH is committed to maintaining permanent access to the scholarly content it publishes. All published articles form part of the permanent scientific record and are preserved to ensure their continued availability to researchers, clinicians, educators, students, policymakers, and the wider academic community.

The journal is committed to:

• Providing long-term access to published scholarly content.
• Preserving the integrity and authenticity of the scientific record.
• Protecting journal content against accidental loss or corruption.
• Supporting continued accessibility during platform upgrades or website migration.
• Maintaining reliable access through appropriate digital preservation practices.

The journal continuously evaluates its preservation strategy to ensure that published content remains accessible despite changes in publishing technologies or digital infrastructure.

To support long-term preservation of the scholarly record, IJMSDH maintains multiple preservation and archiving measures designed to minimize the risk of data loss and ensure continued access to published articles.

Current preservation practices include:

• Secure storage of journal content on protected servers.
• Regular website, database, and file backups.
• Preservation of article metadata and publication records.
• Maintenance of published journal issues and archived articles.
• Routine monitoring of platform performance and data integrity.
• Implementation of appropriate security measures to protect digital assets.

These preservation measures are intended to ensure the continuity, stability, and long-term availability of published research while reducing the risk of permanent data loss.

As an Open Journal Systems (OJS)-based journal, IJMSDH supports recognized digital preservation initiatives that promote the long-term preservation of scholarly publications. Where enabled, published journal content may be preserved through the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), a preservation service developed for journals using the OJS publishing platform.

The PKP Preservation Network is designed to provide secure, distributed preservation of published content and helps ensure continued accessibility of scholarly articles in the event that the journal website or publishing platform becomes temporarily or permanently unavailable.

The journal continually evaluates preservation services and may participate in additional trusted archiving initiatives as they become available and appropriate.

IJMSDH regularly maintains and updates its publishing platform and technical infrastructure to ensure the reliability, security, and long-term accessibility of published content.

Routine maintenance activities include:

• Open Journal Systems (OJS) software updates.
• Server performance monitoring.
• Security patches and vulnerability management.
• Database optimization and maintenance.
• Regular testing of backup and recovery procedures.
• Monitoring of website availability and technical performance.

These activities help maintain the stability and sustainability of the journal's digital publishing environment.

The journal takes reasonable technical and administrative measures to protect published articles and associated publication records from unauthorized modification, deletion, corruption, or loss.

Any post-publication changes, including corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions, are managed in accordance with the journal's editorial policies. Such changes are documented transparently to preserve both the integrity of the published record and the history of editorial actions.

In addition to preserving article files, IJMSDH maintains essential publication metadata, including article titles, author information, abstracts, keywords, references, publication dates, and Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), where assigned.

Maintaining accurate metadata supports long-term discoverability, indexing, citation tracking, and reliable access to published research across scholarly databases and digital platforms.

To minimize the risk of data loss resulting from hardware failures, software issues, cybersecurity incidents, or other unforeseen events, the journal maintains regular backup procedures for its website, databases, and published content.

These measures include:

• Scheduled database backups.
• Backup of published article files and supplementary materials.
• Secure storage of backup copies.
• Recovery testing and restoration procedures where appropriate.
• Continuous monitoring of system reliability.

These practices help support business continuity and ensure that published scholarly content remains available whenever reasonably possible.

IJMSDH is committed to maintaining continuous and unrestricted access to its archived scholarly content whenever reasonably possible. Published articles remain available through the journal website and associated preservation systems to ensure that researchers, clinicians, educators, students, and the wider academic community can continue to access the scientific record.

The journal seeks to ensure that:

• Published articles remain permanently accessible.
• Archived journal issues remain available for future reference.
• Digital preservation supports long-term scholarly communication.
• Readers experience minimal disruption during technical maintenance or platform migration.
• Published content remains discoverable through preserved metadata and persistent identifiers.

Digital preservation practices are reviewed periodically to ensure alignment with evolving technologies, international publishing standards, and best practices for long-term scholarly preservation. The journal continuously evaluates improvements to its preservation strategy to enhance the security, accessibility, and sustainability of published research.

Review activities may include:

• Assessment of preservation infrastructure.
• Evaluation of backup and recovery procedures.
• Review of metadata quality and preservation practices.
• Monitoring of technological developments in scholarly publishing.
• Implementation of appropriate preservation improvements where feasible.

Preserving scholarly literature is a fundamental responsibility of academic publishing. IJMSDH is committed to maintaining a trustworthy, reliable, and sustainable scholarly record by implementing appropriate preservation practices and supporting long-term access to published research.

The journal recognizes that digital preservation contributes to research transparency, reproducibility, discoverability, and the continued availability of scientific knowledge for current and future generations.

The journal is committed to:

• Protecting the integrity of the scholarly record.
• Supporting long-term accessibility of published research.
• Maintaining reliable digital preservation practices.
• Promoting transparency and responsible scholarly communication.
• Continuously improving preservation strategies as technology evolves.

Questions regarding digital preservation, long-term archiving, access to archived content, metadata preservation, or technical preservation practices may be directed to the Editorial Office through the journal's official contact information available on the website. The Editorial Team is committed to ensuring continued access to the journal's scholarly content.

This Digital Preservation Policy may be reviewed and updated periodically to reflect advances in digital preservation technologies, scholarly publishing standards, and internationally recognized best practices. Authors, readers, librarians, and indexing agencies are encouraged to consult the latest version of this policy published on the journal website.

Important Notice

IJMSDH is committed to preserving the long-term accessibility and integrity of its published scholarly content through appropriate technical, administrative, and preservation measures. While every reasonable effort is made to ensure continuous availability, preservation practices may be updated periodically to reflect technological developments, platform enhancements, and internationally accepted digital preservation standards. Any changes to preservation procedures will be implemented with the objective of safeguarding the permanent scholarly record.