Purpose

Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine (DCM) recognizes the importance of preserving scholarly content for future generations. The journal is committed to ensuring the long-term accessibility, integrity, discoverability, and usability of all published articles through appropriate digital preservation practices.

Preservation of Published Content

The journal maintains electronic copies of all published articles, metadata, and supplementary materials to ensure continued access to the scholarly record.

Published content is preserved in secure digital formats and stored on reliable systems designed to support long-term accessibility.

Archiving Strategy

The journal undertakes reasonable measures to:

• Maintain secure backups of published content.
• Preserve article metadata and associated files.
• Protect content against accidental loss, corruption, or unauthorized alteration.
• Ensure the continued availability of published material whenever technically feasible.

Multiple copies of published content may be maintained to reduce the risk of data loss.

Persistent Access

The journal is committed to maintaining access to published articles through its official website and associated publishing infrastructure.

In the event of website migration, platform upgrades, or changes in publishing systems, reasonable efforts will be made to ensure uninterrupted access to previously published content.

Integrity of the Scholarly Record

Published articles constitute part of the permanent scholarly record. Any corrections, retractions, or updates will be clearly identified and linked to the original publication in accordance with accepted publishing practices.

The journal does not remove published content except under exceptional circumstances involving legal, ethical, or regulatory requirements.

Metadata Preservation

Article metadata, including titles, authorship information, abstracts, keywords, publication details, and citation information, are preserved to facilitate indexing, discoverability, and long-term retrieval.

Technological Sustainability

The journal periodically reviews its digital publishing and archiving practices to ensure compatibility with evolving technologies and industry standards.

Reasonable efforts are made to preserve content in formats that support long-term accessibility and usability.

Commitment to Long-Term Access

Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine is committed to preserving the scholarly record and ensuring that published research remains accessible to researchers, clinicians, healthcare professionals, and the wider academic community for the foreseeable future.