Acarological Studies (AS) uses LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) system to support distributed, long-term preservation of its published content through participating libraries. LOCKSS is an open-source, library-led digital preservation system based on the principle that multiple preserved copies help protect scholarly content against loss and support continued access to archived materials.

AS allows the accepted and published versions of papers to be deposited without embargo. All versions of papers are deposited on the journal’s own platform (DergiPark), and the journal encourages authors to deposit the published version in appropriate external institutional or subject repositories.

Published papers are identified by persistent identifiers, including DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) and IZ (National Identifiers) assigned through the DergiPark infrastructure. The IZ functions as a complementary national identifier and does not replace the DOI. Both identifiers support the persistent identification, linking, discovery and traceability of published scholarly content. DOI assignment applies to all published papers, with the exception of a few papers from the journal’s early issues.