Acarological Studies welcomes librarians and information professionals who wish to include the journal in their library catalogues, electronic journal collections, discovery services and other scholarly information resources.
The journal follows an open access publishing model, providing free and immediate access to its published scholarly content. Individual articles are available through dedicated article pages, with bibliographic information, DOI-based persistent identifiers and IZ (National Identifier), and stable article links that facilitate discovery, cataloguing, linking and access.
AS provides structured bibliographic metadata to support the discovery, identification, and management of its published content in library and scholarly information systems. Metadata exposed through the journal platform, including Dublin Core elements and OAI-PMH-based interoperability, can support harvesting and integration within institutional repositories and other scholarly information infrastructures.
The journal uses the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) digital preservation system to support distributed, long-term preservation of its published content. LOCKSS provides a distributed preservation approach in which participating libraries maintain preserved copies of digital scholarly materials, supporting continued access to archived content. Further details on the journal’s digital preservation arrangements are available on the Archival Repository page.
AS permits the deposit of accepted and published versions of articles without embargo, subject to the journal’s applicable copyright and licensing terms. Authors are encouraged to deposit the published version in appropriate institutional or subject repositories. Further information on the journal’s archiving and repository policy is available through the Archival Repository page.
Librarians and information professionals may use the DOI, IZ and bibliographic information provided on individual article pages when creating or updating catalogue, discovery, repository and other scholarly information records.
For further information concerning metadata, access, licensing, preservation or repository practices, librarians may contact the editorial office through the Journal Contact page.
