Archiving and Digital Preservation Policy

Naturae is committed to the long-term preservation and uninterrupted accessibility of all published materials. To this end, the journal employs robust digital archiving strategies designed to safeguard articles, issues, and related editorial assets against potential platform failures or service interruptions. These strategies include regular encrypted backups stored across multiple secure servers and participation in the PKP Preservation Network, which further ensures continued access regardless of disruptions in the primary editorial system. Additionally, journal content is deposited in a variety of open-access institutional and thematic repositories in accordance with indexing agreements and editorial guidelines.

Authors are encouraged to also archive their publications in trusted institutional or discipline-specific repositories to enhance dissemination and provide an additional safeguard for their work.

Regarding personal data protection, Naturae strictly adheres to applicable privacy regulations, including Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (LGPD), as well as internationally recognized editorial best practices. Personal information collected during submission and publication (such as names, email addresses, institutional affiliations, and ORCID iDs) is used exclusively for editorial management, facilitating communication among authors, reviewers, and readers, ensuring appropriate attribution and contribution tracking, and supporting editorial workflows. This data is never disclosed to third parties or utilized for commercial or unrelated purposes. Access to personal information is limited to authorized editorial and technical personnel, protected by rigorous authentication and access control measures.

This policy is subject to ongoing review and revision to remain aligned with technological advances, legal developments, and standards established by indexing services such as the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).