Archiving Policy

Purpose

The Tamil Psychiatry Journal (TPJ) is committed to the long-term preservation, accessibility, and integrity of all published scholarly content, ensuring continued availability to readers, researchers, and institutions worldwide.

Digital Preservation

• All published articles are securely stored in digital formats on TPJ’s primary journal server, which is maintained with regular data backups and monitored for integrity. These backups ensure that no published material is lost or altered over time.

Self-Archiving Policy

Authors are permitted and encouraged to deposit copies of their final published PDF articles in:

• Institutional repositories
  
• Subject-based repositories
  
• Personal or departmental web pages
  

Such deposits must include proper citation details and the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) link to the official version on the TPJ website.

Access Guarantee

In the event that the Tamil Psychiatry Journal ceases publication, all published articles will remain permanently accessible through:

• The maintained DOI links, which ensure continued retrievability and citation integrity.