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Millions of research papers at risk of disappearing from the Internet
A recent study published in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication finds that over a quarter of scholarly articles are not being properly archived and preserved, despite having DOIs. This suggests a gap in digital preservation efforts compared to the growing volume of research output.
As Nature reports, the analysis, conducted by Martin Eve from Birkbeck, University of London, and Crossref, a DOI registration agency, examined 7,438,037 works and discovered that more than two million articles were not archived, even though they had active DOIs.
The study suggests the need for stronger requirements at DOI registration agencies and increased awareness among publishers and researchers about the importance of digital preservation for the long-term sustainability of the research ecosystem.
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