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2025/02/19

Portico highlighted in Nature’s Call for Action to Preserve Digital Research

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A woman wearing a face mask stands and looks up at the Duke Humphrey’s Library at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford

In Act now to stop millions of research papers from disappearingNature’s editorial board urges the global research community to enhance preservation efforts for at-risk research papers. Highlighting a study revealing that at least 2 million articles are unpreserved, the editorial suggests three strategies: active preservation services like Portico, institutional repositories for faculty articles, and national legal deposit programs. Kate Wittenberg of Portico emphasizes the need for collaboration and shared expertise. Portico, which preserves over 40,000 journals, collaborates with libraries and publishers to preserve diverse content and supports national preservation efforts.