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The development of electronic journals has been part of the project ‘National Information System for Research and Technology, Phase III - Open Access Electronic Repositories and Journals'. The latter has been designed by the National Documentation Centre (EKT) under the framework ‘Digital Greece' (www.psifiakiellada.gr) and is 80% co-financed by the European Union - European Regional Development Fund and 20% by the Greek Public Domain (Operational Program for IS - OPIS, 3rd CSF 2000-2006).

More specifically on the three journals:
1. BYZANTINA SYMMEIKTA has been published in print since 1966 at the Institute for Byzantine Research/NHRF under the title SYMMEIKTA. It publishes original research and book reviews on Byzantine Studies.
2. Tekmeria has been published in print since 1996. Initially published with the University of Thessaloniki, since 2008 it is published by the Institute for Greco-Roman Research/NHRF. It publishes original research on Greco-Roman Antiquity.
3. The Historical Review/La Revue Historique has been published in print since 2004 with the Institute for Neohellenic Research/NHRF. It publishes original research and book reviews on Modern Greek Studies.

All three journals, with a significant history of circulation in print, publish original peer-reviewed papers and are supported by international advisory boards. Their content is offered in open access, that is without charge for reading, downloading and/or printing. The journals further practice author-friendly copyright policies, whereby authors retain copyright to their work. Finally, past journal issues have been digitized and are for the most part openly accessible through the journal websites.

Their inclusion in DOAJ comes as a recognition that these journals, their publishers, and EKT support the principle of open access to knowledge. DOAJ is the most significant indexing service for open access journals, providing access to more than 4000 journals originating from all over the world. DOAJ is an initiative of Lund University Library. In collaboration with the institutional repository of the National Dutch Library in the Hague DOAJ also offers long-term preservation for those journals providing it with article-level metadata. Long-term preservation is a major issue for all digital objects, as they are constantly under threat by software obsolescence and digital file corruption.

Links: Byzantina Symmeikta
Directory of Open Access Journals
Tekmeria
The Historical Review/La Revue Historique
E-depot, National Dutch Library, The Hague