Open access policy

The Diplomatic Ukraine scientific yearbook operates on an open-access basis in accordance with the provisions of the Budapest Open Access Initiative. All users have the right to freely view, copy, save, print, or reference materials published in the periodical without first requesting permission from the author or publisher, whilst undertaking to preserve the integrity of the work and the author’s (authors’) right to proper acknowledgement and citation.

The yearbook ensures the long-term preservation and continuous open access to published materials in accordance with the principles of open science and good scientific data management. All materials are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) international licence, which permits the free use, distribution, and reproduction of materials in any form and on any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

Digital copies of the scientific article are preserved on the yearbook’s official website and in the digital catalogue of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, providing an additional layer of archiving and accessibility for the materials. The periodical is indexed in Google Scholar.

To ensure the long-term preservation and accessibility of publications, the editorial team employs the following technical measures:

  • the regular backups of electronic data;
  • the preservation of publications in standardized formats (including PDF);
  • the use of standardized metadata for integration with scientific databases;
  • the assignment of unique DOI identifiers, which provide permanent links to the materials.

The editorial team guarantees:

  • the constant open access to the full texts of the materials;
  • the preservation of the archive of publications in the event of technical changes or the shutdown of the website by duplicating them in library systems;
  • the preservation of the scientific materials’ integrity and authenticity throughout their preservation.

Authors are entitled to deposit (self-archive) published materials in institutional and subject-specific repositories, provided that the source of publication and the article’s DOI are clearly cited.

The archiving policy is an integral part of the journal’s editorial policy and is designed to ensure the long-term preservation of research findings and their accessibility to the academic community.