Open access policy

 

  1. Open Access. All articles are published in open access mode without embargo on the journal's website and in eLIBRARY; reading, downloading, copying and distribution are permitted. The journal practices double-blind peer review (2 reviewers). Source of funding – Southern Federal University.
  2. License. All materials are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. User rights: free distribution, adaptation and commercial use with the obligatory indication of the author, link to the license and notes on changes; it is prohibited to impose additional restrictions. (Confirmation of the terms of CC BY 4.0.)
  3. Copyright and publisher's rights.
    - The author retains exclusive rights to the article. The journal receives a non-exclusive license to publish and distribute the article under CC BY 4.0. This is in line with the DOAJ guidelines: “journals are encouraged to retain copyright with their authors.” doaj.org
    – Copyright and licensing terms are clearly described on the journal website (please visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ for more details).
  1. Self-archiving and repositories. Preprint, postprint, and publisher’s versions (journal PDFs) may be deposited in institutional and subject repositories, provided attribution and a link to the DOI version of the record are preserved. (DOAJ encourages transparency of repository policies.) doaj.org
  2. Data and code policies. Data/code are encouraged to be published in open repositories (DOI/URL), referenced in the manuscript and metadata; isSupplementedBy/references relations are used when depositing in Crossref. www.crossref.org
  3. Long-term archiving. The journal includes materials in long-term storage systems (PKP PN, OJS).
  4. Metadata and machine readability of the license. The license type, entry date and CC BY URL are transferred to Crossref (license_ref), updating is possible via resource-only deposit; this facilitates discovery, TDM and compliance with aggregators. www.crossref.org+2www.crossref.org+2
  5. Ethics and transparency. The journal follows the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice (COPE/DOAJ/OASPA/WAME): peer-review policy, publication ethics, frequency of publication, fees (if any), editorial board council and requirements for authors are public and up-to-date.

           Note: current information on peer review, open access and the journal profile is already recorded in  eLIBRARY.