Open Access Policy

The Newsletter of Precarpathian University. Physical culture operates under the Diamond Open Access model, meaning that all articles are published in immediate open access without charging any submission or publication fees to authors.

The journal ensures free and permanent access to its content for readers worldwide, without subscription, registration, embargo periods, or financial, legal, or technical barriers.

The journal is supported by its founding institution and does not rely on commercial publishing fees.

All articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.

Compliance with Open Science Principles

The journal supports international Open Science initiatives aimed at ensuring transparency, accessibility, and reusability of research outputs.

Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI)

The journal endorses the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read/). Published materials may be freely read, downloaded, copied, distributed, and cited, subject to proper attribution.

Open Citations (I4OC)

The journal supports the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC, https://i4oc.org/). Reference lists are openly available and accessible for both human and machine reading.

Open Abstracts (I4OA)

The journal supports the Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA, https://i4oa.org/). Abstracts are freely accessible and may be indexed without restriction.

Open Research Information

The journal shares the values of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information (https://barcelona-declaration.org/) and promotes transparency in research information and responsible use of research metrics.

Additional Open Science Practices

The journal:

  • encourages the use of persistent identifiers (DOI, ORCID);
  • promotes openness of research data in accordance with disciplinary standards;
  • ensures transparency of editorial and peer-review processes;
  • adheres to open licensing policies and lawful reuse of published materials.

Information about the journal’s Open Access and Open Science policies is publicly available on the official website.