Open Access Policy

Compliance with Open Science Principles

The Journal of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University. Biology is committed to Open Science and actively supports international initiatives that advance the transparency, accessibility, and reusability of research results.

Open Access (Budapest Open Access Initiative)

The journal aligns with the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI): https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read/

All articles are published in immediate open access, available to readers without financial, legal, or technical barriers. The journal applies no embargo periods and guarantees the permanent online availability of all published content.

The journal follows the Diamond Open Access model: content is free to read, and authors are not charged publication fees.

Open Citations (Initiative for Open Citations, I4OC)

The journal supports the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC): https://i4oc.org/

The editorial board advocates for open bibliographic information and does not limit access to reference lists. Citation data are provided in formats suitable for both human viewing and machine processing, fostering open scientometric and bibliometric research.

Open Abstracts (Initiative for Open Abstracts, I4OA)

The journal endorses the Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA): https://i4oa.org/

Abstracts for all published articles are freely accessible without restrictions and may be indexed by search engines, scholarly databases, and open-access aggregators.

Open Research Information (Barcelona Declaration)

The journal shares the goals and principles of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information: https://barcelona-declaration.org/

The editorial board supports openness in research information, transparency in research workflows, and the responsible interpretation and use of research metrics.

Additional Open Science Practices

The journal also:

  • encourages authors to use persistent identifiers (e.g., ORCID, DOI);

  • promotes open research data when feasible and consistent with disciplinary norms;

  • supports transparent editorial and peer-review procedures;

  • applies open licensing and promotes responsible reuse of published materials.