Open access policy

Open Access Policy

The journal “Mountain School of the Ukrainian Carpaty” operates under the Diamond Open Access model, which provides free and immediate open access to all publications without any charges for article submission or publication.
The journal ensures free and permanent access to its content for readers worldwide without subscription, registration, or embargo. The journal is supported by its founder and does not operate on a commercial model based on publication fees.
All materials are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0), which allows unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that proper attribution to the original source is given.

Adherence to Open Science Principles
The journal supports international initiatives aimed at ensuring transparency, accessibility, and reusability of research results.

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

Open Citations (I4OC)
The journal supports the Initiative for Open Citations (https://i4oc.org/). Reference lists are open and available for reading and machine processing.

Open Abstracts (I4OA)
The journal supports the Initiative for Open Abstracts (https://i4oa.org/). Article abstracts are openly available and may be indexed without restrictions.

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

Additional Open Science Practices
The journal:

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