Open Access Policy

The editorial board of the Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy's scientific journal, Proceedings of the Kyiv Theological Academy, adheres to the principles of open science as set forth in the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). The board complies with the international Sherpa/RoMEO standards regarding the self-archiving and dissemination of scientific publications.

 

Open Access Principles

The journal provides free, unrestricted access to all published materials.

Any user has the right to:

  • Read, download, save, and distribute full-text articles.
  • use the materials for educational, research, and noncommercial purposes;
  • Link to published materials without facing technical or financial barriers.

Publications in the journal are available without restriction immediately upon publication and do not require a subscription or access fee.

 

Open Access License Terms

All publications are distributed under the terms of the license:

Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows for the free distribution of full texts, provided that:

  • the use is non-commercial;
  • the material remains unchanged;
  • the authorship and source are credited.

 

Archiving Policy

1. Preprint:

Authors may post their pre-review manuscript on:

  • personal websites;
  • institutional or subject-specific repositories;
  • scholarly communication platforms (e.g., SSRN, OSF).

2. Postprint:

Authors may archive and distribute the postprint, provided that:

  • A link to the journal publication is included.
  • no commercial use is made of it;
  • No changes are made to the content.

3. Published Version:

Authors may self-archive the published version (publisher's PDF) in:

  • Institutional repositories;
  • Scholarly platforms;
  • personal websites

under the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license and with a full bibliographic citation.

 

Long-Term Preservation and Accessibility

The journal ensures the digital preservation of publications by:

  • backups on external archive servers;
  • enabling authors to distribute their work in open repositories.

 

Readers' and Users' Rights

Readers and users may:

  • Access all materials free of charge.
  • Share them for noncommercial purposes.
  • Use articles for educational and scientific purposes.
  • Cite and reference the content without restrictions.

When distributing or citing publications from the Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy's scientific journal, Proceedings of the Kyiv Theological Academy, it is necessary to indicate the author(s), the publication's title, a link to the publication, and the DOI.