Open Access Policy

«System Technologies» is a «diamond» open access journal.
         All of its content is available free of charge.
         Users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search the full text of articles, and create HTML links to them without seeking permission from the author or publisher.

Archiving and self-archiving policy
         Authors may post preprints (versions of manuscripts prior to peer review) and manuscripts recommended for publication following peer review in repositories, on authors’ personal websites, on social media (including ResearchGate, Academia.edu and others), on the websites of universities and research institutions, as well as the full text of articles at any time after their publication. In doing so, it is essential to provide complete bibliographic information (authors, article title, journal title, volume, issue, pages) about the original publication, including a link to the article’s DOI and licence.
         The journal is archived in the Common Repository of the University of Science and Technologies and participates in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) – a distributed archiving system that creates permanent archives of the journal to preserve and restore the authentic original version of the content. Electronic versions are sent to the V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine for archiving.

Metadata Policy
         The journal’s metadata is freely available to all and may be freely used by anyone under the terms of the Creative Commons Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication licence.

Adherence to the FAIR and DORA principles
         The journal’s editorial board supports the principles of open science and adheres to the provisions of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), evaluating submitted manuscripts primarily on the basis of their scientific quality, methodological soundness, novelty, reliability of results, and practical significance. Decisions regarding the publication of a manuscript are made on the basis of the scientific quality of the research, rather than on the basis of the authors’ scientometric indicators or their previous publications.
         The editorial board recognises the importance of various forms of presenting research results, including datasets, mathematical models, software, engineering designs, patents, design solutions, and other scientific outputs.
         The editorial board also supports the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), aimed at ensuring the accessibility, transparency and reproducibility of scientific results. In accordance with the FAIR principles, research data must be:
         – Findable – provided with appropriate metadata and persistent identifiers;
         – Accessible – hosted in reliable repositories with defined access conditions;
         – Interoperable – presented in formats suitable for exchange and machine processing;
         – Reusable – sufficiently documented for further use by other researchers.
         We encourage authors to share research data, software, models and other materials necessary for verifying, reproducing and reusing research results, in accordance with the principle: «as open as possible; as closed as necessary».
         Authors are advised to deposit research data in reliable repositories that comply with the FAIR principles, in particular institutional, sector-specific or universal repositories (Zenodo, Figshare, Dryad, Open Science Framework and others). Preference is given to repositories that provide permanent identifiers (DOIs), long-term data preservation and an adequate level of metadata.
         For research whose results are based on the use of software, algorithms, mathematical models or computer modelling, the editorial board recommends ensuring the availability of source code, scripts, modelling parameters and other information necessary to reproduce the results. Where possible, it is recommended that the source code be deposited in open repositories (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, etc.) with subsequent archiving of the versions used during the preparation of the publication.

         Data Availability Statement
         From June 2026, manuscripts containing the results of experimental, computational or modelling studies must include a ‘Data Availability Statement’ section, which should be placed before the list of references.
         In the statement, authors must specify one of the following statuses for the research data:
         – The data is publicly available – a link to the repository and a persistent identifier (DOI or other persistent identifier) must be provided.
         – The data is available upon reasonable request – the conditions for obtaining the data and the author’s contact details for correspondence must be specified.
         – Data cannot be made public – authors must specify the reason for restricting access (trade secrets, contractual obligations, security concerns, personal data protection, patenting, etc.).

         Examples of wording for the Data Availability Statement
         Open data
         The data supporting the results of this study are available in the Zenodo repository at: DOI: XXXXX.
         Data on request
         The data are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
         Restricted access
         The data cannot be made public due to contractual restrictions and confidentiality requirements.

         Research data
         Where available, and provided this does not conflict with security, confidentiality or intellectual property requirements, research data may include:
         – results of experiments, observations and measurements;
         – datasets used for analysis and modelling;
         – programme code, scripts and computational algorithms;
         – mathematical and computer models;
         – project files from computer-aided design and engineering modelling systems;
         – parameters of computational experiments, boundary conditions, environment configurations;
         – descriptions of the methodologies, protocols and hardware/software required to reproduce the results.
         Where datasets are used or published, authors must cite the relevant resources in the reference list, specifying the DOI or another permanent identifier.
         The presence of a «Data Availability Statement» section is checked by the editorial board during the initial review of the manuscript. The editorial board reserves the right to request additional materials, datasets, source code or other documents necessary to verify the validity of the research results.
         For research in the fields of cybersecurity, information security, critical infrastructure, defence technologies and other sensitive areas, access to data may be restricted for security reasons. In such cases, authors must provide justification for the relevant restrictions in the «Data Availability Statement».
         The editorial board recognises the authors’ right to restrict access to data where this is necessitated by security requirements, commercial confidentiality, personal data protection, contractual obligations or other valid reasons. In such cases, authors must provide an appropriate explanation in the «Data Availability Statement».