Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the basis of the following principles: free open access to information stimulates global sharing of knowledge.

The readers and authors may acquaint themselves with the electronic version of the journal issues free of charge in the “Archives” (materials are available for download free of charge). PDF versions of scholarly articles of journal are in open access under the License Creative Commons Attributions – NonCommercial – NoDerivatives 4.0 International.

Upon use of the materials, it is obligatory to make references to the journal and the authors of manuscripts. Free reproduction of materials from the journal is permitted for personal use and for free use in informational, scholarly, educational or cultural purposes in accordance with articles of law №1273 and №1274, chapter 7, Part IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. Other forms of use shall be possible only after the establishment of appropriate written agreements with the copyright holder.

The archival files of the journal are stored in the Russian Scholarly Electronic Library and are included in the Russian Index of Scholarly Citation (RINTs).

Authors' Pre-Print: The authors have the right of placing their material with the rights of manuscript on the internet (for example, on their personal websites or the websites of their organization) prior to or during the process of its examination by the journal.
Authors' Rights to Use the Texts of the Publications: The authors have the right of placing the texts of their work on the Internet after the publication of the article with a mandatory mention of the publication.
Use of the PDF Version: The authors have the right to place their publication on the internet as the editors' version of the PDF.