Copyright and Licensing

Authors agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright of their work and grant the journal the right of first publication (Download Agreement) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license permits any user to copy, distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercial use, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original authors and to the first publication in this journal.

2. Authors grant the journal a non-exclusive license to use the material, including the rights to publish, distribute, translate, and archive the article in both print and electronic formats. All other rights not expressly granted remain with the authors.

3. Authors may enter into separate additional agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the published version of the work (e.g., posting in institutional repositories or inclusion in a monograph), provided that proper acknowledgment of the original publication in this journal is included.

Self-Archiving Policy

The journal permits and encourages authors to deposit different versions of their manuscript in online repositories:

  • Submitted version (preprint) — the version submitted to the journal (before peer review) may be shared on any open platform (e.g., arXiv, SSRN, ResearchGate, institutional repositories);
  • Accepted version (postprint) — the version after peer review (before typesetting) may be shared, provided that the journal is acknowledged as the future place of publication;
  • Published version (Version of Record) — the final published version may be shared without restriction, provided that full bibliographic citation and a link to the official journal website are included.

This policy complies with international open access standards and Sherpa/RoMEO recommendations.

Author Ethical Responsibilities

By submitting the manuscript, the author confirms that:

  • the work does not infringe upon the copyright of any third party;
  • the manuscript has not been previously published and is not under consideration elsewhere;
  • the work does not contain plagiarism, fabrication, or falsification of data.

All submissions are subject to plagiarism screening using specialized software.

Authors are required to:

  • disclose any conflicts of interest (financial, academic, institutional, or personal);
  • ensure the accuracy and integrity of the data and results presented;
  • provide underlying data upon request for editorial verification, if necessary.

Rights Granted to the Journal

The author grants the Editorial Board of the journal “Social Development and Security” a non-exclusive license to:

  • publish the article in Ukrainian and/or English;
  • translate the article into English (for manuscripts submitted in Ukrainian);
  • distribute the article in print and electronic formats;
  • index and disseminate the article in scientific databases, repositories, and information systems.

Author Rights

Authors retain the right, without additional permission from the journal, to:

  • use the article (in whole or in part) for educational purposes;
  • reuse the material in their own academic works, including dissertations;
  • use the content for conference papers, presentations, and reports;
  • deposit electronic copies of the article (including the final published version downloaded from the journal website) in:
    • personal websites;
    • institutional repositories;
    • non-commercial open-access platforms.

Mandatory Attribution Requirement

In all cases of reuse or distribution, it is mandatory to provide:

  • full bibliographic citation of the article; and/or
  • a direct hyperlink to the official published version on the journal website.