Licensing & Self-Archiving Policy

1. License

All articles published in the journal are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

2. Reuse

The CC BY 4.0 license permits copying, redistribution, adaptation (creation of derivative works), and commercial use, provided that proper attribution is given.

When reusing the material, users must:

  • credit the author(s);

  • provide an accurate bibliographic reference to the journal publication and the DOI;

  • include a link to the CC BY 4.0 license text;

  • indicate whether changes were made.

Reuse must not imply that the author(s) or the journal endorses the reuse or the way the material is used.

3. Self-archiving

Author(s) may non-exclusively deposit and share the published version of the article (Version of Record / published PDF) in:

  • institutional repositories;

  • personal academic profiles/webpages;

  • subject repositories;

  • monographs/edited volumes/collections (provided that proper citation is given).

No embargo period applies — deposit is permitted immediately upon publication.

4. Mandatory link to the first publication

When depositing the article in a repository, the author(s) must provide:

  • the full bibliographic reference to the article published in the journal;

  • an active link to the official article page on the journal website;

  • the DOI;

  • the CC BY 4.0 license.

Recommended repository statement:
First published in Bulletin of Lviv State University of Life Safety. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

5. Detailed terms

Detailed terms of open access, licensing, and reuse are provided in the Open Access Policy.