Policy

The Collection "Dorogi i mosti" (hereinafter referred to as the Collection) supports the policy of open access (Open Access) to published material, identifying the priority principles for the free dissemination of scientific information and the exchange of knowledge for the benefit of global social progress.

Each published article includes the dates of manuscript receipt, acceptance for publication, and online posting. The type of Creative Commons license under which the material is published is indicated directly on each article page. 

All materials are available free of charge.

General information about the collection, including ISSN, publisher details, the EDRPOU code, DOI prefix, year of establishment, scientific profile of the publication, and publication terms, is provided in the “About the Collection” section.

Aims and scope: coverage of scientific results and scientific and methodological developments related to transport infrastructure and promote:

  • sustainable development of transport infrastructure;
  • introduction of innovative road building materials and technologies into practice of road construction and operational maintenance of roads;
  • environmental protection within the impact area of transport infrastructure objects;
  • increased protection and reliability of transport infrastructure objects including the objects that are classified as critical infrastructure objects;
  • economic efficiency of construction and maintenance of transport infrastructure objects and the related works;
  • environmental protection within the road infrastructure objects impact area.

 The manuscripts are eligible for publication in the Collection provided that they meet the following requirements:

  • contain scientific novelty;
  • are of scientific and methodical nature and reflect the new methods of production,   testing, measurement, a new technology or related technical solutions;
  • are observational and part of a series of articles devoted to the same subject of research. 

The Editors of the Collection adhere to the principles of academic integrity, editorial ethics and compliance with the requirements of Ukrainian legislation, regulatory acts of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine, the Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine and the  State Agency for the Restoration and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine.

The Editors of the Collection direct its efforts to:

  •  preventing and non-admission of the cases of poor-quality scientific research;
  •  ensuring the coordination and observance of the balance of interests of the authors, readers, the Editorial board, the reviewers and the readers.

Use of Materials

The materials of the Collection “Dorogi i Mosti” (Roads and Bridges) are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Users are free to read, download, copy, distribute, and adapt the materials, including for commercial purposes.

The only requirement is proper attribution of authorship and the source of publication.

The CC BY 4.0 license is consistent with the recommended open access practice of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine, the Budapest Open Access Initiative, and the requirements of leading scientific databases DOAJ, Scopus and Web of Science.