The journal “Scientific Bulletin of Kherson State University. Series ‘Germanic Studies and Intercultural Communication’” supports the principles of open access to scholarly knowledge and aims to ensure the widest possible dissemination of research results in philology, Germanic studies, and intercultural communication. Its licensing policy balances the rights of authors, the needs of the academic community, and the principles of open science.

All published materials remain the intellectual property of the authors, while their use is governed by an open license that defines permitted forms of copying, distribution, and reuse.

License Type and Terms of Use

The journal applies an open licensing model under the  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, which allows:

• free reading, downloading, and sharing of articles;
• copying and redistribution in any format;
• use of materials for academic, educational, and non-commercial purposes;
• adaptation, translation, and creation of derivative works.

Proper attribution to the authors and citation of the original publication in the journal are mandatory.

Authors’ Rights

Authors retain:

• copyright to their work;
• moral rights of authorship recognition;
• the right to reuse their material (e.g., in monographs, dissertations, textbooks);
• the right to deposit their work in institutional or disciplinary repositories;
• the right to share the final published or accepted version in accordance with license terms.

The journal does not restrict authors from further use of their materials provided that proper citation is maintained.

Use by Third Parties

Third parties may use published materials provided that they:

• properly attribute authorship;
• cite the journal as the original source;
• do not distort the scholarly content;
• respect the integrity of the work (except where adaptations are permitted under the license).

Commercial use is permitted only under the conditions of the open license or with additional permission from the author.

Self-Archiving Policy

The journal allows authors to deposit:

• submitted manuscript versions (preprints);
• accepted manuscripts (postprints);
• final published versions (publisher’s PDF)

in institutional repositories, personal websites, academic networks, and subject databases.

Full bibliographic information and a link to the official publication must always be included.

Compliance with International Standards

The licensing policy aligns with open science principles and international knowledge dissemination standards, supporting greater visibility of Ukrainian humanities research in the global academic space.