Open Access and Sata Sharing Policy

The interdepartmental national scientific and technical collection “Design, Production and Exploitation of Agricultural Machines” adheres to an open access policy for published materials, recognizing the principles of free dissemination of scientific information and knowledge exchange as priorities for global social progress.

Users are free to read, download, copy, and distribute the content for educational and scientific purposes, provided that proper authorship attribution is given. The collection operates under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The editorial open access policy of the collection has been developed in accordance with the recommendations and standards of the Budapest Open Access Initiative. According to the text of the Budapest Open Access Initiative Recommendations, the collection provides immediate open access to all published materials, making research results freely available to the public and promoting the global exchange of knowledge. This means that:

  • every Internet user has free and unrestricted access to the full texts of articles published in the journal;
  • manuscripts are freely available without subscription or financial barriers;
  • after publication, all materials become immediately available online without delay.

Data Sharing Policy

The Editorial Board of the interdepartmental national scientific and technical collection “Design, Production and Exploitation of Agricultural Machines” supports the principles of open science and encourages authors to make the research data underlying the results of their articles available to the scientific community. Data sharing promotes research transparency, enhances the reproducibility of results, and contributes to the advancement of science.

Types of Data That May Be Shared

Authors may provide access to the following materials:

  • primary experimental data;
  • numerical datasets;
  • algorithms, software code, or models;
  • supplementary materials supporting the research results.

Where Data May Be Deposited

Research data may be deposited:

  • in open scientific repositories, such as Zenodo, Figshare, or Dryad;
  • in institutional repositories of universities or research institutions;
  • as supplementary materials to the article on the journal’s website.

Data Availability Statement

If the data are deposited in a repository, authors must provide a persistent link (DOI or another identifier) in the article under the section “Data Availability Statement”.

Example:

The datasets used in this study are available in the Zenodo repository at: DOI: XXXXX.

Restrictions on Data Sharing

Data may not be available for open dissemination if:

  • they contain confidential or personal information;
  • there are legal or contractual restrictions;
  • dissemination of the data may create security risks.

In such cases, authors must explain the reasons for restricting access to the data within the article.

Authors’ Responsibility

Authors are responsible for the accuracy and reliability of the provided research data, as well as for compliance with copyright requirements and ethical standards when sharing such data.