In
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
, a 2007 law
requires open access
Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which nominally copyrightable publications are delivered to readers free of access charges or other barriers. With open access strictly defined (according to the 2001 de ...
publishing of research created through
public funding
A subsidy, subvention or government incentive is a type of government expenditure for individuals and households, as well as businesses with the aim of stabilizing the economy. It ensures that individuals and households are viable by having acce ...
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In January 2008, Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Russian academics issued the "''
Belgorod
Belgorod (, ) is a city that serves as the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River, approximately north of the border with Ukraine. It has a population of
It was founded in 1596 as a defensiv ...
Declaration on open access to scientific knowledge and cultural heritage''."
Ukrainian academics issued another statement in June 2009 in support of open access.
Repositories
There are a number of collections of scholarship in Ukraine housed in digital
open access repositories
An open repository or open-access repository is a digital platform that holds research output and provides free, immediate and permanent access to research results for anyone to use, download and distribute. To facilitate open access such reposito ...
.
They contain journal articles, book chapters, data, and other research outputs that are
free to read.
See also
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Internet in Ukraine
The Internet in Ukraine is well developed and steadily growing.
In April 2012 rapid growth was forecast for at least two more years. , Ukraine was ranked 9th in the "Top 10 Internet countries in Europe", with then 33.9% Internet penetration and ...
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Education in Ukraine
Starting in September 2018, children who start school have 12 years of education, while those already in school complete their studying by 11-year system. As a rule, schooling begins at the age of 6, unless your birthday is on or after 1 Septemb ...
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List of universities in Ukraine
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Media of Ukraine
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Science and technology in Ukraine
Science and technology in Ukraine has its modern development and historical origins in the 18th and 19th centuries and is associated, first of all, with the Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, University of Kyiv ...
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Access to public information in Ukraine
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Open access in other countries
References
Further reading
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Academia in Ukraine
Communications in Ukraine
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