"Sumy Historical and Archival Journal" is a peer-reviewed, open-access, professional, scientific journal that publishes unpublished articles containing original results of experimental or theoretical research in historical sciences and related disciplines that have not been submitted to other publishers.

Year of foundation: 2005

Founder and publisher: Sumy State University.

Language(s) of publication: Ukrainian, English.

Frequency: published 2 times a year (June, December).

Identifier in the Register of Media Entities: R30-03095 (Decision No. 541 of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting of 29.02.2024).

Professional focus, field, and specialty: Professional publication of category “B”, Historical Sciences, specialty: 032 – History and Archaeology (Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 1643 of 28 December 2019 “On the Approval of the Decisions of the Attestation Board of the Ministry”). Field B: Culture, Arts and Humanities, specialty B9: History and Archaeology (Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 188 of 21 February 2025); 0222 History and Archaeology (International Standard Classification of Education – ISCED).

Programme objectives: to provide a permanent free platform for scientists, teachers and researchers of various issues of historical science to publish the results of their scientific activities; to promote the popularisation of scientific research by scientists from Ukraine and abroad for exchange and free dissemination of scientific information and global knowledge exchange for the sake of general social progress; to provide readers with constant and unlimited access to the latest scientific results of scientists from around the world.

Aims and Scope: the journal publishes articles covering topical issues that cover all areas of historical science: archival studies, memoirs, historiography, source studies, archaeology, history of Ukraine, world history, etc.

Copyright and Licensing: The authors retain unlimited rights to use their work for any lawful purpose and grant Sumy Historical and Archival Journal the right of first publication under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. This license permits readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, as well as adapt (remix, transform, and build upon) the material in any medium or format for any lawful purpose, provided that proper attribution is given to the original publication.

Open access and long-term preservation policy: the journal practices an open access policy, which means that all content is available permanently and free of charge, without additional registration, on the publication's website or other electronic resources for the user or his/her institution. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full text of articles or use them for any other lawful purpose without requesting prior permission from the publisher or author.

Long-term storage and identification policy: The editorial board of Sumy Historical and Archival Journal strives to provide authors and readers with permanent free access to the electronic version of the publication. For long-term storage, Sumy Historical and Archival Journal is placed on the publisher's website, in the 'Archive' block in the electronic institutional repository of Sumy State University (eSSUIR) and independent archives, in particular, the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, OpenDOAR, and others; metadata of all articles are transferred to electronic libraries and open access catalogues. A DOI is registered for each article in the Crossref system.

Types of manuscripts: review, research and methodological articles that correspond to the subject matter of the journal, contain original and substantiated results of experimental or theoretical research, reviews, reviews, and editorials, as well as documents, drawings and photographs that can enrich the historical source base are accepted for consideration.

Peer review policy: materials submitted to the editorial board are subject to mandatory checks for signs of academic plagiarism using the StrikePlagiarism software and an independent double-masked review procedure. The review process takes an average of 4 weeks.

Article acceptance rate: 71%.

Target audience: researchers, faculty of higher and pre-higher education institutions, teachers, doctoral students, postgraduate students, and students.

"Sumy Historical and Archival Journal" is published in compliance with academic integrity, equal opportunities, and respect for diversity, including impartiality concerning race, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, or political views. The editorial board's decisions are based solely on a professional assessment of the quality of the submitted materials.

Articles written in English are published out of turn.