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Sumy Historical and Archival Journal" is a peer-reviewed, open-access, professional, scientific journal that publishes unpublished articles containing original results of experimental or theoretical research in historical sciences and related disciplines that have not been submitted to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

By the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 1643 of 28 December 2019, 'On Approval of the Decisions of the Certification Board of the Ministry', Sumy Historical and Archival Journal was assigned category B of the List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine. Sciences: historical; speciality: 032 - History and archaeology. According to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 188 of 21.02.2025, the journal publishes articles in the field of B Culture, Arts and Humanities, speciality B9 History and Archaeology, according to the International Standard Classification of Education - 0222 History and archaeology.

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.

Licensing terms: all published articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence, which allows free copying and redistribution of the material. The journal allows readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of articles and use them for any other lawful purpose.

Open Access Policy: The journal practices an open access policy, which means that all content is available free of charge to 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 the 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, the 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.

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

"The 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.