Journal policy
Information for Authors
The primary target of the “Судноводіння / Shipping & Navigation” journal is to provide the broad scientific community with an opportunity to exchange information, including at the international level, on the results of scientific research in the fields of ship handling, navigation and control of surface objects, sea transportation, shipbuilding, economics and management of maritime industry enterprises, industry safety and security.
Journal targets:
1. To highlight new scientific results that are of significant importance in various areas of technical and economic sciences.
2. To perform international and interregional scientific coordination functions by ensuring competent, high-quality, and timely coverage of the main results of the collected volume’s authors’ research.
3. To foster sustained interest among the scientific and academic community, as well as young scientists, in the collected volume and to increase its growing demand within professional circles of specialists in technical and economic fields from different regions of Ukraine and from both neighboring and distant foreign countries.
Publication Frequency
Journal is published 2 times a year in printed version and on-line. New issues of the journal appears on the following months: December and June.
Peer Review Process
Shipping & Navigation applies a rigorous peer-review process as a core quality assurance mechanism. The Journal follows a double-blind peer-review model: the identity of the Author(s) is not disclosed to Reviewers, and the identities of Reviewers are not disclosed to Author(s). Each manuscript is evaluated by at least two independent expert Reviewers. The primary aim of the review is to provide the editor with sufficient information to reach a decision. The review should also guide the authors on how to improve their paper to a standard at which it could be accepted. If the recommendation is negative, the review should clearly describe the manuscript’s weaknesses so that the authors understand the reasons for the decision and, in general terms, what should be addressed to make the work publishable elsewhere.
Open Access
The journal provides immediate open access to all published articles on the journal website. Readers may read, download, copy, distribute, and print articles without charge.
Publication Fee (APC) and Waivers
The journal operates with a transparent publication fee policy. Submission, peer review and publication of the manuscript are free of charge.
Privacy Statement
Data provided by the authors, reviewers, editors (i.e. names, affiliations, emails, ORCIDs (optional), and correspondence) are processed solely for manuscript handling, peer review, publication, indexing, and journal administration.
Paper submission
Paper can be sumbited via Google Form (click).
For any additional information regarding paper submission please contact editors directly via e-mail: sb_svd@onma.edu.ua.
Complaints and Appeals Policy
Complaints and appeals must be submitted in writing to the Editor-In-Chief via e-mail: sb_svd@onma.edu.ua with: article title/DOI, detailed description, supporting evidence, and the requested remedy. Appeals may result in: confirmation of rejection, invitation to resubmit, or additional independent review.
License
Unless otherwise stated, articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
For license details please see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Copyright
Authors who publish with this journal retain all copyrights and agree to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.
If authors include any third-party material (e.g. figures, tables, images) not covered by CC BY, it is solely under the responsibility of the author(-s) to obtain permission and clearly indicate the copyright status.
Archiving and Long-Term Preservation Policy in Open Access
General Provisions
The Journal “Судноводіння / Shipping & Navigation” ensures long-term preservation and open access to all published materials in accordance with the principles of Open Access, preservation of the scholarly record, and academic integrity. Archiving is carried out to guarantee permanent access to scholarly materials, ensure stable citation, and protect content from loss. All articles are published in open access without any embargo period.
Access and Archiving
The Journal’s materials are preserved at several levels:
1. Official Journal Website. Full-text articles (PDF) and metadata are published on the official Journal platform. The platform provides continuous access to back issues and ensures preservation of the published content.
2. National Library Archiving. Full texts of articles are deposited in the repository of the V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine for preservation within the national electronic collection of scholarly publications. Archiving in the national library provides a state-level preservation mechanism and ensures access independent of the technical condition of the Journal’s website.
3. Indexing Databases. Access to and archiving of full-text articles are additionally supported through indexing databases (e.g., Index Copernicus), which create an additional layer of digital duplication of materials.
4. Persistent Identifiers. All articles are assigned DOIs registered via Crossref.
The use of DOIs ensures:
– stability of links;
– the possibility of restoring access in the event of changes to the website structure;
– long-term integration into the international system of scholarly communication.
Guarantees of Preservation of the Scholarly Record
The Journal adheres to the principle of maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record.
The Editorial Board exercises administrative control over the availability of full texts on the official platform, the validity of DOIs, and the deposit of article materials in the national library repository and indexing systems.
Open Data Policy (FAIR Data)
The Journal supports the FAIR data principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and encourages authors to make their research data available in open repositories for verification, reuse, and increased transparency of scientific results.
Requirements for Authors
If a study is based on experimental, empirical, or statistical data, authors must:
– deposit the primary data in a trusted repository (national, institutional, or international);
– ensure data accessibility via a DOI or another persistent identifier;
– provide, within the article, a link to the dataset in the relevant repository.
Permissible Exceptions
– Where data disclosure is restricted by law, confidentiality, or ethical requirements (e.g., patients’ medical data), authors must clearly state the reason why open access cannot be provided.
– In such cases, depositing only anonymized or aggregated data is permitted.
Recommended Repositories
– Zenodo (EU OpenAIRE, CERN)
– Figshare
– Dryad
– National Repository of Academic Texts of Ukraine
– Institutional repositories of universities and research institutions
Metadata and Citation
– All datasets must be accompanied by descriptive metadata (authors, year, subject/topic, keywords, DOI).
– Data should be cited in the reference list in the same manner as scholarly articles.
The Editorial Office checks whether correct links to datasets are provided. If data are not accessible without a valid explanation, the manuscript may be rejected or returned to the authors for revision.
Criteria for Publication
The journal evaluates manuscripts according to the following criteria:
- Scope and relevance
• Is the topic within the journal’s aims and scope?
• Is the research question clearly formulated and relevant to the maritime/navigation/shipping domain? - Originality and contribution
• Does the manuscript provide novel results or insights that advance the field?
• Is the contribution positioned against current literature appropriately? - Methodological quality and validity
• Are methods appropriate, correctly applied, and described with enough detail for evaluation and replication?
• Are data, assumptions, and limitations clearly stated? - Results and interpretation
• Are results presented clearly and supported by evidence?
• Are conclusions justified and not overstated? - Presentation quality
• Is the manuscript written in clear academic English/Ukrainian?
• Are figures/tables readable and properly referenced?
• Are references complete and relevant? - Research integrity and ethics
• Are ethical approvals, informed consent (if applicable), funding, and conflicts of interest disclosed?
• Is the manuscript free from plagiarism and inappropriate image/data manipulation?
Author Guidelines
Manuscripts should be in English or in Ukrainian and contain the title, the names and affiliations of the authors, an abstract, the main text, and the list of references. No formal limit is set for the length of a paper, but if it is very long the editors may recommend dividing its text into two or more separate papers.
The abstract should be concise and carefully worded description of the problem addressed, the key ideas introduced, and the results. (150 to 250 words).
References should be numbered consecutively in the order they are first mentioned, and in the text should be denoted by numbers in square brackets, e.g. [25].
The IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Citation Style) – https://ieee-dataport.org/sites/default/files/analysis/27/IEEE%20Citation%20Guidelines.pdf referencing style shall be used.
More details can be found in the reference template.