Self-Archiving by Authors

The journal adheres to an Open Access policy, allowing and even encouraging authors to deposit their accepted articles on their personal websites or in repositories (such as ResearchGate and/or institutional repositories of their research organizations) both before and after publication, provided that the bibliographic reference includes a link to the final published version in this journal.

The journal follows a “Free Self-Archiving” policy.

Terms and Definitions

We use the following terms and concepts:

Preprint: An early version of a manuscript (draft) before submission to the journal for review.
Review Version: A manuscript version that has been accepted for review by the editorial board and sent to reviewers for evaluation (under peer review).
Accepted Version: A manuscript version accepted for publication by the editorial board and the editor-in-chief. This version includes all author revisions after peer review but still requires further literary and academic editing, formatting, typesetting, and proofreading by the publisher.
Final Version: The officially published version of the article as part of a journal issue. Articles published in the Online First format are not considered final versions—they are accepted versions made available before typesetting. The final version may include post-publication corrections.
Personal Page: A webpage created by the author that contains information about their research and is hosted on non-commercial platforms (e.g., a university or research organization website). User profile pages on commercial platforms (e.g., ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Facebook, LinkedIn, VKontakte, and other social networks) are not considered personal pages.
Institutional Repository: A collection of web pages hosted by educational or research organizations for non-commercial purposes to showcase their scientific contributions and provide access to research outputs.
Thematic Repository: A collection of web pages hosted by educational or research organizations for non-commercial purposes, focusing on a specific research topic or field.
Commercial and Non-Commercial: Commercial activity is defined as any activity that is directly or indirectly aimed at obtaining financial gain. When determining whether actions or intentions are classified as commercial or non-commercial, we focus on the nature of the actions rather than the status of the organization.

What Can Be Self-Archived and When?

	Personal Page	Institutional Repository	Non-Profit Subject Repository (including PubMed Central)	Commercial Repository or Social Network (e.g., ResearchGate, Academia.edu, SSRN)
Preprint	At any time	At any time	At any time	At any time
Review Version	After official notification from the editors about the acceptance of the article for publication	After official notification	After official notification	Not allowed
Accepted Version	After the article is published as part of the issue on the journal's website	After publication	After publication	Not allowed

Compliance with Plan S

Our self-archiving policy (Platinum Open Access) complies with all provisions of Plan S, and the terms of the author’s publication agreement are fully compatible with agreements between cOAlition S funders and grant recipients/authors.

Creative Commons and Other Licenses

Authors may publish (self-archive) preprints and manuscripts under review under any license of their choice. We recommend Creative Commons CC-BY or any other license from the Creative Commons family.

Accepted versions of articles may be published under an open Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license or its equivalent, but not under a more permissive license. We do not allow accepted versions of articles to be published under licenses as permissive as Creative Commons CC-BY.

Third-Party Materials

Before online publication (self-archiving), authors must ensure that they have all necessary rights and permissions for all components of the article. When publishing (self-archiving) an article under a Creative Commons license, the author must hold the rights to all borrowed elements included in the article.

Rights holders of third-party materials must be explicitly acknowledged, along with a statement indicating that the use of these materials without separate permission is not allowed.

Closed Repositories and Embargo Period

Articles may be deposited in closed repositories both before and after official publication on the journal's website. A closed repository is defined as one where only repository administrators have access to the content.

Article metadata (titles, abstracts, author information, and links) may be made publicly available before and after the article is published in an issue on the journal's website. Full texts of final versions may be made available on external sites but must include a mandatory link to the journal publication (including via DOI).

Content Placement in Repositories

The journal’s editorial board allows and even encourages authors to deposit accepted versions and/or preprint versions of their articles on their web pages, institutional websites, and public repositories (such as ResearchGate or medRxiv.org). After publication, the editorial board requires that authors include a link to the final version of the article on the journal’s website.

When depositing articles in external repositories, authors must include the following information:

If the article has not yet been published, a clear statement that the manuscript has been accepted for publication or submitted for review, along with a link to the journal’s website.
For all published articles, a link to the final version of the article on the journal's website (including via DOI).
A clear statement regarding the license conditions under which the published version of the article is made available.

Example Statements for Repository Deposits:

This article was published in Gumilyov Journal of History [https://doi.org/XXX].This version is freely available for viewing and download for personal, non-commercial use only. This publication may be used for distribution and other non-commercial purposes without creating derivative works on other platforms. © Rights holder.
This article was published in Gumilyov Journal of History [http://doi.org/XXX].This version is published under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND Distribution or use of this version of the article for commercial purposes is prohibited. Derivative works may not be distributed. © Rights holder.

Citation of Articles in Repositories

When citing an accepted version of an article or an earlier version, we ask readers and authors to provide a reference to the final version of the article and to use the DOI.