Institute of Encyclopedic Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, publisher of the scholarly annual "The Encyclopedia Herald of Ukraine" (hereinafter referred to as the Licensee), of the one part, and the author or co-authors of the work submitted for publication in the Annual (hereinafter referred to as the Licensor), of the other part, enter into this Agreement on the following terms.
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Licensee: Institute of Encyclopedic Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (ROR: 05chny950).
Journal: "The Encyclopedia Herald of Ukraine".
ISSN: 2706-9990 (print), 2707-000X (online).
Website: https://evu.encyclopedia.kyiv.ua/
Agreement Version: 2026.
