«Nauka i pravoohorona» is an open-access academic journal (Category “B”) providing a premier platform for publishing the latest research findings and addressing current issues in law enforcement, reforming the law enforcement system in the context of European integration, the legal foundations of combating crime, ensuring public safety, the balance between security and human rights – particularly under martial law – as well as the theory and practice of law enforcement amid the transformation of the legal system and the safeguarding of national security. Further information on this subject can be found in the section entitled "Problems and Solutions".

The institution's founder: State Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (Kyiv, 4a Yevhen Hutsal lane, 01011, tel. number: +38(044) 280 01 84)

Due to the reorganization of the State Research Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine by merging it with the National Academy of Internal Affairs (Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 174-r of February 28, 2025), the transfer of the relevant rights of the entity in the media sphere is currently underway.

Publisher: The National Academy of Internal Affairs, Ukraine, Kyiv, 1 Solomjanska Sq., 03035, tel. number: +38(044) 246 94 91
Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organizations of Ukraine of the publisher: 08751177
ROR of the publisher: 03vganq87
Certificate of entry of a publishing entity into the state register of publishers, manufacturers and distributors of publishing products, series DK 4155, dated 13 September 2011
Media identifier: R30-05614 (Decision of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting of 24 October 2024, No. 2935)
ISSN: 2072-8670 (Print)
Prefix for unique digital identifier (doi): https://doi.org/10.33270
Key title: Nauka ì pravoohorona
Journal website: https://naukaipravoohorona.navs.edu.ua/index.php/naukaipravoohorona/main
Year of foundation: 2007
Languages: Ukrainian, English
Frequency: 4 issues per year

Scientific status of the journal
Since 2019, the journal has been included in category «B» of the List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine (Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 1301 dated 2 October 2019).
Fields of science: law; specialty 081 (law).

Journal cluster: in accordance with Order No. 56 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated 19 February 2026: «National Security and Defense» (specialisation in «Law Enforcement»).

The journal supports the Open Access policy and archives all materials in long-term digital repositories.
Full-text access to the journal's scientific articles in real time is available on the journal's official website in the Archive section, as well as in the NAVS repository. This complies with the BOAI definition of open access.
Each article is assigned a DOI.
All articles are published indefinitely immediately after the issue is released. The journal's licensing policy is compatible with the vast majority of open access and archiving policies. The journal «Nauka i pravoohorona» operates under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).