Publication Policy

1. Nous Academy Journal applies anonymous double blind refereeing. Articles accepted by the editorial board as meeting the formal and minimum academic requirements are sent to at least two referees from the relevant field. Articles that receive one rejection and one acceptance are sent to a third referee. Articles that receive two acceptances are published. In addition, the editorial board may reject the article with one rejection decision, especially when the board finds the reasons sufficiently satisfactory or determines that the stated issues cannot be corrected within one publication period.

2. The average time from the submission of the manuscript to the decision date is six weeks.

3. Nous Academy Journal routinely screen article submissions for plagiarism via the Ithenticate Software. Articles with a similarity rate of more than 20% are not published. If the plagiarism rate is even 1%, the article is not published. 

4. Authors retain the copyright of their articles. However, all articles published by Nous Academy Journal may be reused in accordance with the terms of the CC BY-NC open access license. Authors must read and sign the Copyright Agreement before publishing their work. According to this agreement, the author has accepted the following provisions:

a) The article uploaded to the system is the original work of the author(s) and does not constitute plagiarism,

b) All authors have individually contributed to this work and assume full responsibility for it,

c) All authors have reviewed and approved the final version of the submitted article,

d) The article has not been published elsewhere or submitted for publication,

e) The text, figures, and documents in the article do not infringe on the copyrights of other individuals.

f) The authors authorize Nous Academy Journal to publish the submitted article and identify itself as the original publisher.

g) Authors grant any third party the right to freely use the article, provided that the original authors and citation details are acknowledged.

ı) Nothing in this license shall impair or restrict an author's right to protect the integrity and ownership of their work.

j) All commercial rights related to the article belong to the authors.