Policies

Copyright and licensing

Licence of published articles and authors' rights.

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At a glance

  • Articles are published under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
  • Authors may share the published version anywhere with a citation.
  • Third-party material needs the owner's permission.
Copyright holder
The authors

This page explains who owns the rights in articles published in Journal of Education and Teaching Learning and how others may use them. The journal applies Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). The same licence is shown on every article and in its metadata.

Authors' rights

  • Authors keep the rights described in CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 and grant Journal of Education and Teaching Learning the right of first publication.
  • Authors may share the published version anywhere (institutional or subject repositories, personal websites, academic networks) with a full citation and a link to the article.
  • Authors may reuse their work in later publications such as books or theses, citing the original article.
  • Authors may enter into separate arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the published version, with an acknowledgement of first publication in this journal.

Readers' rights

Articles are published under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Anyone may share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes, provided they give appropriate credit, link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made and distribute adaptations under the same licence. Readers must always:

  • give appropriate credit to the authors and the journal,
  • provide a link to the licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/), and
  • indicate whether changes were made, when the licence allows adaptations.

Third-party material

Authors must obtain permission to reproduce figures, tables or text owned by others and state this in the caption. Material that cannot be licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 must be marked as such.

Licence statement

Every article in Journal of Education and Teaching Learning is published under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). The canonical licence URL is https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/. The same statement appears on the article page, in the PDF and in the article metadata, so that it is machine-readable by indexing services.

Journal-specific terms

POLICIES AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE 1. Business Model

This journal adopts the Gold Open Access publishing model. All published articles are freely accessible to readers worldwide without subscription.

The operational costs of the journal are supported through Article Processing Charges (APC) paid by authors, their institutions, or funding agencies.

2. Copyright Notice

Authors retain the copyright of their published articles.

Authors grant the journal the right of first publication. Published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), which allows users to copy, distribute, and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes only, provided appropriate credit is given and adaptations are shared under the same license.

The journal is authorized to:

  • Assign a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) to each article
  • Archive and index articles in databases such as DOAJ, EBSCO, ProQuest, and other indexing services

Authors are responsible for ensuring that any third-party materials included in their work have proper permissions.

3. Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content based on the principle that making research freely available supports global knowledge exchange.

Users are allowed to:

  • Read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to full-text articles
  • Use the content for any lawful purpose

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License..

4. Submission Policy

Submission of a manuscript implies that:

  • The work is original and has not been published previously
  • The manuscript is not under consideration elsewhere
  • All authors have approved the submission

The journal accepts manuscripts that:

  • Have been previously uploaded as preprints (e.g., arXiv, SSRN, bioRxiv)
  • Have been presented at conferences
  • Have appeared in non-journal platforms (e.g., blogs, posters)

Authors must update the preprint version with the DOI and link to the published article after publication.

5. Plagiarism Policy

The journal enforces a zero-tolerance policy on plagiarism, including self-plagiarism.

All submissions will be screened using:

  • Plagiarism detection software (e.g., iThenticate)
  • Editorial and reviewer evaluation

Manuscripts with significant similarity will be rejected immediately.

6. Archiving Policy

This journal follows Sherpa/Romeo Green Archiving Policy.

Authors are allowed to archive:

  • Preprint version
  • Postprint version
  • Publisher’s final PDF

Without restriction, in institutional repositories or other platforms.

7. Advertising Policy

The journal does not publish commercial advertisements.

However, academic announcements or scholarly information may be published without charge.

8. Marketing Policy

All marketing and promotional activities:

  • Must be ethical and professional
  • Must not be misleading
  • Must accurately represent the journal scope and policies
9. Waiver Policy

The journal charges an Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication.

To ensure fairness and transparency:

  • APC cannot be waived or reduced for any author, including editorial board members
10. Refund Policy

All payments made for Article Processing Charges (APC) are non-refundable under any circumstances.

Once the payment has been completed, the journal will not issue any refunds, regardless of:

  • Manuscript withdrawal by the author
  • Rejection after peer review
  • Editorial decisions at any stage of the publication process
  • Errors made by the author during submission

Authors are advised to carefully review all submission requirements and ensure the readiness of their manuscript before making any payment.

Authors grant the journal the right of first publication. which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. Authors are responsible for ensuring that any third-party materials included in their work have proper permissions.

Official references

This policy follows these published standards and guidelines. Each link opens the original source.