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The copyright of works published in Kalemname Journal remains with the author(s). The journal does not require the transfer of copyright from the author(s) for works accepted for publication. This arrangement does not constitute a transfer of copyright to the journal, the granting of an exclusive publication right, or the transfer of any other right. The author(s) agree that their works will be published in Kalemname Journal as open access and, within the scope of the journal’s publication processes, made available electronically, archived, indexed, and included in scholarly circulation. Published works are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license permits users to copy, share, reproduce, and redistribute the published works, provided that appropriate credit is given, the works are not used for commercial purposes, and no changes are made to them.

For works published in Kalemname Journal, first publication information is important for academic citation transparency and bibliographic traceability. Accordingly, if the author(s) later use all or part of their works in other academic publications, books, course materials, institutional repositories, or personal academic platforms, they must indicate, with a clear and complete bibliographic citation, that the work was first published in Kalemname Journal. Published content is made available for scholarly circulation on an open-access basis, while preserving the copyright of the author(s) and the integrity of the work. The scientific, ethical, and legal responsibility for the published works rests with the author(s). The views, evaluations, and conclusions expressed in the works are the responsibility of the author(s). In the event of copyright infringement, violation of third-party rights, allegations of ethical misconduct, or any dispute arising from the content of the work, responsibility rests with the author(s).

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Authors submitting articles are deemed to have read and accepted the copyright notice set out below when uploading their work through the journal’s online submission system. Checking the confirmation box at the end of the submission process shall mean acceptance of the following statements.

The author(s) accept and undertake that:

a) the submitted work is their own original work and does not contain plagiarism;

b) all authors have made individual and scholarly contributions to the work, have seen the final version of the work, and have approved it;

c) the article has not been published previously and has not been submitted simultaneously to another publication for evaluation;

d) the text, tables, figures, visuals, documents, and other elements contained in the article do not infringe the copyrights or other legal rights of third parties;

e) the scientific, ethical, and legal responsibility arising from the content of the work belongs to them;

f) the copyright of the published article shall remain with the author(s),

g) they accept that the article will be published under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license within the scope of open access;

h) if the article as a whole or any part of it is later used in another academic publication, book, course material, institutional repository, or personal academic platform, they will indicate, with a full and accurate bibliographic citation, that the work was first published in Kalemname Journal.

Licensing and Open Access

Works published in Kalemname are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license permits the sharing of works for non-commercial purposes, provided that proper attribution is given; however, it does not permit the modification, adaptation, or creation of derivative works. For further information on open access principles, the licensing framework, and the terms governing the use of published content, please refer to the journal’s Open Access Policy page.