Manuscript will be considered only on the understanding that it is not currently being submitted to other journals.

Submission of an article implies that the results described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher.

Authors are obliged to follow remarks and comments of the reviewers, as well as to follow Instructions for preparing manuscripts and technical remarks and corrections of the Editorial Board.

Papers will be published in English, and authors are obliged to submit papers free of typing errors (please use Spell Checking).

Copyright Policy; 

Copyright of all accepted papers will belong to JCS and the author(s) must affirm that accepted papers for publication in JCS must not be re-published elsewhere without the written consent of the editor in chief/director of JCS. To comply with this policy, authors will be required to submit a signed copy of Copyright Transfer Form, after acceptance of their paper, before the same is published. Copyright form availble at

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Authors note that paper can not be withdrawn at any condition once it is accepted. The Author may not publish his/her The Author may not publish his/her contribution anywhere else without the prior written permission of the publisher unless it has been changed substantially. The Author warrants that his/her contribution is original, except for such excerpts from copyrighted works as may be included with the permission of the copyright holder and author thereof, that it contains no libellous statements, and does not infringe on any copyright, trademark, patent, statutory right, or propriety right of others.  The author signs for and accepts responsibility for releasing this material on behalf of any and all co-authors. In return for these rights:

All proprietary rights are other than copyrights, such as patent rights.

The right to use all or part of this article, including tables and figures in future works of their own, provided that the proper acknowledgement is made to the publisher as the copyright holder.

The right to make copies of this article for his/her own use, but not for sale.

It is the responsibility of each author to ensure that papers submitted to the journal are written with ethical standards in mind, concerning plagiarism. Please note that all submissions are thoroughly checked for plagiarism. If an attempt at plagiarism is found in a published paper, the authors will be asked to issue a written apology to the authors of the original material. Any paper which shows obvious signs of plagiarism will be automatically rejected and its authors may be banned for duration of 10 years from publishing in Journal. The authors will receive proper notification if such a situation arises.

This paper has not been published in the same form elsewhere.

It will not be submitted anywhere else for publication prior to acceptance/rejection by JCS.

 Ethics;

Papers must be submitted on the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere and are not currently under consideration by another journal. The submitting author is responsible for ensuring that the article’s publication has been approved by all the other coauthors. When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's obligation to notify the publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. It is also the authors’ responsibility to ensure that the articles emanating from a particular institution are submitted with the approval of the necessary institution. Only an acknowledgement from the editorial office officially establishes the date of receipt. Further correspondence and proofs will be sent to the author(s) before publication unless otherwise indicated. It is a condition of submission of a paper that the authors permit editing of the paper for readability.

JCS is committed to following the Code of Conduct and   Best Practice Guidelines of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). It is the duty of our editors to follow Cope Guidance for Editors and our peer-reviewers must follow COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.

If you have any questions, please contact the relevant editorial office or The Journal of Cognitive Systems (JCS)' ethics representative: cognitive@itu.edu.tr