Journal Policy

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  • The works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Creative Commons License

  • Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving

JHK Press has a policy which permits authors to deposit all versions of their article in any institution or other repository of their choice. The different versions of the paper are published version (version of record), accepted version (author accepted manuscript), and submitted version. The journal allows all above versions to be deposited in an institutional or other repository of the author’s choice without embargo. Open Access pathways permitted by this journal's policy are listed below according to the particular version of the  article:

Author’s Pre-print: author can archive pre-print (i.e. pre-refereeing) before publication ; Authors’ Post-print: author can archive post-print (i.e. final draft post-refereeing) before publication; Publisher’s Version/PDF: author can archive publisher’s version/PDF after publication. The journal is not responsible for returning the original disk, hardcopy, and any photographs or illustrations.