Copyright & License

Copyright Policy

The Journal of Teaching and Education for Scholars (JOTES) allows authors to hold and retain the copyright of their published articles without any restrictions. Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication.

  2. The work is simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

  3. Authors are permitted 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), provided that its initial publication in JOTES is properly acknowledged.

  4. 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 and greater citation of published work.

License Policy

All articles published in JOTES are fully open-access. The use, distribution, and reproduction of published material are strictly regulated under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Under this license, users are free to:

  • Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

  • Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

Condition: Users must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.