Copyright Policy

Authors who submit or publish their work in Karadeniz International Scientific Journal (k.deniz) are deemed to have accepted the following copyright and licensing conditions:

1. Copyright Ownership and Licensing

Authors retain the copyright of the published article and grant Karadeniz International Scientific Journal the right of first publication.

All articles published in the journal are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Under this license:

• the work may be shared and reproduced for commercial or non-commercial purposes;
• the work may be adapted and derivative works may be created;
• all uses must provide proper attribution to the author and indicate the source of first publication.

2. Republication and Archiving Rights

Authors may freely share the final published version of their article in the following venues:

• institutional open repositories;
• personal websites;
• academic social networks;
• book chapters or edited volumes.

In such cases, it must be clearly stated that the work was first published in Karadeniz International Scientific Journal.

3. Preprint Policy

The journal encourages authors to share their work:

• before submission;
• during the peer-review process

on preprint servers, institutional repositories, or personal platforms.

This approach:

• accelerates scholarly communication;
• increases the visibility of research;
• strengthens citation potential.

4. Licensing and Ethical Compliance

The copyright and licensing policy of Karadeniz International Scientific Journal is aligned with:

• the Creative Commons licensing framework;
• the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The policy is implemented accordingly.