Publication Policy

• All submitted manuscripts to Nesir: Journal of Literary Studies are subject to initial appraisal by the editorial board and area editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by two independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double blind.

• The referee reports are sent to the author within three months after the submission of the manuscript, and if there is a request for corrections/changes in the report, the author is requested to rearrange it. The corrected versions of the articles that are decided to be corrected for publication are expected to be sent by e-mail within fifteen days at the latest by the authors. If one of the referee reports is positive and the other is negative, the article can be sent to a third referee for evaluation or rejected by the decision of the editorial board.

• Manuscripts such as book reviews, critical essays or research notes are not sent to the referee; evaluated by the area editors and the editorial board.

Open-Access

• Nesir: Journal of Literary Studies is an open-access journal, all individuals and institutions can reach all content without any fee. All users and readers can read, download, copy, share, and scan articles without asking any permission from authors and editorial board. Our journal acknowledges the BOAI open-access policies.

Copyright and License

• Nesir: Journal of Literary Studies licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). All published articles can be accessed by anyone with an internet connection under the Open Access policy. The license permits anyone to copy, redistribute, rearrange, transmit and adapt the work, provided the original work and source are properly cited.

• Our journal do not make any payment to authors for their contributions to Nesir.

• Copyrights are reserved by the authors under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) license. The authors grant the right to use the publication to any third party as long as the original authors and citation details should be identified.

Plagiarism and Evaluation of Publication Ethics

• At first, before sending manuscripts to the referees the editorial board evaluates them concerning the ethical rules. iThenticate checks the plagiarism, and we share the report with referees and authors for their consideration via e-mail. Authors are responsible for articles’ content. Asking permissions for published texts, tables, visuals and so on, is the responsibility of the author.

Fees

• Nesir: Journal of Literary Studies is an open-access journal, and does not ask any fees for submission of manuscripts, evaluation process, and publishing. It also does not ask fees for reviews and DOI number. All process of submission, evaluation and publishing is free.