Copyright Ownership and License
The copyright of all published articles is retained by the author. The journal retains a “fair use” agreement to edit and format to the journal specifications, and reproduce the author’s work in any media that the journal may publish in the future. The author is also free to republish the original manuscript in other journals once the work is published.
The NOUN Scholar supports and encourages Open Access and fee-free publication models, and provides access to a wide range of free resources to assist African researchers, authors and editors. The journal licenses the non-exclusive right to publish the article, which means that the author can re-authorize its publication in other formats (such as in edited monographs). In this scenario, the author will often license the right of first publication to the journal/publisher.
Peer Review
It uses the blind referee system with two-three adjudicators per article.
Open Access Policy
The NOUN Scholar is an Open Access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. Nonetheless, attribution must be made to the author and source journal.
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Publication Scheduling
2 issues per year
Journal Identifiers
ISSN Print: 2814-3396
ISSN Online: 3027-091X
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses domiciled in this journal site will be used completely for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Peer Review Process
A paper is sent to three assessors, the assessors’ reports are then forwarded to the author for necessary correction. Corrected version of the paper is then sent back to the assessors to confirm whether or not the author has effected needed corrections. The Editorial Board then decides on the final opinions of the assessors.
Open Access Model
This is an Open Access journal distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, adaptation, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
Copyright: Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
BY 4.0 DEED
BY 4.0 DEEDAttribution 4.0 International
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.