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Journal of Religious Studies did not ask the authors of journal articles to transfer their copyrights to our journal between 1998-2017. Since 2017, the journal has been making a copyright transfer agreement with the authors. As of 2024, the journal does not ask authors of journal articles to transfer their copyrights to our journal. Authors (or their employers) retain the copyright in the article. All we ask from the authors is to accept publication under the CC BY-NC licence. All articles published by the Journal of Religious Studies (regardless of who funded the research) are published as open access and reuse is permitted in accordance with the terms of the CC BY-NC open access licence.

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1) Authors read the following copyright agreement when uploading their work to the online system of our journal and upload a wet signed copy to the journal system (Copyright Notice Text).
2) That the submitted article is the original work of the author(s) and that they have not plagiarised,
3) All authors have individually participated in this study and take full responsibility for this study,
4) All authors have seen and approved the final version of the submitted manuscript,
5) The article has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere,
6) They agree and undertake that the text, figures and documents contained in the article do not violate the copyrights of other persons.
7) Authors authorise this Journal to publish the article and to identify itself as the original publisher.
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9) Nothing in this licence impairs or restricts an author's right to protect the integrity and ownership of their work.
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