Open Access Policy
ULUM has published all articles between 2018 and 2022 under the "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)" license. According to the decision taken by the Editorial Board on 03.11.2022, it has been decided that all articles will be published under the "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) " license after this date.

The journal is an open-access journal and all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Except for commercial purposes, users are allowed to read, download, copy, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. ULUM Journal has added its name to the Budapest Open Access
BOAI: https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/translations/turkish-translation
“Open Access” is a catch-all term covering both Gratis and Libre Open Access. More than 20 years ago, Open Access was understood to mean content that was available for free without a price attached. This kind of Open Access is now referred to as Gratis Open Access. Over time, as the concept of open access became more widely accepted, there was a need to be clearer about what users were allowed to do with the content. This meant that the users’ rights needed to be clearly stated. This kind of Open Access has no price barriers and removes at least some of the permission barriers. It is referred to as Libre Open Access. Different levels of permissions for reuse exist, like commercial use, creating translations, etc (as indicated by the six different Creative Commons licenses, for example), different variants of Libre Open Access also exist (https://blog.doaj.org/2020/11/17/what-does-doaj-define-as-open-access/).
The Publisher believes that for Open Access to work effectively, user rights, through licensing, and copyright ownership need to be clear.

The articles in the journal are licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.
The Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
CC BY-NC 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
You are free to:
1) Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
2) Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material
Under the following terms:
1) Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
2) NonCommercial: You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
No additional restrictions: You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Articles published in this journal are digitally archived in LOCKSS. The LOCKSS system has permission to collect, preserve and present this access Archive Unit.