The Journal

Aims and Scope 

JoNAS, the Journal of Non-Associative Structures, is a diamond open-access, electronic, international research journal that publishes research and survey articles in mathematics since 2026. It is dedicated to publishing high-quality original research articles in non-associative algebra and its applications to geometry, combinatorics, mathematical analysis, mathematical physics, and other areas of pure and applied mathematics. The journal does not charge author processing fees of any sort, and all published articles are available for free.

Publishing policy

  • Title: Journal of Non-Associative Structures
  • Year of creation: 2025
  • Publisher: MathOA
  • Publisher's email address: publishing@mathoa.org
  • Director of publication: Jos Baeten
  • Editor in chief: Ivan Kaygorodov
  • Publishing Country: The Netherlands
  • eISSN: 3118-1422
  • Frequency: continuously updated

Copyright and distribution policy

  • Diamond Open Access
  • Creative Commons - Attribution - CC BY 4.0
  • Authors grant the journal non-exclusive publication rights and retain their own rights without restriction.

No publication fees policy

  • Publication fee: no
  • Submission fee: no

Review policy

  • Review procedure: single blind peer review

Self-archiving policy

Published version

  • Rights holder: Authors
  • License: CC-BY 4.0
  • Authorised locations:
    • Open access on the journal’s website
    • Any website
  • Conditions: The original publication in the journal must be cited.

Accepted or submitted version

  • Rights holder: Authors
  • Licence: CC-BY 4.0
  • Permitted locations: Any website
  • Conditions: The original publication in the journal must be cited.

Editorial Process

The editorial process of JoNAS is designed to ensure the integrity, quality, and scholarly value of the research published by the journal. To this end, the journal employs a single-blind peer review system, which is outlined below.

Submission: Authors are required to post their articles on arXiv and submit their manuscripts through the journal's online submission system. Upon submission, each manuscript is assigned a unique identifier, and the authors are sent an acknowledgment of receipt.

Initial Screening: The editor-in-chief conducts an initial screening to assess the manuscript for compliance with the journal's submission guidelines, relevance to the journal's scope, and overall quality. Manuscripts that do not meet these criteria may be returned to authors without being sent out for peer review.

Peer Review Process: Once the manuscript has passed the initial screening, it is sent to at least two independent external reviewers who are considered experts in the relevant field. The peer review process at JoNAS is single-blind, meaning that reviewers know the authors' identities, but authors do not know the reviewers' identities. This process is intended to ensure impartial evaluations of the works submitted while balancing transparency. Reviewers are selected based on their publication record and specialization, and potential conflicts of interest are actively mitigated. Reviewers evaluate the manuscript based on its scientific merit, originality, and relevance to the field. The reviewers provide their feedback, including detailed recommendations: acceptance, suggestions for improvements, minor revisions, major revisions, or rejection. This ensures high-quality and objective evaluations.

Editorial Decision: The editor makes the final decision regarding the manuscript based on the reviewers' feedback. The possible outcomes are as follows:

  • If the manuscript meets the journal's standards and receives favorable peer review feedback, it will be accepted for publication.
  • If the manuscript requires minor adjustments or clarifications, authors are requested to revise and resubmit it for further review or direct editorial approval.
  • If substantial changes are required, authors are given the opportunity to revise the manuscript and address the reviewers' concerns. Following revisions, the manuscript is often sent back to the original reviewers for a second round of evaluation.
  • If the manuscript fails to meet the journal's standards or is deemed unsuitable for publication, it is rejected. Authors are provided with feedback to understand the decision.

Final Proofing and Publication: Once accepted, the manuscript undergoes a final proofreading and typesetting process to ensure that it meets the publication's formatting and quality standards. Authors are provided with a proof of their article for review before it is published.

Ethical Considerations: The journal upholds the highest standards of ethical conduct in its editorial process. All reviewers are expected to declare any conflicts of interest. Authors are also expected to follow ethical guidelines in their research and reporting, including proper citation of sources and avoiding plagiarism.

The editor-in-chief of JoNAS is responsible for verifying and validating the credentials of guest editors, and for veryfying that that articles from special issues undergo the same editorial process as regular issues, including external peer review, and are clearly identified as such.

JoNAS is committed to maintaining transparency, integrity, and quality throughout the editorial and review process to foster the publication of valuable scientific knowledge.

Intellectual Property, Copyright, and License

JoNAS is a fully open access journal. All articles will be made immediately and permanently free for everyone to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose.

Authors contributing to the journal agree to publish their articles under the Creative Commons License CC BY 4.0. Open access publishing in the journal is free of charge. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

JoNAS advises that the authors of all articles select the following Creative Commons licenses for their paper at the time of submission to arXiv: CC BY. The journal does not impose any restrictions or adapt the terms of Creative Commons licenses and ensures that no terms conflict with the chosen license. By selecting the Creative Commons license CC BY, authors grant permission for their article to be shared, distributed, and reused under the terms of the chosen license. The copyright of an article published in JoNAS remains with the authors or their employer. This means that authors can continue to hold the copyright to their work without restrictions, and these copyright terms do not contradict the licensing terms or the open access policy of the journal. JoNAS retains the right to publish, distribute, and display the article in the journal, while the authors maintain copyright. All articles are made freely available under the journal's open access policy. The authors warrant that the article is original, does not infringe upon any copyright or intellectual property rights, and that they have obtained all necessary permissions for any third-party content used in the article.

The version of the article published in JoNAS is the "version of record," and any subsequent versions posted online should be clearly marked as such. Users of the article must provide proper attribution when reusing or redistributing the article, in accordance with the selected Creative Commons license.