About the Journal

1.0: CORE EDITORIAL IDENTITY & FOCUS

1.1 Journal Summary
The Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal (E-BPJ) (eISSN 2398-4287) is an international peer-reviewed scholarly serial publishing conference-linked proceedings in the fields of human-environment relations, environmental psychology, spatial behaviour and Quality of Life. Published by  e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK (e-IPH Ltd), the journal acts as a high-integrity repository for serialised conference proceedings under the academic sponsorship of the Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers (AMER).. Conferences are managed entirely by emAs, a private entity appointed by AMER, to provide only conference administration and financial services.The Editor-in-Chief and editorial board retain sole authority over peer-review and publication decisions.

1.2 Focus and Scope
1.2.1 Unifying Academic Objective & Conference Coherence
The primary, overarching purpose of the E-BPJ and its structurally linked international conference series (such as AcE-Bs, AicE-Bs, AQoL and AicQoL) is to investigate the interdisciplinary causal relationships between human behaviour and spatial settings or Quality of Life (QoL) issues.
The core benefit of bringing international academic delegates together is to synthesise environmental psychology, spatial design, and behavioural data into actionable frameworks that directly could improve human Quality of Life (QoL) and environmental sustainability.
To maintain strict thematic relevance and specialised indexing compliance, every paper published must clearly examine the direct relationship between a specific environment and human behaviour or Quality of Life outcomes,
The journal welcomes research from all geographical regions, including studies of Asian, African, Arab, European, American, and other communities, provided that the research makes a clear contribution to human-environment relations, environmental psychology, spatial behaviour, or Quality of Life.
Submissions are reviewed and categorized under six permanent research tracks:
Track 1: Smart Technology & Digital Behavioural Environments:
Cyber-psychology and behavioural dynamics in communication and social media environments; human-machine adaptation within AI environments; spatial/social impacts of Big Data on digital Quality of Life (QoL).
Track 2: Socio-Economic, Management & Public Policy Environments:
Consumer and organizational psychology within business/retail spaces; behavioural impacts of household financial stress; administrative or behavioural consequences of public policy and tourism/hospitality environments.
Track 3: Built Environment, Spatial Design & Spatial Infrastructure:
Site safety behaviours in construction environments; environmental design psychology; therapeutic landscaping; housing satisfaction in residential environments; pedestrian, driver, and commuter behaviour; mitigation of spatial stressors.
Track 4: Social, Cultural & Community Interaction Environments:
Behavioural settings and interpersonal dynamics in community environments; spatial design for physical well-being in sports/recreation; cultural behaviour settings and heritage environments; workplace environmental ergonomics.
Track 5: Human Development, Spatial Education & Physical Wellbeing:
Behavioural settings and spatial accessibility for vulnerable populations (children, youth, elderly, disabled); environmental cognition in learning environments; patient recovery tracking in healthcare environments.
Track 6: Sustainability, Energy & Natural Cognitive Environments:
Conservation behaviour and pro-environmental actions within energy environments; sustainable community lifestyles within green environments; human psychological restoration derived from nature.
1.2.2 Geographic and Institutional Representation:
E-BPJ welcomes submissions from researchers and research teams from all geographical regions. Geographic affiliation is not used as a criterion for determining the scientific merit, methodological quality, originality, peer-review outcome, or publication decision of an eligible manuscript.
The journal monitors the geographical and institutional distribution of authors, reviewers, and editorial-board members as part of its commitment to maintaining an internationally representative scholarly community. This monitoring is intended to identify excessive institutional or regional concentration and to support transparent reporting of the journal's scholarly community.
International co-authorship is not a condition of scientific eligibility or publication. Where individual conferences have separate programme or participation requirements, such administrative requirements are distinct from the editorial assessment of manuscript quality and do not guarantee publication.
All authors must satisfy recognized authorship criteria and must approve the submitted manuscript. The use of fabricated, token, honorary, guest, gift, or otherwise inappropriate authorship, including misleading institutional affiliations introduced solely to influence geographic-distribution statistics, is prohibited.
1.2.3 Strict Exclusion Criteria (Out of Scope)
To safeguard editorial integrity and indexing alignment, papers focusing purely on technical coding, computer software algorithms, raw engineering material optimization, corporate supply chains, macroeconomic banking liquidity, stock market trading metrics, corporate accounting matrices, or commercial marketing/advertising metrics without a primary, measurable focus on human behaviour or Quality of Life (QoL) impacts are strictly out of scope and will be summarily rejected at the editorial desk.

1.3 Publication Frequency
E-BPJ was established in 2016 and has maintained a continuous serial publication record since its establishment.
The journal publishes sequentially numbered volumes and issues through its Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. Publication scheduling may vary according to the conference-linked publication cycle, editorial production schedule, and the release of regular or Special Issues.
The official OJS archive constitutes the authoritative public record of published volumes, issue numbering, publication dates, and individual article metadata.
E-BPJ does not represent a historical or current issue-frequency description as evidence of indexing status. Indexing and coverage decisions are determined independently by the relevant indexing provider. Where the journal's publication frequency or issue structure changes, the public OJS archive and ISSN metadata will be updated accordingly.
For indexing and evaluation purposes, the journal maintains consistent bibliographic identification through its ISSN, DOI metadata, volume and issue numbering, publication dates, and article-level records.

 

2.0: GOVERNANCE, RIGOR & SYSTEMIC INTEGRITY

2.1 Peer Review Process
The E-BPJ enforces a rigorous double-blind peer-review workflow for all submitted conference manuscripts under the independent academic oversight of AMER. To ensure complete academic objectivity and prevent editorial bias, all identifying author information is fully removed prior to manuscript evaluation.
2.1.2 Reviewer Independence and Conflicts of Interest
Reviewers are selected for their subject expertise and are expected to provide impartial, confidential, and independent evaluations. Before accepting an assignment, reviewers must disclose any actual, potential, or perceived conflict of interest involving: -
the authors or any co-author;
the authors’ institutions or research groups;
the conference organizers or sponsoring organizations;
members of the editorial team involved in the manuscript;
the manuscript’s funders or other parties with a direct interest in its outcome; and
recent collaboration, competition, supervision, employment, personal relationships, or other circumstances that could affect impartiality.
Reviewers must decline the assignment where a conflict could reasonably compromise, or appear to compromise, their independent judgment. Membership of the editorial board, scientific committee, or conference organizing committee does not automatically disqualify a person from reviewing, provided that the reviewer has no relevant conflict of interest and is not involved in the editorial decision for the manuscript. Editors and reviewers must not participate in the evaluation of their own manuscripts or those submitted by close collaborators or institutional colleagues.
Peer review is conducted under a double-blind procedure where practicable. Author and reviewer identities are withheld from each other during the review process, subject to the limitations of anonymisation. Anonymity does not replace the requirement for reviewer independence and conflict-of-interest disclosure.
2.1.3 Peer-Review Infrastructure, Documentation and Audit Trail
E-BPJ maintains documented procedures for the submission, editorial screening, peer review, revision, decision, and publication of manuscripts and operates across two distinct eras:
2.1.3.1 Historical Workflow Framework (2016–2026 Cohorts / Volumes 1 to 11):
For manuscripts processed through the historical workflow, peer-review administration was conducted using the editorial communication and document-management procedures in operation during the relevant publication period. These procedures included manuscript submission records, editorial screening, reviewer identification and assignment, reviewer reports, author revisions where applicable, editorial decisions, and final publication records.
During the historical period, elements of the peer-review process were administered through controlled editorial email and document-management channels. Author-identifying information was removed from manuscripts circulated for double-blind review where practicable.
The journal does not represent historical email-based records as equivalent to a modern integrated journal-management system. Rather, such records constitute the documentary evidence generated by the workflow that was in operation at the time.
For completed historical publications, the journal retains available editorial records in accordance with its record-retention practices and applicable privacy and confidentiality requirements.
The handling editor makes the final editorial decision after considering the reviewers’ reports, the manuscript’s scope, and the journal’s publication standards. Where reviewer recommendations conflict materially, an additional independent review may be obtained.
2.1.3.2 System-Based Workflow Integration (Commencing January 1, 2027):
From 1 January 2027, E-BPJ will progressively transition the administration of its peer-review workflow into OJS. Until that transition is completed, historical and current manuscripts will continue to be administered through the documented editorial workflow applicable to the relevant publication period.
The 2027 OJS transition is an infrastructure enhancement and does not constitute retrospective evidence of the peer-review procedures used for earlier volumes.
The implementation of OJS does not alter the journal's underlying editorial principles. Reviewer independence, confidentiality, conflict-of-interest requirements, editorial responsibility, and double-blind review procedures will continue to apply.
The journal will maintain documentary records generated by the system subject to applicable privacy, confidentiality, data-protection, and record-retention requirements.
2.1.4 Editorial Rigor & Quality Safeguards
Every manuscript that passes the initial editorial screening is evaluated according to the journal's scope, methodological, ethical, and publication requirements.
All substantive scholarly manuscripts published by E-BPJ are subject to external peer review and/or appropriate independent editorial oversight consistent with the publication type
The number of reviewers may be increased where necessary, including where reviewer recommendations materially conflict or where additional specialist assessment is required.
Reviewer selection is based on subject expertise, availability, independence, and the absence of relevant conflicts of interest. Editors are responsible for the final editorial decision and are not permitted to make decisions on manuscripts where a relevant conflict of interest prevents independent assessment.
The journal maintains appropriate records of editorial and peer-review activity. Such records may include submission information, reviewer invitations and responses, reviewer reports, editorial correspondence, revision history, and editorial decisions, subject to confidentiality and applicable data-protection requirements.
The journal does not claim that every historical workflow generated the same electronic audit-trail fields as the current OJS system. Documentary evidence is therefore maintained according to the system and workflow applicable to the relevant publication period.
To safeguard maintain editorial independence, E-BPJ does not accept, display, or host any form of corporate or commercial advertising. Editorial decisions are made strictly on academic merit and peer review outcomes, completely insulated from commercial or financial influences.
2.1.5 Evaluation Framework & 7-Parameter Criteria
Reviewers comprehensively evaluate manuscripts based on seven core parameters:
1) Topic & Alignment:
Clear relevance to Environment-Behaviour / Quality of Life metrics, a well-defined research background, and precise clarity of aims and objectives.
2) Literature Review:
Demonstration of structural relationships to existing studies, explicit derivation of research gaps from current literature, and integration of contemporary references (preferably published within the last 5 years).
3) Methodology:
Detailed, reproducible descriptions of the empirical or qualitative framework, clear justification of methodological procedures, and transparent acknowledgment of limitations.
4) Findings:
Clear, structured description of data outputs with key empirical findings objectively highlighted.
5) Analysis & Discussion:
Robust interpretation of findings mapped directly back to established environmental psychology theories, initial objectives, and existing literature, with considerations of broader socio-spatial implications.
6) Conclusions & Recommendations:
Retrospective evaluation of the study's explicit theoretical or practical contributions, actionable recommendations for structural improvement, and identification of future research pathways.
7) Linguistic Vetting & Technical Compliance:
Manuscripts must demonstrate a professional level of academic English proficiency. Submissions are rigorously audited for sentence structure, clarity, and grammatical precision to meet international indexing standards. Content must also clear strict illustration clarity requirements and adhere seamlessly to the current APA referencing style.
2.1.6 Editorial Workflow & Timeline Metrics
The E-BPJ is committed to a rigorous, fair, and efficient peer-review workflow. To ensure transparency for authors and indexing bodies, the journal tracks and maintains the following target benchmarks for its publication timeline:
Initial Desk Review (Screening): 1 week from submission. Manuscripts undergo a preliminary assessment by the Editorial Board for scope alignment, formatting compliance, and immediate similarity screening.
Peer-Review Duration: 4 weeks from passing desk review. All substantive research manuscripts submitted for publication are subject to external double-blind peer review by appropriately qualified independent reviewers. Additional review may be obtained where reviewer recommendations conflict materially or where specialist assessment is required.
First Decision (Post-Review): 8 weeks total from initial submission. Authors will receive an editorial decision of Accept, Minor Revisions, Major Revisions, or Reject, accompanied by full reviewer feedback.
Revision Window: Authors are typically granted 3 weeks to address reviewer feedback and submit their revised manuscript.
Final Decision to Publication: 4 weeks following final acceptance and completion of technical copyediting, typesetting, and author proofing.

2.2 Publication Ethics And Malpractice Statement (COPE Alignment)
E-BPJ's publication-ethics policies are informed by and intended to be consistent with the Core Practices established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
2.2.1 Originality & Plagiarism Vetting:
Authors must ensure that they have written entirely original works. All submissions are screened using Turnitin. Similarity reports are evaluated by the editorial team, and manuscripts containing evidence of plagiarism, inappropriate text recycling, or unattributed material may be rejected or returned to authors for clarification or revision.
2.2.2 Human Research Ethics & Consent Disclosures:
Research involving human participants, identifiable personal data, intervention, or sensitive behavioural observation must comply with applicable ethical requirements. Authors must identify the approving ethics committee and approval reference where formal approval was required. If formal approval was not required, authors must provide an appropriate exemption, waiver, or justification. Informed consent must be reported where applicable.
2.2.3 Author Conflicts of Interest:
The E-BPJ enforces a rigorous policy regarding competing interests to ensure the objectivity and integrity of all published scholarly work.
For Authors: Authors must explicitly declare any financial, personal, or professional relationships (e.g., funding agencies, employment, consultancies, or stock ownership) that could be perceived as influencing their research results or interpretations. If no conflict exists, authors must state: "The authors declare that they have no competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper."
For Reviewers: Reviewers must decline to evaluate any manuscript where a conflict of interest arises from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
For Editors: Handling editors will recuse themselves from managing any manuscript written by a current or recent collaborator, an institutional colleague, or a co-author.
2.2.4 Data Integrity & Fabrication:
Fabricating raw data, falsifying statistical calculations, or manipulating environmental psychology mapping outputs constitutes severe scientific misconduct.
Each article must include a Data Availability Statement indicating whether the supporting data, code, or materials are publicly available. Where data cannot be shared because of privacy, confidentiality, ethical, legal, or contractual restrictions, the authors must explain the restriction and identify whether controlled access is available.
2.2.5 Duplicate and Concurrent Submission:
Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently, or publishing papers describing essentially the same core research in multiple serial venues, is considered an ethical violation.
2.2.6 Institutional and Geographic Distribution
E-BPJ monitors author and institutional affiliation data at the volume level to maintain accurate bibliographic metadata and to assess the geographical and institutional composition of its scholarly community.
All author affiliations must accurately represent the institution with which the author was affiliated at the time the research was conducted or the manuscript was prepared, as applicable. Authors are responsible for providing accurate institutional and contact information.
The submission of fabricated, misleading, or token institutional affiliations for the purpose of manipulating geographic or institutional-distribution statistics is prohibited. Where credible concerns arise, the journal may request documentary clarification and may investigate the matter under its research-integrity and publication-ethics procedures.
Confirmed cases of fraudulent affiliation or authorship may result in rejection, correction, retraction, or other appropriate action depending on the circumstances and the stage at which the issue is identified.
2.2.7 Editorial Board Diversity & Affiliation Transparency
To prevent institutional bias and ensure global academic integrity, E-BPJ actively maintains geographic and institutional diversity across its Editorial Board.
Institutional Thresholds: E-BPJ strictly limits the proportion of editors, reviewers, and contributing authors affiliated with the hosting institutions or a single university to prevent inward-looking bias.
Identity Verification: All serving board members are required to provide a verified ORCID iD linked to their institutional profile to maintain complete transparency in the global scholarly registry.
2.2.8 Author Identification and Verified Metadata
To ensure robust scholarly attribution and prevent identity fraud, E-BPJ mandates that all corresponding authors provide a verified ORCID iD at the time of manuscript submission. The provision of ORCID iDs for all co-authors is strongly encouraged. Verified ORCID profiles will be embedded directly into the published article metadata and visible on the final published paper.
2.2.9 Citation Ethics & Thematic Content Relevance
E-BPJ enforces a zero-tolerance policy against citation manipulation, citation coercion, and artificial metric inflation. Authors must only include references that are scientifically relevant, verified, and necessary to support their empirical findings. The inclusion of excessive self-citations, honorary citations, or coordinated citation networks between authors or past conference proceedings volumes is strictly prohibited. Submissions found containing manipulative or irrelevant citations to artificially influence journal metrics will be rejected immediately during desk review.
2.2.10 Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and LLMs
In accordance with COPE guidelines, Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT) do not meet the criteria for authorship, as authorship carries accountability for the scientific integrity of the work, which AI tools cannot assume.
Disclosure Mandate: Authors who utilize generative AI tools to assist in data analysis, image generation, or manuscript drafting must explicitly disclose their use in the methodology or acknowledgements section of the paper, detailing the tool used and the specific scope of its application.
Scientific Accountability: Authors remain fully responsible for the factual accuracy and uniqueness of all text, data, and citations generated by AI tools. Submissions featuring uncredited AI-generated prose or fabricated references could be immediately rejected or retracted.
Authors must not upload confidential manuscripts, reviewer reports, personal data, or unpublished research data to generative AI systems without appropriate authorization. AI tools cannot be listed as authors. Authors remain responsible for the accuracy, originality, confidentiality, and integrity of all submitted content.
Depending on the seriousness of the use and whether it affected the integrity of the work, undisclosed AI use could automatically result in rejection or retraction

2.3 Conference Identification, Metadata and Web of Science/CPCI Status
Each published conference-linked paper includes bibliographic and conference metadata appropriate to the publication, including the conference title, publication information, authors, affiliations, DOI, volume and issue information, and other metadata required for persistent scholarly identification.
E-BPJ has documented historical inclusion of published content in the Web of Science Core Collection, supported by identifiable Web of Science accession records.
Historical inclusion of E-BPJ content in Web of Science does not constitute a guarantee of inclusion for subsequently published volumes. Indexing and coverage decisions are made independently by Clarivate according to the applicable evaluation criteria and procedures.
For current and future conference-linked volumes, E-BPJ submits eligible content for consideration by the relevant Clarivate Web of Science Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) process where applicable. Each volume or content set remains subject to the relevant evaluation and editorial decision by Clarivate.
Accordingly, E-BPJ does not state that every published volume, issue, or future article is automatically indexed in Web of Science solely because previous E-BPJ content has been included.
Where a volume is under evaluation, pending a decision, or not yet confirmed as covered, the journal will describe its status as such rather than representing the content as definitively indexed.
The journal will maintain available documentary evidence of indexing-related correspondence, submissions, accession records, and confirmed coverage for institutional and indexing-evaluation purposes. Such evidence may be provided to relevant evaluators subject to the applicable confidentiality requirements of the indexing provider.

2.4 Post-Publication Amendments & Corrections
E-BPJ recognizes its duty to maintain the permanence and integrity of the scholarly record. When errors are identified in published articles, corrections will be handled transparently following COPE guidelines:
Errata / Corrigenda: Significant factual or inadvertent errors that do not undermine the scientific validity of the paper will be addressed through a formal, published Erratum (publisher error) or Corrigendum (author error). These notices will be bi-directionally linked to the original article.
Retractions: In cases of severe ethical violations, duplicate publication, plagiarism, or completely unreliable data that invalidates the core conclusions, a formal Retraction Notice will be issued. The original article PDF will be retained online to preserve history but will be clearly watermarked as "RETRACTED" across all pages, and a unique Crossref DOI will be generated for the retraction statement.

2.5 Reporting Ethical Malpractice & Whistleblower Protection
The Editorial Board provides a dedicated, confidential channel for handling allegations of research misconduct or publishing malpractice. Any reader, reviewer, or third-party whistle-blower who identifies potential evidence of plagiarism, data falsification, duplicate publication, or undisclosed conflicts of interest is urged to file a formal complaint. Reports should be sent directly via email to the Editor-in-Chief. All inquiries are investigated confidentially and strictly according to COPE flowcharts to safeguard the anonymity of the reporting party.
Appeals policy
Who may appeal?: Reader, reviewer, or third-party whistle-blower.
Acceptable grounds?: Valid appeals.
Appeal deadline?: 4 weeks after publication.
Who reviews the appeal?: Special Committee of Editorial Board, excluding the original decision-maker.
Can appeals challenge editorial judgment?: No.
Expected response time?: 4 weeks after the appeal
Complaints against the Editor-in-Chief should not be sent only to the Editor-in-Chief, but to include the Associate Editors.

 

3.0: RIGHTS, ACCESS & FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY

3.1 Open Access Policy
E-BPJ is a fully Open Access journal. In compliance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) core principles, all published full-text articles are instantly and universally accessible online at Zero cost to readers or institutional libraries. No access barriers, account registration walls, or subscription logins are required to read, download, search, print, or distribute the full text of any published paper.

3.2 Copyright and Licensing Terms
3.2.1 Licensing Framework (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0):
E-BPJ provides immediate, free access to its published articles under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence (Creative Commons). Users may share the unchanged material with appropriate attribution, subject to the terms of that licence.
3.2.2 Copyright Retention:
Authors retain full, unrestricted copyright and publishing rights for their individual work. E-BPJ does not demand the transfer of exclusive copyright to the publisher (e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK). Upon formal manuscript acceptance, authors grant E-BPJ a non-exclusive license to publish, host, and distribute the Version of Record (VoR).
3.2.3 Self-Archiving (Green Open Access Policy):
Authors are highly encouraged to self-archive their work. Authors are permitted to deposit the final published Publisher's Version (PDF) into institutional repositories, personal websites, or non-commercial academic networks (such as ResearchGate or Academia.edu) immediately upon its public release on the OJS portal, provided a link to the stable Crossref DOI on the E-BPJ website is prominently included.

3.3 Chargeable Fees, Financial Transparency & Editorial Independence
The e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK (e-IPH Ltd) is the legal publisher and is responsible for publication infrastructure, hosting, metadata, and production. AMER provides academic sponsorship and appoints or oversees the editorial body. The emAs. a private entity appointed by AMER provides conference administration and financial services.
None of these entities influence editorial decisions based on payment, commercial interests, or conference participation. The Editor-in-Chief and editorial board retain sole authority over peer-review and publication decisions.
Details of emAs is as follows:-
AMER Event Management & Services (emAs):- officially registered with the Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) under EMAS EMAS RESOURCES (Registration No: SA0426951-D).
Acting as the official operations and business management arm of AMER, emAs oversees all commercial logistics and billing infrastructure for academic conferences organised by AMER.
Registered Business Operations Desk: EMAS EMAS Resources, X2-26-A, Blok K, Tkt 2, Pusat Komersial Seksyen 7, Jalan Plumbum X7/X, Seksyen 7, 40000 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
Official Accounts Secretariat Email: emasemasresources@gmail.com
Official manuscript production, final layout compilation, Crossref DOI assignment, and open-access permanent archiving remain backed under license by e-IPH.
The financial lifecycle is strictly systemized around event participation and editorial processing milestones managed by emAs. Financial processing is completely decoupled from academic decisions; fee collections are systemized into three sequential milestone stages as tabulated below:

Workflow Phase	Fee Type	Pricing Tier / Condition	Gate Requirement
Stage 1: Abstract	Abstract Processing Fee	Earlybird: [Amount] Final: [Amount]	Paid concurrently upon initial upload for
Stage 2: Full Paper	Conference Registration Fee	Earlybird: [Amount] Final: [Amount]	Unlocks after abstract acceptance. Paid concurrently to open full paper upload slot.
Stage 3: Amended Paper	Publication Fee (APC)	Flat Rate: [Amount]	Unlocks after peer-review approval. Paid alongside final amended paper.

 

Stage 1: Abstract Submission Fee (Non-Refundable)
Milestone Trigger: To be paid simultaneously with the upload of the Abstract for conference track slot allocation.
Stage 2: Conference Registration Fee (Non-Refundable)
Conference participation and journal publication are separate processes. Acceptance of an abstract does not guarantee acceptance of the full manuscript. Conference registration fees cover event participation and related administrative services and do not influence peer-review decisions. Full manuscripts are evaluated independently by qualified reviewers, and publication is not guaranteed by abstract acceptance, registration, or payment of any conference fee.
Terms of Registration and Payment
General terms and conditions:–
1) The registration of participation is binding.
2) Conference participation and registration are separate from the editorial evaluation, acceptance, and publication process.
3) All payments made are non-refundable. This includes the cancellation of participation.
4) Conference participation is confirmed upon receipt of the applicable conference registration fee. Publication is governed independently by the editorial and peer-review process. Payment of an APC or publication fee does not influence the editorial decision.
5) Letter of Guarantee from the Sponsor is not acceptable.
6)The conference Program may be subjected to changes.
7) Payments will be refunded in full if the conference has to be cancelled by the organiser.  In that case, the organiser will have no further liability to the client. However, registrations remain valid if the conference has to be postponed to another venue and/or later date.
8) Bank draft, Personal cheque, Paypal are not acceptable.
Milestone Trigger: To be paid simultaneously with the upload of the invited full manuscript file after the approval of the abstract, BEFORE the double-blind peer-review cycle begins. This fee registers the authors for official presentation slots at the AMER conference, event scheduling, and emAs administrative delivery. PAYMENT AT THIS MILESTONE DOES NOT GUARANTEE JOURNAL PUBLICATION. Manuscripts remain strictly subject to independent evaluation. If a paper is subsequently rejected for publication, this fee is non-refundable as conference deliverables will have already been fulfilled.
Stage 3: Article Processing Charge (APC) / Publication Fee (Non-Refundable)
Milestone Trigger: Invoiced by emAs and paid alongside the submission of the final amended paper only after the manuscript successfully passes the double-blind peer-review cycle, fulfils all revision criteria, and receives a definitive Journal Letter of Acceptance (LOA) signed by the AMER Editorial Board. This covers digital typesetting, XML formatting, and permanent open-access repository hosting.
Formattingsurcharge applies for manuscript which does not comply with the formatting as per the manuscript template, or incomplete metadata information uploaded.
Failure to complete the required production agreement or payment within the stated period may prevent publication of the accepted manuscript. Such administrative action is separate from the editorial decision and does not alter the peer-review outcome.
3.3.1 No Hidden Charges:
All applicable fees are disclosed before submission. E-BPJ does not impose undisclosed page, colour illustration, or post-acceptance charges beyond those stated in the applicable conference fee schedule. All pricing tiers are declared upfront within the active Call for Papers for each conference cycle.
3.3.2 International and Geographic Diversity
E-BPJ promotes broad international and geographic diversity through its conferences, editorial activities, peer-review network, and participation by researchers from different countries. E-BPJ conferences are held internationally and welcome contributions from researchers worldwide.
Authors are encouraged to consider international collaboration and, where appropriate, to include co-authors from different countries or institutions to strengthen the international dimension of their research. However, international co-authorship is not a condition of scientific eligibility or publication. All submissions are evaluated based on their scholarly quality, relevance to the journal's scope, originality, methodological rigour, and compliance with applicable publication and ethical requirements.
Authorship Policy:-
1) Authorship eligibility and contribution statements must be stated.
2) Changes or resequencing of order in authorship is not allowed.
3) Corresponding-author must be responsible to response for queries from the editorial board.
4) Use of institutional or group authorship must state the name of the Corresponding-author.
5) Non-author contributions, if any, must be acknowledged.
3.3.3 Editorial Independence Safeguard:
In compliance with international indexing transparency requirements, all financial processing managed by emAs is decoupled from editorial judgments. Tier 1 and Tier 2 payments are mandatory administrative submissions and do not guarantee final publication, which is decided solely by peer-review consensus under the responsibility of AMER.
3.3.4 Operational Milestone Payments & Non-Refund Policy
Fee collection is tied strictly to internal editorial milestones (such as abstract slot reservation and post-peer-review clearance) and operates independently of external database processing schedules. Because funds are immediately allocated to cover production services like typesetting, DOI minting, OJS hosting, conference venue booking and logistics, all abstract fees, registration fees and publication fees are strictly non-refundable once a manuscript is finalized and published online.

 

4.0: CORPORATE DISCLOSURES & BACKING

4.1 Sponsorship and Institutional Backing
E-BPJ is sponsored and academically endorsed by the Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers (AMER). It works in close administrative cooperation with AMER to foster a global research community dedicated to Environment-Behaviour / Quality of Life studies.

4.2 Privacy and Data Protection Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party, apart from service providers such as OJS hosting, DOI registration, plagiarism-screening systems, email providers, payment processors, and preservation services. System-level data handling operates in strict compliance with the UK Data Protection Act and GDPR standards, maintaining appropriate confidentiality and security measures for user account information and reviewer profile identities.

4.3 Corporate Publisher Disclosures
Legal Publishing Entity:
The E-BPJ is published and managed by e-International Publishing House, Ltd. (e-IPH), a registered corporate entity in the United Kingdom. The publisher maintains a verifiable physical business address as part of its corporate and publisher disclosure information. All legal, administrative, and structural operational oversight is handled directly through this centralized corporate entity.
e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK.
Corporate Registration: Registered in England & Wales (Company No: 10062603).
Official Physical Operating Address: 18 West Point 58, West Street, S1 4EZ Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Contact Information: admin@e-iph.co.uk

 

5.0: CONTENT SUSTAINABILITY & LEGACY TRACKING

5.1 Crossmark Policy & Content Maintenance Statement
Every published manuscript is assigned a permanent, unique Crossref Digital Object Identifier (DOI). Through active deployment of the Crossmark  system, E-BPJ maintains a strict commitment to content maintenance and version control, allowing readers to instantly verify if an active piece of literature represents the current Version of Record (VoR) or if formal corrigenda or retractions have been issued.

5.2 Digital Preservation & Archiving Policy
To guarantee permanent accessibility and data preservation across generations of scholarly change, E-BPJ participates in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), , for long-term digital preservation.” In the event that the journal ceases publication operations, the trusted archives guarantee that all published open-access manuscripts remain fully accessible and discoverable to the global research community.

5.3  Indexing, Abstracting and Scholarly Discovery 
E-BPJ supports the discoverability of its published research through scholarly metadata, persistent identifiers, and relevant academic discovery, abstracting, indexing, and library services.
E-BPJ content and/or bibliographic metadata may be discoverable through services including Google Scholar, Scilit and WorldCat., Crossref, and other scholarly information services, subject to the coverage, collection policies, and indexing practices of each service.

Web of Science and Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI)

Where applicable, E-BPJ proceedings volumes may be submitted for independent evaluation by Clarivate for consideration of coverage in the Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI) within the Web of Science Core Collection.
Submission of a proceedings volume to Clarivate does not constitute acceptance or guarantee of coverage. Each proceedings volume is subject to independent evaluation under Clarivate's applicable selection criteria, and coverage of a previous volume does not guarantee coverage of a subsequent volume.
Accordingly, E-BPJ does not represent that any particular volume, article, or future publication will be indexed in Web of Science or CPCI unless such coverage has been formally confirmed by Clarivate.
Authors, readers, and institutions should verify current coverage directly through the relevant indexing provider or its official coverage records.
Indexing, abstracting, discovery, and metadata services operate independently of E-BPJ and may change their coverage, inclusion, or indexing status from time to time.