Submission
All manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the e-mail to the editor at [email protected]
Authors are advised to follow the Author Guidelines in preparing the manuscript before submission.
Review and Publication Process
A full double-blind refereeing process is used that comprises of the following steps.
- Paper is sent to 2 reviewers for review.
- The reviewers' recommendations determine whether a paper will be accepted / accepted subject to change / subject to resubmission with significant changes / rejected.
- For papers which require changes, the same reviewers will be used to ensure that the quality of the revised paper is acceptable.
- If the paper is accepted by the reviewers, author(s) will be notified to pay the author fee.
- Acceptance letter will be provided after the payment has been made.
- Author/Corresponding Author will be notified about the possible date of publication (both online and print).
- One hard copy of the published journal (Print) for each article will be sent to the author/corresponding author.
The review process takes maximum two weeks.
Copyright
Copyrights for articles published in JBEP are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. The journal/publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work. It is the author's responsibility to bring an infringement action if so desired by the author.
Publication fee
BRPI adheres to a gold open access publication model, wherein authors are required to contribute an article processing charge (APC) of $300 USD per paper (including one print copy). Those wishing to obtain additional print copies may do so at a rate of $50 USD per copy. Authors from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are eligible for a 30% waiver. They have to pay an APC of $210 USD per paper (including one print copy). All published papers are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), allowing for unrestricted use. It is imperative to note that authors retain the copyright for their published works, safeguarding their intellectual property rights.