About the Journal

About the Journal

Journal Publisher

Behavior & Law Journal (ISSN 2444-4170) is a journal published by Evidentia University of Behavioral & Forensic Sciences (formerly Behavior & Law), a university based in Florida, USA, dedicated to research, teaching, and dissemination in the Behavioral and Forensic Sciences. Since 2022, it has operated as a specialized university, maintaining research lines in collaboration with highly prestigious international universities and public organizations.

To contact us, you may do so via mail at: 111 E Monument Ave, Kissimmee, FL 34741, USA, or via email at info@evidentiauniversity.com.

 

Publication Frequency

Behavior & Law Journal is published on an ANNUAL basis. Issues are published in DECEMBER. Authors may submit their articles at any time throughout the year. Once a manuscript is accepted, the corresponding acceptance certificate will be issued, and it will become part of the upcoming issue.

 

Journal Definition

Objective and Focus: The objective of Behavior & Law Journal is to facilitate a meeting space between academia and practice through the publication of research with clear applications in the professional sphere.

Scope / Thematic Coverage: Behavior & Law Journal focuses on the publication of articles regarding:

  • Behavioral Sciences: Editorial interest will focus especially on research within the fields of psychology and criminology.

  • Forensic Sciences: Articles from any field within the Forensic Sciences are welcome.

Target Audience: Behavior & Law Journal has a large readership from both the academic and professional worlds, all interested in scientific research with an applied character.

 

Accepted Article Types

  • Original articles reporting empirical research.

  • Systematic reviews (with or without meta-analysis).

  • Novel theoretical contributions.

  • Case reports.

  • Brief communications.

  • Editorials.

  • In memoriam.

Regarding article acceptance, special value will be placed on articles that include research with clear application in a professional field (criminological, forensic, medical, educational, political, corporate, etc.).

Works must be unpublished; those that have been published in whole or in part, are currently under review for publication, or have been submitted to another journal for evaluation will not be admitted. It is assumed that all individuals listed as authors have given their consent, and that any person cited as a source of personal communication consents to such citation.

Publication will be open access at no cost to the author or the reader, and published articles may be downloaded directly from the journal’s website.

 

Languages

Behavior & Law Journal accepts articles written in Spanish or English. If written in Spanish, the article must contain an abstract and keywords in English.

 

Peer Review Process

All manuscripts will be reviewed anonymously (peer review) by two reviewers. Authors may suggest two potential reviewers they consider suitable to evaluate their work, clearly indicating their mailing address and email. However, the final decision on the selection of reviewers rests with the Editorial Board.

The article will undergo an initial review by the assigned editor, who will evaluate whether the article fits the journal’s publication criteria. Subsequently, two external reviewers—experts in the specific subject matter of the article—will be assigned. The external reviewers will issue their recommendation to the editor, which may consist of: direct publication of the article, publication subject to recommended modifications, or rejection. In the event of a discrepancy between the two reviewers, the assigned editor will make the final decision regarding publication. If both reviewers reach a unanimous decision, their decision will be respected.

 

Anti-Plagiarism System

Behavior & Law Journal applies the iThenticate text comparison software by Turnitin. As members of Crossref, we have access to the full text of articles in the Similarity Check database for comparison purposes.

Through this, we contribute to the prevention of academic and professional plagiarism by providing immediate feedback on a manuscript's similarity to other published academic and general web content.

Rights and Usage/Distribution License

If a work is accepted for publication, the authors acknowledge the transfer of printing and reproduction rights in any form and medium to Behavior & Law Journal. Furthermore, it is understood that the opinions expressed in the articles are the exclusive responsibility of the authors and do not compromise the opinion and scientific policy of the journal.

Likewise, activities described in published works must be in accordance with generally accepted ethical criteria regarding both work with humans and animal experimentation, as well as professional deontology. It is the responsibility of the authors to provide interested readers with copies of raw data, procedural manuals, scores, and relevant experimental material in general.

Unless otherwise indicated, all journal content is distributed under a “Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. You can consult the informative version and the legal text of the license here. The indication of the usage and distribution license, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, must be expressly stated in this manner when necessary.

Users may make a reasonable number of printed copies for personal use or for educational or research purposes.

 

APCs (Article Processing Charges)

This journal is totally free of charge for authors (totally free of APCs).

 

Submission Charges

This journal is totally free of submission charges for authors.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides open access to its content based on the principle that offering the public free access to research supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Digital Archiving Policy

Behavior & Law Journal develops various processes designed to guarantee permanent accessibility to the digital objects hosted on its servers:

  • Backups.

  • Monitoring of the technological environment to foresee possible migrations of obsolete formats or software.

  • Digital preservation metadata.

  • Use of DOIs.

We are part of the Public Knowledge Project’s Private LOCKSS Network (PKP-PLN), which generates a decentralized archiving system distributed among collaborating libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for the preservation of original content and its restoration if necessary.

The digital preservation policy will be reviewed periodically.

 

Sponsorships

Sponsorships for specific issues of the journal are accepted from entities that may be interested. Interested parties should contact: info@evidentiauniversity.com

 

Monographs (Special Issues)

If you are a researcher/author interested in producing a monograph (special issue) on a specific subject, you may propose the idea for our evaluation. To do so, you must have the capacity to call upon colleagues to contribute manuscripts until an adequate number is reached for the publication of the monograph. Once approved, you will join the editorial board for that specific issue as a Guest Editor.

Interested parties should contact: info@evidentiauniversity.com

 

Sources of Support

Behavior & Law Journal is made possible thanks to the selfless work of the Editorial Committee and the rest of the Evidentia University team. It is an open-access publication with no cost to authors and no cost to readers.

 

Statistics

Behavior & Law Journal maintains download statistics for published articles. These statistics can be found at the bottom of each article's page. Aggregated statistics are periodically published in the Announcements section.

 

Interoperability Protocols

Behavior & Law Journal, being published under OJS, natively incorporates the OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) protocol, which allows the transfer of digital resources, primarily of a scientific and open-access nature. The access URL is: https://behaviorandlawjournal.com/BLJ/oai 

 

Reader Interactivity

Behavior & Law Journal is a journal open to debate. We aim for high interactivity with the reader. To this end, the journal is equipped with RSS/Atom feeds available in the journal footer, an announcements area where communications are made to all registered users, and an area displaying the social media channels of the Behavior & Law University Foundation, which enable more bidirectional interaction.

 

Journal History

The Behavior & Law Journal project began to take shape in October 2014 with a clear mission: to create a rigorous space for behavioral sciences and the law. After initial months of editorial work, the first issue was released in June 2015, marking the beginning of our journey in scientific dissemination.

In its origins, the journal grew under the protection of the Behavior & Law University Foundation. This stage was fundamental to our development, as it was driven by executives who would subsequently become the founders of Evidentia University. This historical link ensured that, from day one, the publication maintained the highest standards of quality.

Closing a natural cycle of growth, starting in December 2025, the journal takes a definitive step in its institutionalization. Behavior & Law Journal officially becomes part of the editorial catalog of Evidentia University, thus consolidating its academic position and ensuring its continuity under the prestige of the university that shares its foundational DNA.

The journal is created under the Open Journal Systems developed by the Public Knowledge Project.