Policies and Guidance

Peer Review Process

All manuscripts in APUBs undergo double-blind peer review by experts in the field of educational technology and related disciplines, in alignment with OAPA's Publishing Policy. The Journal Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editors rely on judgments of expert reviewers to inform decisions to accept, reject, or request revisions. 

Ownership

APUBs is owned by Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education and published by the Open Access Publishing Association. APUBs has a shared management committee convened by the Editor-in-Chief comprising one representative from the Publisher, the Owner, and the Editor-in-Chief. The Editor-in-Chief appoints Associate Editors for handling papers, and an Editorial Review Board to advise on journal strategy and support review.

Copyright

APUBs applies the following copyright statement to all articles: Copyright © by the authors, in its year of first publication. This publication is an open access publication under the Creative Commons Attribution CC BY-ND 4.0 license.

Article Processing Charges (APCs) and Fees

APUBs does not have any fees or charges associated with publication, in line with its commitment to being diamond open access.

Process for Complaints, Appeals, and Misconduct

All forms of complaints, appeals, and misconduct should be initially addressed to the Editor-in-Chief. Where the complaint pertains to the Editor-in-Chief, or the matter is not resolved satisfactorily, please address the complaint to the Publishing President: president@open-publishing.org. COPE Guidelines for investigation are used for handling complaints, appeals, and allegations of misconduct. This includes, but is not limited to, allegations of AI use inconsistent with the declarations made by authors.

Authorship and Conflicts of Interest

APUBs expects that all authors named meet at least two of the substantiative elements of significant contributions (Section 2.1) under the Australian Research Council's authorship policy, irrespective of country of authorship. Authors remain accountable for their research, and must declare all perceived and actual conflicts of interest at point of submission. 

Publication Schedule

APUBs produces one large core issue per annum associated with the ASCILITE Conference. APUBs does periodically allow for Special Issues to supplement this.

Archival Records 

The Publisher retains six-hourly backups of all manuscripts and persistent archiving through a third-party Australian-based provider.

Revenue 

APUBs is funded by ASCILITE, and may periodically seek sponsorship through the OAPA Partnership Committee, noting that publication decisions are made independent of any funding, and are in compliance with the OAPA Ad Policy.