The Journal’s publication policies are set out below. Authors may also review the Licence to Publish Agreement – Public Template before submitting a manuscript or paying an Article Processing Charge.
The public template is provided for advance review. Each author must separately accept an article-specific agreement before publication, after editorial acceptance, APC payment or confirmation of an approved waiver, and approval of the final proof.
1. Introduction, Scope, and Application
1.1 About these Terms
These Terms and Conditions describe the submission, editorial, publication, and content-use policies of the Journal of Psychological Experience (“JPsyExp” or the “Journal”). They also set out the respective responsibilities of authors, reviewers, editors, and other persons participating in the Journal’s publishing activities.
JPsyExp is an open-access journal based in Victoria, Australia. Its editorial activities are directed towards maintaining scholarly rigour, research integrity, responsible publication practices, and an accurate scholarly record.
1.2 Acceptance of applicable obligations
Authors must accept the applicable submission declarations when submitting a manuscript. Reviewers, editors, and other contributors must accept any role-specific obligations communicated to them before undertaking the relevant activity.
Reading an article, visiting the Journal’s website, or communicating with the Journal through email or social media does not, by itself, create an obligation to pay publication charges or constitute acceptance of an author’s publication agreement.
1.3 Relationship with the Licence to Publish Agreement
The Licence to Publish Agreement – Public Template is available for advance review before submission and payment.
Following editorial acceptance, payment of the applicable Article Processing Charge (“APC”) or confirmation of an approved waiver, and approval of the final proof, every author must individually accept an article-specific Licence to Publish Agreement before publication.
Publication of the template on the Journal’s website does not constitute acceptance by an author. Acceptance of submission declarations or payment of an APC does not, by itself, constitute acceptance of the Licence to Publish Agreement.
The accepted Licence to Publish Agreement governs publication of the identified article. If these Terms conflict with that Agreement, the Agreement prevails between its parties, subject to applicable law.
Neither these Terms nor the Licence to Publish Agreement imposes additional restrictions on rights validly granted to the public under an applicable Creative Commons licence.
1.4 Applicable versions
Subsequent amendments do not retrospectively vary an existing Licence to Publish Agreement or remove accrued rights.
2. Editorial Scope, Independence, and Assessment
2.1 Aims and scope
JPsyExp welcomes contributions from across the subdisciplines of psychology, with a commitment to amplifying underrepresented voices and supporting rigorous, relevant, and ethically conducted scholarship.
Manuscripts must fall within the Journal’s published scope and satisfy the requirements applicable to their article type.
2.2 Initial editorial assessment
Submissions undergo initial editorial assessment for relevance, completeness, scholarly suitability, ethical compliance, originality, and adherence to the Journal’s requirements.
A manuscript may be rejected without external peer review where it does not satisfy these requirements. Submission does not guarantee external review, acceptance, or publication.
2.3 Peer review
Research manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are ordinarily assessed through a double-anonymised process.
Editorials, notices, and other material not ordinarily subject to external peer review will be assessed through the editorial process appropriate to that content type. Any material departure from the usual review model will be communicated where relevant.
The Journal takes reasonable measures to maintain the intended anonymity of peer review but cannot guarantee that an individual’s identity will never be inferred from the research, references, or other contextual information.
2.4 Reviewer and editor identification
The names of handling editors or reviewers may be published alongside an article.
An author’s acceptance of these Terms or a publication agreement does not provide permission on behalf of a reviewer or another individual.
2.5 Editorial independence
Editorial decisions are based on scholarly merit, relevance, research integrity, ethical compliance, and other legitimate publication considerations.
Payment, an offer of payment, or an approved waiver does not determine scholarly acceptance. Acceptance may be reconsidered if a subsequently identified concern materially affects the manuscript’s reliability, legality, permissions, or suitability for publication.
2.6 Publication ethics
The Journal uses relevant guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (“COPE”) and other recognised scholarly-publishing resources when assessing publication-integrity concerns.
Reference to such guidance does not constitute a claim of membership, accreditation, or endorsement.
3. Manuscript Eligibility, Originality, and Prior Dissemination
3.1 Originality and exclusive consideration
Manuscripts must be original scholarly contributions, must not have been accepted for publication elsewhere, and must not be under consideration by another journal.
Authors must disclose related manuscripts, overlapping publications, and other material necessary to assess originality and potential redundancy.
The Journal may use similarity-detection services and other appropriate methods to assess originality. A similarity result is considered in context and does not, by itself, establish plagiarism.
3.2 Previous journal and conference publication
JPsyExp does not accept manuscripts previously published as full journal articles or full conference papers.
Authors must not present previously published work or substantially overlapping findings as a new, original contribution without appropriate disclosure and an independently lawful and editorially justified basis.
3.3 Preprints and public manuscript posting
Except for the permitted exceptions in clause 3.4, manuscripts must not previously have been publicly posted as preprints or otherwise made publicly available in manuscript form.
This restriction includes a preprint or public manuscript subsequently removed or withdrawn. Removal does not restore eligibility.
During consideration by the Journal and before publication, authors must not publicly post a manuscript version except as expressly permitted in writing by the Journal.
3.4 Permitted prior dissemination
The Journal may consider articles developed from:
a. theses or dissertations available in university repositories; and
b. research previously disseminated through conference abstracts or presentation slides, provided no full conference paper was published.
Authors must disclose such dissemination at submission, provide relevant citations or links, identify applicable licences and restrictions, and demonstrate that the rights necessary for publication are available.
An exception does not establish that the underlying material is free from licensing obligations.
3.5 Existing licences and commitments
Except for disclosed and approved exceptions, the manuscript as a whole must not previously have been made available under a public licence.
Authors must disclose any agreement, copyright assignment, repository condition, institutional requirement, funder obligation, or other commitment that may affect publication rights.
Authors must not give assurances that conflict with rights already validly granted to another person or the public.
3.6 Restrictions during consideration
Until the manuscript is rejected, validly withdrawn, or the publication arrangement otherwise terminates, authors must not submit it elsewhere or authorise competing journal publication.
Following publication, lawful sharing, translation, adaptation, and redistribution under CC BY 4.0 remain permitted. Such reuse is distinct from presenting the same work as a new, original journal contribution.
4. Authorship, Contributions, and Author Responsibilities
4.1 Authorship eligibility
Authorship must reflect a substantive scholarly contribution and appropriate responsibility for the work.
An author must:
a. have made a substantive contribution to the conception or design of the work, the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of evidence, or another intellectually significant aspect of the contribution;
b. have drafted the manuscript or critically revised it for important intellectual content;
c. approve the version submitted and the final version authorised for publication; and
d. accept responsibility for their contribution and reasonably cooperate in resolving questions about the article’s accuracy or integrity.
Administrative support, general supervision, funding acquisition, or provision of resources alone does not automatically establish authorship.
4.2 Contributor roles
The Journal may use the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (“CRediT”) to describe individual contributions.
CRediT records contributor roles; it does not independently determine eligibility for authorship.
Persons who contributed but do not qualify for authorship should be appropriately acknowledged, with permission where necessary.
4.3 Corresponding Author
The Corresponding Author coordinates communication with the Journal, ensures that information is conveyed to co-authors, and assists with submission, revision, production, and administrative requirements.
Corresponding-author status does not, by itself, authorise that person to sign a publication agreement for another author or make them personally responsible for another person’s payment obligations.
4.4 Individual approval
Every author must individually approve the final proof and accept the Licence to Publish Agreement before publication.
Where an employer, institution, or another person owns or controls relevant copyright, additional rights-holder authorisation may be required.
4.5 Authorship changes after acceptance
Authorship changes after acceptance are prohibited unless exceptional circumstances justify an amendment approved by the Journal.
Exceptional circumstances may include substantiated unauthorised use of a person’s name, materially incorrect attribution, or another serious authorship irregularity.
Written agreement from all affected authors is normally required. Without unanimous agreement, a correction must be supported by a substantiated institutional finding or binding legal requirement, with appropriate documentation.
Unresolved disputes may be referred to the relevant institution or another competent body. The Journal is not required to adjudicate competing claims of contribution.
4.6 Deceased authors
An author’s death does not, by itself, justify removal from the author list.
An appropriate note may record the death, and additional rights-holder documentation may be requested where necessary.
4.7 Continuing disclosure
Authors must promptly notify the Journal if they become aware of a material error, permissions problem, undisclosed conflict, or credible concern affecting the manuscript or published article.
5. Research Ethics, Reporting, and Supporting Materials
5.1 Accurate reporting
Authors must exercise reasonable care to report their methods, evidence, analyses, and conclusions accurately.
Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, and deliberate material misrepresentation are prohibited.
Legitimate data cleaning, exclusions, transformations, and analytical decisions must be reported appropriately rather than concealed or misrepresented.
5.2 Ethics approvals and consent
Authors must obtain and report applicable research approvals or valid exemptions.
Consent to participate, an appropriately authorised waiver, and consent to publish identifiable information must be distinguished and addressed where relevant.
Authors must not disclose identifiable or confidential participant information without a lawful and ethically appropriate basis.
5.3 Competing interests and funding
Authors must disclose financial, personal, professional, institutional, and other relationships that could reasonably be perceived as affecting the work.
Funding sources and any relevant role of a funder in study design, conduct, analysis, interpretation, or publication decisions must be reported.
5.4 Data availability
Authors must provide a data-availability statement explaining:
a. where supporting data can be accessed;
b. any conditions governing access; or
c. why access is restricted or unavailable.
Data sharing must respect participant consent, confidentiality, intellectual property, contractual obligations, and applicable law.
A restriction on public disclosure does not remove the obligation to cooperate with a lawful and proportionate research-integrity enquiry.
5.5 Reporting standards
Authors must follow the reporting standards applicable to their study design and the requirements identified in the Instructions for Authors.
Claims must be proportionate to the evidence and acknowledge material limitations.
5.6 Author use of artificial intelligence tools
Authors must disclose the use of artificial intelligence tools in manuscript preparation or research reporting, identifying the tools used and their relevant functions.
Authors remain responsible for accuracy, originality, citations, permissions, confidentiality, and the final content. A tool must not be listed as an author.
Authors must not use such tools in a manner that breaches participant protections, third-party rights, or confidentiality obligations.
6. Submission Permissions and Confidentiality
6.1 Limited submission permissions
By accepting the submission declarations, authors authorise the Journal to reproduce, securely store, and disclose the manuscript and associated materials to editors, reviewers, and relevant service providers to the extent reasonably necessary for:
a. editorial assessment and peer review;
b. originality and integrity screening;
c. correspondence and administration; and
d. legal compliance and the investigation of credible concerns.
Submission alone does not authorise public publication or unrelated exploitation of the manuscript.
6.2 Confidential handling
Unpublished manuscripts, review reports, and associated confidential records will be handled with reasonable safeguards appropriate to their nature.
Confidentiality may be subject to lawful disclosure, research-integrity investigation, or another legitimate obligation described in these Terms.
6.3 Reviewer and editor responsibilities
Reviewers and editors must disclose relevant competing interests, protect confidential material, and refrain from using unpublished information for personal advantage.
Material must not be disclosed to an unauthorised person or external service contrary to the Journal’s instructions or applicable obligations.
These responsibilities will be communicated through the relevant review or editorial appointment process.
7. Copyright, Publication Rights, and Open Access
7.1 Copyright retention
Copyright remains with the authors or other identified copyright owners. The Journal does not require copyright ownership to be transferred under its Licence to Publish Agreement.
Authors must identify any other rights holder and obtain the necessary authorisation.
7.2 First publication and continuing rights
The Licence to Publish Agreement grants JPsyExp the exclusive right of first journal publication, subject to its disclosed exceptions, withdrawal provisions, and termination provisions.
It also grants continuing non-exclusive rights necessary for publication, distribution, promotion, preservation, and maintenance of the scholarly record.
First-publication exclusivity ends upon publication or earlier termination of the publication arrangement. It does not establish exclusive control over uses subsequently permitted by CC BY 4.0.
The complete terms are available in the Licence to Publish Agreement – Public Template. The article-specific agreement accepted by the authors governs the rights granted for their article.
7.3 Open-access licence
Articles are published with immediate open access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (“CC BY 4.0”), except for clearly identified material subject to different terms.
CC BY 4.0 permits reproduction, redistribution, adaptation, and commercial reuse, subject to its conditions.
7.4 Third-party material
Authors must identify third-party material and establish a lawful basis for its inclusion through permission, an applicable licence, public-domain status, or a legally applicable exception.
Where permission is required, it must cover the intended publication and associated uses.
Material excluded from the article’s CC BY 4.0 licence must be identified through an appropriate credit line. Authors must provide supporting documentation on reasonable request.
7.5 Moral rights
Routine editorial and technical changes are governed by the Licence to Publish Agreement.
The Agreement does not require a general waiver of moral rights or authorise false attribution or material distortion of scholarly meaning.
8. Production, Proofs, and Publication Timing
8.1 Routine production changes
The Journal may make routine copy-editing, formatting, typesetting, accessibility, layout, design, and website changes without obtaining separate approval for each change.
Such changes must not materially alter scholarly meaning, findings, conclusions, or attribution.
8.2 Substantive changes
Before publication, changes materially affecting the article’s meaning, findings, or conclusions require author approval.
This requirement does not prevent justified corrections or other publication-integrity actions.
8.3 Final-proof review
Authors will receive access to a final HTML proof.
Every author must review and approve the identified proof after requested amendments have been resolved. Acceptance of the Licence to Publish Agreement includes individual confirmation of that approval.
Authors must report any subsequently discovered error promptly. Approval does not waive remedies for errors introduced later by the Journal.
8.4 Publication timing
The Journal will use reasonable efforts to publish within a reasonable period after all required approvals and documentation are complete.
Where a material delay arises, the Journal will provide an explanation and, where reasonably practicable, a revised timeframe.
Rights relating to unresolved material delay or non-publication are governed by the Licence to Publish Agreement and applicable law.
9. Article Processing Charges and Payment
9.1 Charges and disclosure
Applicable APC rates are available on the About page.
The applicable amount, currency, relevant taxes, and any approved waiver or alternative arrangement will be disclosed before payment.
Authors should review the Licence to Publish Agreement before paying the APC. Where an institutional, funder, copyright-ownership, or other requirement may prevent acceptance of the Agreement, authors must raise the issue with the Journal before payment.
9.2 Payment timing
APCs are payable following editorial acceptance and before publication, unless another arrangement has been approved in writing.
Payment does not guarantee publication if a subsequently identified concern makes publication unlawful, materially unreliable, or inconsistent with the applicable agreement.
9.3 Responsible payer
The Corresponding Author normally coordinates payment arrangements.
Responsibility for payment rests with the person or organisation that has agreed to pay the invoice. A third-party payer does not become bound by an author’s publication agreement solely because an author signs it.
9.4 No retrospective charges
The Journal will not introduce an undisclosed retrospective payment obligation through the Licence to Publish Agreement or a subsequent website amendment.
10. Withdrawal, Non-Publication, and Refunds
10.1 Withdrawal before publication
Before publication, authors may withdraw a manuscript by each author emailing journal@jpsyexp.org with:
a. their full name;
b. the article title and manuscript identification number; and
c. the reason for withdrawal.
The Journal will acknowledge receipt and act promptly upon a valid unanimous request.
While a credible but incomplete request is clarified, the Journal will reasonably seek to suspend publication where practicable.
10.2 Voluntary withdrawal after payment
A voluntary change of mind or withdrawal after APC payment does not, by itself, establish entitlement to an APC refund.
No additional withdrawal charge is imposed under these Terms.
10.3 Author misconduct or material breach
Subject to applicable law and fee terms fairly disclosed before payment, the APC will not be refundable where non-publication or retraction results from substantiated author misconduct or another material author breach.
Examples include fabricated data, plagiarism, fraudulent attribution, or failure to obtain necessary publication rights.
10.4 Lawful fee retention
APC retention is not intended to operate as a punitive charge.
The amount retained must remain lawful, having regard to the agreed services, work properly performed, expenditure reasonably incurred, and any applicable limits on fee retention.
10.5 Journal-related non-publication or service failure
Where the Journal declines publication for reasons not attributable to an author breach, or materially fails to provide the agreed service, any refund or other remedy will be determined fairly according to the circumstances, services properly provided, expenses incurred, and applicable law.
10.6 Retraction or removal
Retraction or removal does not automatically establish either an entitlement to a refund or an entitlement to retain the entire APC.
The reason for the action and applicable legal rights remain relevant.
10.7 Mandatory rights
Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts, or modifies any right or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded, restricted, or modified, including applicable rights under the Australian Consumer Law.
11. Research-Integrity Enquiries and Editorial Action
11.1 Reporting concerns
Concerns about reliability, originality, ethics, authorship, permissions, or other publication matters should be reported to journal@jpsyexp.org.
Reports should identify the manuscript or article, explain the concern, and include relevant supporting information where available.
11.2 Assessment and author response
The Journal will assess credible concerns proportionately and may request clarification or supporting records.
Authors will ordinarily be notified and provided with a reasonable opportunity to respond before a final adverse editorial determination.
Urgent legal, privacy, safety, or research-integrity considerations may require action without prior consultation.
11.3 Author cooperation
Authors must reasonably cooperate and provide relevant data, analytical records, ethics documentation, consent documentation, and permissions that are lawfully available and within their possession or control.
Requests remain subject to reasonable timeframes, legal privilege, participant protection, confidentiality, and applicable restrictions.
Where direct disclosure is restricted, authors must explain the restriction and reasonably assist with an appropriate alternative.
11.4 Institutional contact
Where reasonably necessary to investigate a credible concern, the Journal may contact relevant institutions, ethics committees, funders, or other responsible bodies and share relevant information, subject to applicable law and appropriate safeguards.
11.5 Outcomes
Depending on the evidence, the Journal may continue assessment, suspend production, reject or decline publication, request amendments, issue a notice, retract an article, or take another proportionate action.
Any restriction on future submissions will be based on documented reasons and a proportionate assessment, with an opportunity to seek review.
An editorial assessment is not a judicial determination of legal liability.
12. Corrections, Expressions of Concern, Retractions, and Removal
12.1 Purpose
Post-publication action is directed towards maintaining an accurate and reliable scholarly record. It is not intended as punishment.
Author agreement is not a prerequisite to justified editorial action.
12.2 Corrections
A correction may address an error or omission where the article can remain reliable with an appropriate amendment.
The notice will explain the relevant change and, where practicable, link to the affected article.
12.3 Expressions of concern
An expression of concern or another appropriate notice may be issued where a serious issue remains unresolved and an investigation is incomplete, delayed, or inconclusive.
The notice may subsequently be updated or replaced when further information becomes available.
12.4 Retractions
Retraction may be appropriate where findings are materially unreliable or where serious ethical, originality, permissions, or other publication deficiencies justify that action.
A retraction notice will ordinarily identify the article and explain the basis for the decision accurately and proportionately.
The article will ordinarily remain accessible with a clear indication of its retracted status and a link to the notice.
12.5 Exceptional removal or redaction
Removal or redaction is reserved for exceptional circumstances, including binding legal requirements, serious privacy infringements, unlawful content, or substantial risks of harm.
Where lawful and practicable, the Journal will retain a bibliographic record and an explanatory notice.
12.6 External records
The Journal will use reasonable efforts to supply relevant corrections and notice metadata to applicable external services.
Updating or inclusion by an independent database, repository, or index is not guaranteed.
12.7 Existing public licences
Retraction, removal, or discontinuation of the Journal does not revoke CC BY 4.0 permissions already validly granted.
Those permissions do not override privacy, confidentiality, or other rights outside the licence.
12.8 Author requests after publication
An author’s change of mind does not require the Journal to remove or retract a published article.
Requests will be assessed according to their substantive basis, the publication agreement, and applicable law.
13. Appeals and Complaints
13.1 Submission
Appeals and complaints must be sent to journal@jpsyexp.org and identify:
a. the relevant manuscript, article, or service;
b. the decision or conduct being challenged;
c. the grounds for review; and
d. relevant evidence and the outcome sought.
13.2 Editorial appeals
An appeal should identify a material factual error, procedural concern, overlooked evidence, or another substantive reason for reconsideration.
Disagreement with an assessment alone does not establish that the decision was improper.
13.3 Complaints about conduct or services
Complaints concerning editorial conduct, confidentiality, payment, or service delivery will be assessed separately from the scholarly merits of a manuscript.
13.4 Outcome and external rights
The Journal will communicate the outcome and, subject to lawful confidentiality restrictions, the basis for its determination.
14. Use of Published Content and Journal Branding
14.1 Permitted reuse
Material published under CC BY 4.0 may be read, downloaded, copied, distributed, adapted, and commercially reused in accordance with that licence.
These Terms do not add permission requirements or restrictions to lawful licensed reuse.
14.2 Attribution
Reuse must provide attribution, licence information, and identification of changes as required by CC BY 4.0.
Where reasonably practicable and appropriate to the medium, attribution should identify the authors, article, Journal, and DOI or other source link.
14.3 Excluded material
Users must check credit lines and other notices identifying material subject to different terms.
The article’s licence does not automatically apply to separately licensed datasets, software, instruments, images, or other excluded material.
14.4 Branding and endorsement
The Journal’s name, logo, website design, and separately owned branding are not automatically licensed merely because they appear alongside an open-access article.
Reuse must not falsely imply endorsement by an author or the Journal.
14.5 Journal promotion
Subject to the publication agreement and applicable rights, the Journal may use attributed article titles, author names, affiliations, abstracts, excerpts, and figures to promote published articles and the Journal.
15. Privacy, Service Providers, and Records
15.1 Information handling
The Journal processes information reasonably necessary for submission, review, publication, administration, payment, preservation, and research-integrity activities.
Personal and confidential information will be handled in accordance with applicable law and relevant privacy information supplied by the Journal.
15.2 Service providers
Relevant information may be provided to service providers for production, hosting, DOI registration, indexing, distribution, and preservation.
The Journal will apply reasonable confidentiality and data-protection safeguards appropriate to the information concerned.
15.3 Third-party information
An author’s acceptance does not constitute consent on behalf of research participants, reviewers, or other third parties.
Authors must not supply personal or confidential information without an appropriate basis.
15.4 Retention
Records may be retained for reasonable periods according to their purpose, applicable law, and legitimate legal or research-integrity requirements.
Where legally required and appropriate, records no longer needed will be securely destroyed or de-identified.
15.5 Cross-border processing
Cross-border processing or disclosure must comply with applicable legal obligations.
15.6 Privacy enquiries
Questions or concerns about information handling should be directed to journal@jpsyexp.org.
16. Availability, Preservation, and Cessation
16.1 Reasonable efforts
During its operation, the Journal will use reasonable efforts to arrange appropriate publication, distribution, and preservation services.
16.2 External services
Inclusion in a particular index, database, or external service is not guaranteed.
The Journal does not guarantee uninterrupted website access or the continued operation of an independent provider. These qualifications do not remove obligations that cannot lawfully be excluded.
16.3 Cessation of operations
If the Journal ceases operating, it will use reasonable efforts to transfer published articles and necessary publication metadata to an archive, repository, or successor publisher for continued access.
Successful transfer is not guaranteed and may depend on recipient availability, technical feasibility, resources, and lawful restrictions.
16.4 Rights and confidential records
Any transfer must preserve existing copyright attribution and CC BY 4.0 permissions.
Confidential records must not be transferred indiscriminately with published content.
Relevant publishing rights and obligations may be transferred to a legitimate successor that undertakes to respect the applicable publication agreement.
17. Content Disclaimer and Mandatory Rights
17.1 Scholarly responsibility
Authors are responsible for the claims, interpretations, and opinions expressed in their work. Publication does not necessarily indicate endorsement by the Journal, its editors, reviewers, or service providers.
The Journal remains neutral concerning jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
17.2 Interpretation and application
Scholarly content should be evaluated in light of its methods, evidence, limitations, and subsequent research.
Publication does not guarantee that every statement is error-free or suitable for a particular application. Content is not a substitute for context-specific professional advice where such advice is required.
18. Events Outside Reasonable Control
18.1 Qualifying events
An obligation may be affected by an event outside a party’s reasonable control, including a natural disaster, serious infrastructure failure, epidemic, armed conflict, or binding governmental restriction.
The event must materially prevent or delay performance of the relevant obligation.
18.2 Notification and mitigation
The affected party must provide reasonable notice where practicable and take reasonable steps to mitigate the effect and resume performance.
Only obligations actually affected may be suspended, and only for the period reasonably necessary.
18.3 Prolonged disruption
Where disruption materially prevents publication for a prolonged period, the parties will consider reasonable alternatives, including termination where appropriate.
19. Amendments and General Provisions
19.1 Prospective amendments
The Journal may update these Terms at any given time without any notice.
Updates do not retrospectively amend a signed Licence to Publish Agreement or remove accrued rights.
19.2 Contractual variations
A material variation of an existing contractual arrangement requires an appropriate lawful basis and any agreement required from the affected parties.
Continued access to a published article does not constitute acceptance of restrictions inconsistent with its Creative Commons licence.
19.3 Severability
If a provision is invalid or unenforceable, it is severable to the extent permitted by law. The remaining provisions continue where capable of operating independently.
19.4 No waiver
A delay in exercising a right does not, by itself, waive that right.
19.5 Third-party rights
These Terms do not override existing third-party rights or obligations merely because a person accepts them.
20. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
20.1 Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws in force in Victoria, Australia.
20.2 Initial resolution
A party raising a contractual dispute should provide written particulars and a reasonable opportunity for resolution.
The parties will attempt good-faith discussions before commencing proceedings, except where urgent relief is necessary.
20.3 Mediation and external remedies
The parties may agree to mediation if discussions do not resolve the dispute.
20.4 Jurisdiction
The parties submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria and Commonwealth courts competent to hear the dispute.
21. Contact Information
Questions about these Terms, manuscripts, publication agreements, payment, research integrity, or published content should be directed to:
Editorial Office
Journal of Psychological Experience
Email: journal@jpsyexp.org
Website: https://jpsyexp.org/
Correspondence concerning a particular manuscript or article should include its title, manuscript identification number, and DOI, where available.