Editorial Information

Future – Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development (Future-EPSD) is committed to advancing scholarly knowledge through the broadest possible dissemination of high-quality research. To ensure global access and promote academic collaboration, the journal adopts a Gold Open Access model.

Gold Open Access

Upon acceptance, all articles published in Future-EPSD are made freely and permanently accessible to readers worldwide via the journal's online platform. Authors retain the copyright to their work, and articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license allows others to share, adapt, and build upon the work—even for commercial purposes—provided proper credit is given to the original source.

Article Processing Charges (APCs)

Future-EPSD does not charge any APCs. There are no fees associated with submission, peer review, production, or online hosting. Further details regarding the publication process will be provided to authors upon acceptance of their manuscript.

Ethical Considerations

In alignment with the principles of open access and academic transparency, authors are expected to submit work that adheres to the highest standards of research integrity. All manuscripts undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process to ensure scientific validity, ethical compliance, and relevance to the fields of environmental policy and sustainable development.

Archiving and Repositories

To ensure long-term accessibility and preservation, published articles are deposited in multiple digital repositories. Authors are also encouraged to deposit the accepted version of their manuscript in their institutional repositories, in accordance with the journal's self-archiving policies.

Funding and Support Disclosure

Future-EPSD supports transparency in research funding. Authors must disclose any financial support received for the research, as well as any potential conflicts of interest. Funding information should be clearly included in the Acknowledgment section of the manuscript.

Access and Licensing

All content published in Future-EPSD is immediately accessible upon publication and may be:

  • Viewed and downloaded

  • Copied and redistributed

  • Adapted and reused

In any medium or format, provided the original work is appropriately cited and credited under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.