About the Journal

The European Journal of Family Business (EJFB) was founded in 2011 under the name of Revista de Empresa Familiar*, as an initiative of the Santander Chair in Family Firms at the University of Malaga (Spain). In 2016, the journal changed its name to *European Journal of Family Business and has published its content in English since then. The University of Malaga is the publisher of EJFB.

EJFB is a diamond open-access journal devoted to publishing internationally relevant, practice-oriented research on entrepreneurial families, business-owning families, family business, and related fields. EJFB aims to build bridges between scholars and practitioners by publishing original research with practical relevance. Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts to shed new light on contemporary challenges in the broad domain of family business.

EJFB accepts manuscripts for evaluation in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. However, only manuscripts in English are published. If the manuscript is submitted in another language, authors commit to providing an English translation upon acceptance.

Publishing Ethics

EJFB is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and follows its recomendations on publication ethics and standards. To address potentially unethical behavior by authors, reviewers, or editors, the journal adheres to COPE's policies.

The editors of EJFB must ensure high-quality publications by enforcing a rigorous peer-review process r with strict ethical  standards. EJFB's publication ethics are based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines.  The journal uses Turnitin (Crossref Similarity Check)e to detect overlapping or similar text in submitted manuscripts.

For more information, please visit our Ethics in Research & Publication page.

Peer Review Process

EJFB is committed to the integrity of the peer-review process. Manuscripts are sent for review only if the editor determine that they meet the requiered standars of quality and relevance. Manuscripts submitted by editors or Editorial Board members are handled by independent editors with no affiliation to the authors or their institutions, ensuring an unbiased review process.

All peer-review reports are confidential and intended for the handling editors, Editor-in-Chief, and authors. The review process is managed through Open Journal Systems (OJS), which ensures a transparent and auditable record of all interactions.

For more details, please refer to the  Peer Review Procce section. EJFB's policy on the responsibilities of all parties involved  is available here, as well as information on privacy.

Publication Frecuency

EJFB publishes two issues per year (June and December).

Open Access

Open access (OA) refers to the provision of free online access to scientific information (research articles and data) with permission for reuse.

EJFB is a Diamond Open Access journal, meaning that neither authors nor readers are charged any fees. All content is made immediately and permanently available without financial, legal, or technical barriers.

In support of the open access initiative, authors are encouraged to self-archive their publications in institutional or thematic repositories. Spanish authors are particularly encouraged to deposit their accepted manuscripts in their respective institutional repositories upon acceptance. Authors publishing in EJFB are also encouraged to share their work with colleagues and other stakeholders. For further information and guidance, please refer to the Recolecta website.

To promote FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable), authors are also encouraged to deposit research data in appropriate repositories, such as those within the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).

There are no submission fees, publication fees, or page charges. EJFB does not charge Article Processing Charges (APCs) under any circumstances. 

Copyright

Copyright governs the rights of creators of literary, scientific, and artistic works. It comprises two types of rights: moral rights and economic (patrimonial) rights, both of which are recognized and respected by EJFB.

Moral rights relate to the recognition of authorship and the integrity of the work. These rights are personal, perpetual, inalienable, and cannot be waived or transferred. Economic (patrimonial) rights include the rights to reproduce, distribute, adapt, and communicate the work.

Authors who publish in EJFB retain full copyright of their work and grant the journal the right of first publication under an open-access model.

All articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), which permits reuse under the following conditions:

You are free to:

• Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
• Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material.

Under the following terms:

DOI & ORCID

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

EJFB assigns DOIs to all published articles to ensure persistent and reliable identification and access. DOIs are registered through Crossref, of which EJFB is a member.

Open Researcher & Contributor ID (ORCID)

ORCID provides a unique identifier for researchers, ensuring proper attribution of scholarly work. Authors are strongly encouraged to register for an ORCID ID. The corresponding author is expected to provide one.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered on this journal site will be used exclusively for journal purposes and will not be shared with third parties.