Read the author guidelines, then send your manuscript online.
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Editorial team
Who runs Journal Law and Justice, how manuscripts are handled and how to join the editorial team or the reviewers.
Guides for editors and reviewers
- Editor guidelines Duties of the editors from screening to the final decision and publication. Read
- Reviewer guidelines Accepting an invitation, writing the review, deadlines and confidentiality. Read
- Editorial workflow and roles Who does what, the route of a manuscript from submission to publication, and how decisions stay independent. Read
- Editorial desk What editors find on their desk and how tasks are shared. Read
- Writing Labs for the editorial desk Screening, the anonymous copy, decisions, copyediting, layout and proofs in one manuscript editor. Read
- Reviewer desk Invitations, review forms, files and deadlines in one place. Read
- Writing Labs for reviewers Read the anonymous copy, comment in the margin and turn comments into your review. Read
- Joining the team Who can join as editor or reviewer and how accounts are checked. Read
- Privacy and confidentiality How editors and reviewers keep manuscripts and personal data confidential. Read
The team
- Editorial board Editors and their affiliations. Open
- Reviewers The experts who review for the journal. Open
- Join the team Apply as a reviewer or editor. Open
- Reviewer guidelines What we ask of reviewers and how reviews are written. Open
- Focus and scope The aims and topics to check manuscripts against. Open
- Contact the editors Addresses and contacts of the editorial office. Open
How a manuscript is handled
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Step 1
Screening
The editors check scope, format, similarity and ethics.
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Step 3
Decision
The editor decides from the reviews: accept, revise or decline.
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Step 4
Production
Copyediting, layout, DOI and publication.
In figures
- 7
- Editors
- 11
- Reviewers
- 0 days (median)
- To first decision (median)
- 2 days (median)
- Submission to publication (median)
- 90%
- Acceptance rate
