Journal Policy
Annual Review of Legal Studies is a peer-reviewed journal. This statement clarifies ethical behaviour of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the Chief Editor, the Editorial Board, the Peer-Reviewer and the Publisher (Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang). This statement is based on COPE's Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.
Submitted manuscripts will be pre-reviewed by the editors, determining whether the manuscripts have conformed to Annual Review of Legal Studies submission guidelines. Manuscripts which have conformed to the journal's style will be peer-reviewed. Annual Review of Legal Studies is a double blind peer-reviewed journal which involves many reviewers of experts in relevant field of laws. Final decision of manuscript acceptance is solely decided by the editors according to reviewers' comment.
Manuscripts will be sent to at least two reviewers based on their expertise and specialization or their historical experience in reviewing the manuscripts. Annual Review of Legal Studies has reviewed forms in order to keep the same items reviewed by two reviewers. Then, the editorial board makes a decision based on the reviewer's comments or advice. Reviewers give their assessment on originality, clarity of presentation, contribution to the legal studies, Annual Review of Legal Studies has four kinds of decisions:
- Accepted, as it is
- Accepted by Minor Revisions (let authors revise with stipulated time)
- Accepted by Major Revisions (let authors revise within the stipulated time)
- Rejected (generally, on the grounds of the outside of scope and aim, major technical description problems, lack of clarity of presentation)
Annual Review of Legal Studies implements the peer review policy as a means to ensure the quality of the publication in the journal. The peer-review process consists of initial review, double-blind review, and the decision by the editor.
- Initial Review: The editor evaluates the submitted manuscript to determine if the content is suitable for the journal. The manuscript is also subjected to a similarity check procedure to identify any indication of plagiarism. Manuscripts with contents that are not suitable for the journal or with a high percentage of similarity will be returned immediately to the author(s).
- Peer Review: Submitted manuscripts that have passed the initial review are subjected to double-blind peer review, where both authors and reviewers remain anonymous during the review process. Minimum of two reviewers are assigned to evaluate and provide the recommendation for a manuscript. In assigning the reviewers, the editor is responsible to avoid the conflict of interest during the review process.
- Decision: The editor makes the final decision on the acceptability of a manuscript based on the comments and recommendation of the reviewers.
SECTION POLICIES
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Editorial |
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Open Submission |
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Indexed |
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Peer Reviewed |
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Editorial Commentary |
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Open Submission |
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Indexed |
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Peer Reviewed |
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Research Article |
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Open Submission |
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Indexed |
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Peer Reviewed |
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Review Article |
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Open Submission |
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Indexed |
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Peer Reviewed |
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Book Review |
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Open Submission |
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Indexed |
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Peer Reviewed |
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Case Note |
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Open Submission |
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Indexed |
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Peer Reviewed |
PLAGIARISM POLICY
Plagiarism and self-plagiarism are not allowed. Annual Review of Legal Studies uses plagiarism checker to screen articles for detecting plagiarism. Detection of overlapping and similar text is used there and so quotations and appropriate citations have to be used whenever required. For checking Plagiarism, Annual Review of Legal Studies editors will screen plagiarism with using Turnitin. If it is found plagiarism indication (above 30%), editorial board will reject manuscript immediately, and if the percentage is around 20% and less than 30% the editor will ask the author to revise (the initial revision stage) to reduce the percentage to a maximum of 10%.
