Editorial policies
Policies
How Journal Law and Justice handles ethics, peer review, open access and the integrity of what it publishes.
- 14 policies
- Follows COPE Core Practices
Publication ethics and integrity 6
- Publication ethics Duties of editors, reviewers and authors; handling misconduct (COPE). Read policy
- Conflicts of interest Declaring competing interests and funding. Read policy
- Research ethics and consent Ethics approval and informed consent for human and animal research. Read policy
- Plagiarism and similarity Similarity checks and how plagiarism is handled. Read policy
- Use of AI tools Disclosing generative AI in manuscripts and reviews. Read policy
- Corrections and retractions Errata, expressions of concern and retractions. Read policy
Authors, peer review and decisions 4
- Authorship and contributorship Who qualifies as an author and how changes are handled. Read policy
- Peer review process How manuscripts are screened, reviewed and decided. Read policy
- Data availability Data, code and materials behind the results. Read policy
- Complaints and appeals Appealing decisions and raising complaints. Read policy
Open access, rights and preservation 3
Journal management 1
COPE Core Practices
Our policies cover these Core Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics. publicationethics.org
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Allegations of misconduct
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Authorship and contributorship
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Complaints and appeals
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Conflicts of interest / competing interests
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Data and reproducibility
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Ethical oversight
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Intellectual property
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Journal management
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Peer review processes
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Post-publication discussions and corrections
Standards we follow
Our policies are based on these published standards. Each link opens the original source.
