Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Estudiante Law Journal (ESLAW) is an open access and peer-reviewed journal that aims to offer an international academic platform for cross-border legal research in multiple governance policies and civil rights law, particularly in developing and emerging countries. These may include but are not limited to various fields such as civil law, criminal law, constitutional and administrative law, customary institution law, religious jurisprudence law, international regime law, legal pluralism governance, and another section related to contemporary issues in legal scholarship. 

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that fall within the scope of the Estudiente Law Journal. Please read the information on the peer-review process. The articles published in ESLAW are going through a double-blind peer-review process. Hence, the decision on whether the scientific article is accepted or not, will be the Editorial Board’s right based on the peer reviewer's recommendation.

Please read and understand the author's guidelines for the preparation manuscript. The author who submits a manuscript to the editors should comply with the author's guidelines and template. If the submitted manuscript does not comply with the guidelines or using a different format, it will be rejected by the editorial team before being reviewed. The editorial team will only accept a manuscript that meets the specified formatting requirements.

 

Section Policies

Articles

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Peer Review Process

Peer Review Process

Editor-in-Chief will assign the manuscript to Managing Editor for further handling. The Managing Editor have a right to directly accept, reject, or review according to the standard set up by Estudiente Law Journal. Prior to further processing steps, a plagiarism check using iThenticate is applied for each manuscript. Then, the Managing Editor will request at least two scientists to review the research article manuscript. All manuscripts are subject to double-blind peer review, both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process to meet standards of academic excellence. 
The results of the review will provide consideration to decide whether the manuscripts should be accepted, revised, or rejected. The aspects that will be assessed by the reviewers are the originality of the articles, clarity of presentation, and contribution to the field.

Detailed information about the flow of the manuscript submission to the acceptance by the editor is shown in the following figure :

                   

Regarding the acceptance of the manuscripts, the following are decisions provided by Estudiente Law Journal:

  • Accepted. The journal will publish the paper in its original form;
  • Accepted by Minor Revisions, the journal will publish the paper and asks the author to make small corrections (let authors revise with stipulated time);
  • Accepted by Major Revisions, the journal will publish the paper provided the authors make the changes suggested by the reviewers and/or editors (let authors revised with stipulated time);
  • Resubmit (conditional rejection), the journal is willing to reconsider the paper in another round of decision-making after the authors make major changes;
  • Rejected (outright rejection), the journal will not publish the paper or reconsider it even if the authors make major revisions.

 

Publication Frequency

Estudiante Law Journal merupakan jurnal yang diterbitkan oleh Fakultas Hukum Universitas Negeri Gorontalo tiga kali setahun.

 

Open Access Policy

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