Focus and Scope

Journal of Law & Policy Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal that focuses on interdisciplinary studies in the fields of Law, Human Rights, Citizenship, Pancasila, Civic Education, Public Policy, Public Administration, and Political Governance. The journal provides a scholarly platform for researchers, academics, practitioners, and policymakers to disseminate original research, critical reflections, and analytical studies addressing contemporary legal and policy issues.

The journal emphasizes critical discussions on the opportunities and challenges of globalization, examined from national, transnational, and global perspectives. Particular attention is given to the interaction between law, governance, and public policy in responding to social change, democratic development, citizenship transformation, and global governance dynamics.

Articles published in the Journal of Law & Policy Review are expected to contribute both theoretically and practically to the advancement of knowledge, policy formulation, and governance practices. The journal welcomes empirical research, conceptual papers, case studies, and critical reviews that offer innovative insights and evidence-based analysis.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

The Journal of Law & Policy Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on Law, Human Rights, Citizenship, Pancasila, Civic Education, Public Policy, Public Administration, and Political Governance. The journal publishes original articles resulting from research, reflection, and critical analysis that examine the advantages and disadvantages of globalization from national, transnational, and global perspectives.

Review Process

All manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Law & Policy Review undergo a rigorous and structured peer review process to ensure academic quality, originality, and relevance.

1. Initial Editorial Screening
   Upon submission, each manuscript is first evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief or an assigned editor to assess its relevance to the journal’s scope and focus, compliance with submission guidelines, and overall academic quality.
   At this stage, the editor may:

   • Accept the manuscript for peer review, or

   • Request preliminary revisions before the review process begins, or

   • Decline the manuscript if it does not meet the journal’s scope or basic quality requirements.

   This initial screening process typically takes approximately one week.

2. Peer Review Stage
   Manuscripts that pass the initial screening are reviewed using a double-blind peer review process, in which both authors and reviewers remain anonymous.
   Each manuscript is typically evaluated by two independent reviewers with expertise relevant to the subject matter.

3. Review Criteria
   Reviewers are asked to assess manuscripts based on the following criteria:

   • Originality and contribution to knowledge

   • Relevance to the journal’s scope and focus

   • Theoretical and methodological rigor

   • Clarity of analysis and argumentation

   • Use of relevant and up-to-date references

   • Ethical standards and academic integrity

4. Editorial Decision
   Based on the reviewers’ reports and recommendations, the editor will make one of the following editorial decisions:

   1. Accepted for publication

   2. Accepted with minor revisions

   3. Revisions required and resubmission encouraged

   4. Recommended for submission to another journal

   5. Rejected

   The average time required to receive the first round of review results is 6–8 weeks.

5. Final Decision
   The total time required to reach a final decision depends on factors such as the number of revision rounds and the responsiveness of the author(s). On average, the complete review and decision-making process takes approximately 4–5 months.

Reviewer Recruitment Principles

Reviewers are selected based on their academic expertise, publication record, and experience in relevant fields. The journal is committed to ensuring objectivity, confidentiality, and avoidance of conflicts of interest throughout the review process.

Publication Frequency

The Journal of Law & Policy Review is published biannually, with issues released in June and December.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.Penulis.
3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (Refer to The Effect of Open Access).

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Journal of Law & Policy Review

Journal of Law & Policy Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal that focuses on interdisciplinary studies in the fields of Law, Human Rights, Citizenship, Pancasila, Civic Education, Public Policy, Public Administration, and Political Governance. The journal provides a scholarly platform for researchers, academics, practitioners, and policymakers to disseminate original research, critical reflections, and analytical studies addressing contemporary legal and policy issues.

The journal emphasizes critical discussions on the opportunities and challenges of globalization, examined from national, transnational, and global perspectives. Particular attention is given to the interaction between law, governance, and public policy in responding to social change, democratic development, citizenship transformation, and global governance dynamics.

Articles published in the Journal of Law & Policy Review are expected to contribute both theoretically and practically to the advancement of knowledge, policy formulation, and governance practices. The journal welcomes empirical research, conceptual papers, case studies, and critical reviews that offer innovative insights and evidence-based analysis.

The Journal of Law & Policy Review is published biannually, with issues released in June and December.

Article Submission Charges

Journal of Law & Policy Review no article submission charges.

Article Submission: 0.00 (IDR)

Article Processing Charges

Journal of Law & Policy Review charges the following author fees.

Article Publication: 300.000.00 (IDR)

A.n. Agung Suharyanto 198422302 / Bank Nasional Indonesia, Tbk.   

Publication Ethic and Malpractic Statements

Our ethic statements are based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Publication decisions
The editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published.
The editor may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Fair play
An editor at any time evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality
The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions
Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.

Promptness
Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity
Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of Sources
Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards
Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Originality and Plagiarism
The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication
An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of Sources
Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors.

The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Screening for Plagiarism

Journal of Law & Policy Review use Screening For Plagiarism

Plagiarism Policy

Plagiarism Policy
Journal of Law & Policy Review Editorial board recognizes that plagiarism is not acceptable and therefore establishes the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) when plagiarism is identified in an article that is submitted for publication in Journal of Law & Policy Review .
Definition:
Plagiarism involves the "use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work."
Policy:
Papers must be original, unpublished, and not pending publication elsewhere. Any material taken verbatim from another source needs to be clearly identified as different from the present original text by (1) indentation, (2) use of quotation marks, and (3) identification of the source.
Any text of an amount exceeding fair use standards (herein defined as more than two or three sentences or the equivalent thereof) or any graphic material reproduced from another source requires permission from the copyright holder and, if feasible, the original author(s) and also requires identification of the source; e.g., previous publication.
When plagiarism is identified, the Editor in Chief responsible for the review of this paper to the following guidelines:
Level of Plagiaris
1. Minor: A short section of another article is plagiarized without any significant data or idea taken from the other paper
Action : A warning is given to the authors and a request to change the text and properly cite the original article is made
2. Intermediate: A significant portion of a paper is plagiarized without proper citation to the original paper
Action: The submitted article is rejected and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for one year
3. Severe : A significant portion of a paper is plagiarized that involves reproducing original results or ideas presented in another publication
Action: The paper is rejected and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for five years.

It is understood that all authors are responsible for the content of their submitted paper as they all sign the JEHSS Copyright Transfer Form. If a penalty is imposed for plagiarism, all authors will be subject to the same penalty.
If a second case of plagiarism by the same author(s) is identified, a decision on the measures to be enforced will be made by the Editorial board (Editor-in-Chief, and Editorial members) with the Chair of the Editor in Chief. The author(s) might be forbidden to submit further articles forever.
This policy applies also to material reproduced from another publication by the same author(s). If an author uses text or figures that have previously been published, the corresponding paragraphs or figures should be identified and the previous publication referenced. It is understood that in case of a review paper or a paper of a tutorial nature much of the material was previously published.
The author should identify the source of the previously published material and obtain permission from the original author and the publisher. If an author submits a manuscript to JEHSS with significant overlap with a manuscript submitted to another journal simultaneously, and this overlap is discovered during the review process or after the publications of both papers, the editor of the other journal is notified and the case is treated as a severe plagiarism case. Significant overlap means use of identical or almost identical figures and identical or slightly modified text for one half or more of the paper. For self plagiarism of less than one half of the paper but more than one tenth of the paper, the case shall be treated as intermediate plagiarism. If self plagiarism is confined to the methods section, the case shall be considered as minor plagiarism.
If an author uses some of his previously published material to clarify the presentation of new results, the previously published material shall be identified and the difference to the present publication shall be mentioned. Permission to republish must be obtained from the copyright holder. In the case of a manuscript that was originally published in conference proceedings and then is submitted for publication in JEHSS either in identical or in expanded form, the authors must identify the name of the conference proceedings and the date of the publication and obtain permission to republish from the copyright holder. The editor may decide not to accept this paper for publication.
However, an author shall be permitted to use material from an unpublished presentation, including visual displays, in a subsequent journal publication. In the case of a publication being submitted that was originally published in another language, the title, date and journal of the original publication must be identified by the authors, and the copyright must be obtained. The editor may accept such a translated publication to bring it to the attention of a wider audience. The editor may select a specific paper that had been published (e.g. a “historic” paper) for republication in order to provide a better perspective of a series of papers published in one issue of JEHSS. This republication shall be clearly identified as such and the date and journal of the original publication shall be given, and the permission of the author(s) and the publisher shall be obtained.
The JEHSS layout editor for the Journal is responsible for maintaining the list of authors subjected to penalties and will check that no authors of a submitted paper are on this list. If a banned author is identified, the layout editor will inform the Editor-in-Chief who will take appropriate measures. This policy will be posted on the web site with the instructions for submitting a manuscript, and a copy will be sent to the authors with the confirmation email upon initial receipt of their original manuscript. A sentence shall be added to the copyright transfer form to indicate that the author(s) have read the Plagiarism Policy.