Peer Review Process
All manuscripts submitted to the Editorial Board undergo before accepting a review procedure, during which two independent reviews are prepared, usually by members of the Editorial Board. The review procedure is double-blind. Persons with institutional or other connections with the author do not review manuscripts.
The review procedure usually takes no more than three (3) weeks, and the author is informed about its outcome. IJLS reserves the right to not publish an article or return an article to the review procedure, provided there are compelling reasons. This holds even if the outcome of the review procedure was positive (e.g. in case there was a significant change in legislation during or after the completion of the review procedure). The review process will take approximately 4 to 12 weeks. The peer review at IJLS proceeds in 9 steps with the following description.
3. Appraisal by Editor-in-Chief
The Editor in Chief checks whether the paper is appropriate for the journal, is original, exciting and significant enough for publication. Otherwise, the article can be rejected without further review; if accepted, the author does an APC before the editor forwards it to the reviewer read Author Fess.