HOW TO SUBMIT A MANUSCRIPT

Here you will find the most relevant information to submit your manuscript to the Journal of Law, Public Policies and Human Sciences, JLPPHS.

General Information

Journal of Law, Public Policies and Human Sciences, JLPPHS, publishes:

  • original research papers
  • review articles
  • short communications
  • scientific publications
  • book reviews
  • forum articles
  • announcements or letters
  • case studies or lesson reports
  • both comparative studies and single case studies
  • research notes
  • essays
  • reports about debates and developments
  • country studies
  • conference reports
  • reviews and review essays
  • interviews

Researchers from all countries are invited to publish on its pages. The Journal is committed to achieving a broad international appeal, attracting contributions, and addressing issues from a range of disciplines related to Law, public policies, and Human Sciences. The JLPPHS is a refereed journal dedicated to express views on the covered topics, thereby generating a cross current of ideas on emerging matters. Papers must be in English or Portuguese. All manuscripts are peer-reviewed by at least two independent referees. Papers accepted for publication by the editorial board are subject to editorial revision.

Public agreement for publishing.

1) The authors declare that the submitted manuscript is their work, which has not been published anywhere else before and that they are not willing to publish it anywhere later.

2) The authors take responsibility for the content of the publication.

3) It is the responsibility of the author to obtain written permission for reproducing illustrations or tables from other published material.

4) The authors and the Journal agree that the Journal publishes the reviewed and accepted manuscript after technical construction in printed and in electronic form.

5) The authors and the Journal agree not to lay any claim to financial demand.

6) The authors can ask for amendment or errata related to the publication, which will be published in the subsequent edition of the Journal in maximum one page. Other additions or remarks to the article after publication will be judged by the editorial board.

7) This agreement for publication will become lawful on the authors' side from submitting the manuscript, on the Journal's side from the announcement of the publication's acceptance. In the case this procedure occurs through electronic channels, this agreement is valid without an additional signed copy.

Submission of manuscripts

After ensuring you have followed all applicable guidelines to your manuscript, you should send the manuscript file (Microsoft word format - .DOC) along with the cover letter file (editable PDF) to jlpphs@gmail.com.

On submitting an article, a cover letter is requested in the same e-mail message. In this letter, the e-mails of all authors, as well as all information regarding the article like the title, name, and the address of the authors, must be given. In the case of multiple authors, the corresponding author should be indicated. The author will be notified of acceptance, rejection, or need for revision. Manuscripts will not be returned to an author unless specifically requested, or unless reviewers have provided annotations that will be useful to the author.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

All submissions should be made through the e-mail (jlpphs@gmail.com) of the Journal. This is the only e-mail address applicable to submit a manuscript. The Journal does not have or use any other way or electronic system to receive papers.

After the editors have checked the submission, an e-mail will be sent with suitable information.

The reviewing process starts as soon as we receive the paper and send you an e-mail confirming we have received the paper along with the cover letter. The reviewing process may take up to 60 days from the date of receiving the manuscript.

After submitting the manuscript, one of the editors will perform a preliminary review to check some essential topics related to the scope of the Journal, formatting, the structure, plagiarism, and so on. If the paper is on the scope, and there are no significant issues, the paper can move forward to the next steps (peer-review).