About the Journal

• Focus and Scope
• Peer Review Process
• Publication Frequency
• Open Access Policy
• License and Copyright Policy
• Archiving
• Article Processing Charges (APCs)
• Plagiarism Policy

Focus and Scope

Brawijaya Law Journal : Journal of Legal Studies (BLJ) is an international journal established by Law Faculty of Brawijaya University. It has 2 issues per year (April and October). BLJ is an open access, double peer-reviewed e-journal which aims to offer an international scientific platform for cross-border legal research in goverment regulation and civil rights protection. These may include but are not limited to various fields in Law such as civil law, criminal law, constitutional and administrative law, international law, legal pluralism governance, and another section related to contemporary issues in legal scholar. 

The materials published include major academic papers dealing critically with various aspects and field of laws as well as shorter papers such as recently published book review and notes on recent issues of law. The goal of Brawijaya Law Journal is to bring the highest quality research to the widest possible audience.

The journal sets up specific topic to be covered in each issue which can be analyzed from many perspective of laws as mentioned. However, it also accommodate several articles in general topic in each issue. 

Peer Review Process

Submitted paper will be firstly reviewed by the editors to determine whether the paper meet the edition theme and submission guidelines. Papers which meet the theme and the guidelines will be assigned to selected reviewers for peer-reviews. BLJ is a double blind peer-reviewed journal which involves reviewers based on their experties relevant to the topic of the paper. Final decision of paper acceptance is solely decided by the editors according to reviewers' comment.

In short, the steps are:

1. Manuscript Submission (by author) 
2. Manuscript Check and Selection (by editors). Editors have a right to directly accept, reject, or review according to standart set up by BLJ. Prior to further processing steps, plagiarism check using Turnitin is applied for each manuscript.
3. Manuscript Reviewing Process (by reviewers) 
4. Notification of Manuscript Acceptance, Revision, or Rejection (by editor to author based on reviewers comments)
5. Paper Revision (by author)
6. If the editor seems to be satisfied with revision, notification for acceptance (by editor). 
7. Editing and Proof reading (by editor)
8. Publishing process (by editor)

The steps point number 1 to 5 are considered as 1 round of the peer-reviewing process. The editor or editorial board considers the feedback provided by the peer reviewers and arrives at a decision. The following are the most common decisions:

• Accepted, as it is. 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 revised 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

Brawijaya Law Journal is a journal published by Faculty of Law, Universitas Brawijaya two times a year in April and October.

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.