INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Papers submitted to the "LEX PORTUS" journal must be relevant to the Aims and Scope of the journal and meet Author's Duties and Responsibilities following the Publication Ethics section.
Language
Papers and abstracts should be written in British or American English with an academic level of proficiency.
Paper Structure and Length
Structural elements of a paper should be Introduction, Methodology, Main Body (divided into a few subparagraphs), Conclusion, References, and Annexes (if any).
The Main Body of a paper should include an overview of relevant background facts, laws, and legal doctrines; analyses of issues; author's results and discussion.
The length of a paper typically is to be 5.000 – 8.000 words.
Abstract
The Abstract of a paper should be about 300 words and include 6-10 keywords.
References
References must meet the requirements of the APA-Style (https://www.mendeley.com/guides/apa-citation-guide).
Submission of Papers
The paper should be submitted to the Editorial Office in electronic form in a Microsoft Word format in two files.
1) Title page, which includes:
- a title of the paper;
- surname, name of the author(s), affiliation, and position;
- contact details of the author(s): email address, ORCID number;;
- abstract of the paper (according to the Abstract).
2) Anonymized paper (without specifying the information about the author) which includes:
- a title in the language of the paper;
- a main text of the paper.
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Additional Documents to be Submitted with the Paper
The author(s) shall also submit the following in electronic form:
- a statement that indicates that the paper has not been previously published and has not been submitted for publication to any other journal;
- funding statement that describes the sources of funding that have supported the research (relevant grants or sponsors) or states that the author(s) received no specific funding for this research.
Plagiarism Check
The Editors perform a plagiarism check of all papers submitted. Typically the Editors use Similarity or iThenticate! online resources to screen papers for plagiarism. However, the Editors reserve the right to use any other relevant resources or software.
The Double-Blinded Peer Review and Editing Procedures
The papers submitted to the "LEX PORTUS" journal are subject to a Pre-Review and Double Blinded Peer Review.
In the first stage, the Editors pre-review all submissions for compliance with the requirements regarding the paper's relevance to the journal's subject area, the paper's proper format, and the completeness of the documents provided. In the case of compliance with the requirements, the materials are transferred to the next stage of the review. Papers that do not fall within the scope of the Lex Portus or are manifestly substandard are not sent out for peer review.
In the second stage, the submitted papers go through a Double blinded peer-review procedure, for which the Editors assign an independent, anonymous expert reviewer. The peer review is based on such criteria as relevance, originality, scientific level of presentation of the material, scientific or practical significance, and adherence to academic integrity requirements. Reviewers make use of a detailed review-form.
The Editors shall send the author the anonymous copy of the filled review-form at the author's request.
The Editorial Board considers the publication of the submitted paper on the grounds of peer review. However, the Editorial Board is non-bounded with reviewers' recommendations and reserves the right to propose an edition or revision or to reject the paper. Notification of acceptance, rejection or need for revision will be sent to the author (s) by email.
Speed / acceptance rate
14 days avg. from submission to first decision
58 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
24% - acceptance rate
By submitting a paper to the journal "LEX PORTUS," the author (s) agrees with the placement of the published article in Open Access to the Internet on the conditions of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International.
