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Author Guidelines

Authors are invited to make a submission to this journal. All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected.

Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets. All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study's country. The full requirements are available under author guidelines.

An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
  • All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
  • Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.
  • Where available, DOIs for the references have been provided.
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  • Figures/images have a resolution of at least 150dpi (300dpi or above preferred). Each file is no more than 20MB per file. The files are in one of the following formats: JPG, TIFF, GIF, PNG, EPS (to maximise quality, the original source file is preferred).
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Articles

Research articles, published in Utrecht Journal of International and European Law, are a minimum of 7,000 and a maximum of 10,000 words (including any footnotes and references) and should be based on a topic related to international and/or European law. Research articles don't have to focus on a specific topic (although calls for papers may ask for themed content). It is imperative that articles comply with scientific standards; therefore each article is subject to extensive review by our board of referees.

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Research Articles

Research articles, published in Utrecht Journal of International and European Law, are a minimum of 7,000 and a maximum of 10,000 words (including any footnotes and references) and should be based on a topic related to international and/or European law. Research articles don't have to focus on a specific topic (although calls for papers may ask for themed content). It is imperative that articles comply with scientific standards; therefore each article is subject to extensive review by our board of referees.

Interview

Each year, the editorial board of Utrecht Journal of International and European Law, publishes multiple interviews with people who have extensively contributed to both international and/or European law. An interview has the purpose of showing a different view on a certain topic by questioning academia and people working in the field of international and European law. Interviews are done by the External Affairs editor and are not peer-reviewed.

Case Notes

It is possible to submit short case notes to Utrecht Journal of International and European Law. These case notes should be approximately 3-5 pages in length and should describe and, most importantly, analyze a recent case that is relevant for either international or European law. Case notes are not subject to the referee process.

Book Review

It is possible to submit a short book review to Utrecht Journal of International and European Law. Book reviews should be approximately 2 to 4 pages in length and should concern a recently published book that is relevant for either international or European law. Most book reviews will be written by the editorial board. Book reports are not subject to the referee process.

Conference Report

Conference reports may be submitted for publication and should provide an insight in current academic debate about a contemporary and, in the case of Special Issues, thematic topic. In doing so, authors are to write clearly and are expected to draw a strong picture of arguments used at the conference. Conference reports may be up to 8,000 words long (including references).

Copyright Notice

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 a Creative Commons Attribution-4.0 International (CC BY-4.0) 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.
  3. Authors are permitted to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process.

Authors are explicitly encouraged to deposit their published article in their institutional repository.

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