Information for Authors
The EJIL editors invite submissions of manuscripts focusing on international law issues.
Manuscripts can be accepted for evaluation only when submitted using our Online Submission system.
Please read the following instructions before proceeding to the online submission page.
Peer Review Policy
This journal operates double-anonymised peer review, meaning that the authors identity is hidden from reviewers, and the reviewers’ identities are hidden from authors. The Editors have oversight of the reviewers and the authors names. For full details about the peer review process, see Fair editing and peer review. For further information about authoring your article, please see OUP author FAQs.
Instructions regarding manuscripts
Submissions should be accompanied by an assurance that the article has not been published, submitted, or accepted elsewhere. Articles to be published in a different forum within one year of submission will not be considered.
Manuscripts should normally range from 10,000 to 15,000 words in length, including footnotes.
Articles should include a 200-word (maximum) abstract.
Authors are requested to consult and follow the Journal's style-sheet .
The Journal encourages authors to refer to research material published not only in English but also in other languages.
EJIL is a peer-reviewed journal. All manuscripts received first undergo a careful in-house screening by the Editor-in-Chief and the Associate Editor. Authors are informed within no more than six weeks of the date of submission, barring complications, about the in-house screening decision.
For those manuscripts which are then sent for external review the complete review process may take up to 16-20 weeks. We try to be as expeditious as possible in reporting back to authors; but because we commission evaluations from experts in specific fields who cannot always be as prompt as we would like, delays are at times inevitable.
Please note that our evaluation process takes account of several criteria. Excellence is a necessary condition for publication, but it is not always a sufficient condition. The need for a balance of topics, the Journal’s particular areas of interest which may change over time, the fact that something similar has already been commissioned, etc., may also influence the final decision.
Authors should observe high standards with respect to publication ethics as set out by the Commission on Publication Ethics (COPE) . Any cases of ethical misconduct are treated very seriously and will be dealt with in accordance with the COPE guidelines. Further information about OUP’s ethical policies is available.
Instructions regarding submission of manuscripts
The EJIL submission evaluation process is completely anonymous. Therefore, before you go to our online submission page, make sure that you have three separate files containing:
- a manuscript with no information to identify the author/s;
- a title page, which indicates the author’s name, article title and email address;
- a curriculum vitae for each author.
Click on the link below, which will take you to our Online Submissions programme.
First-time users will need to register. Click “Register here” under “New User?”
Once you are registered, click on Author Centre and follow the instructions for submitting your manuscript.
Go to our ScholarOne Manuscript Submission system now.
Copyright licence
Upon receipt of accepted manuscripts at Oxford Journals authors will be invited to complete an online copyright licence to publish form.
Please note that by submitting an article for publication you confirm that you are the corresponding/submitting author and that Oxford University Press ("OUP") may retain your email address for the purpose of communicating with you about the article. You agree to notify OUP immediately if your details change. If your article is accepted for publication OUP will contact you using the email address you have used in the registration process. Please note that OUP does not retain copies of rejected articles.
Open Access
EJIL offers the option of publishing under either a standard licence or an open access licence. Please note that some funders require open access publication as a condition of funding. If you are unsure whether you are required to publish open access, please do clarify any such requirements with your funder or institution.
Should you wish to publish your article open access, you should select your choice of open access licence in our online system after your article has been accepted for publication. You will need to pay an open access charge to publish under an open access licence.
Details of the open access licences and open access charges.
OUP has a growing number of Read and Publish agreements with institutions and consortia which provide funding for open access publishing. This means authors from participating institutions can publish open access, and the institution may pay the charge. Find out if your institution is participating.
Third-Party Content in Open Access papers
If you will be publishing your paper under an Open Access licence but it contains material for which you do not have Open Access re-use permissions, please state this clearly by supplying the following credit line alongside the material:
Title of content
Author, Original publication, year of original publication, by permission of [rights holder]
This image/content is not covered by the terms of the Creative Commons licence of this publication. For permission to reuse, please contact the rights holder.
Author Toll Free Link and Discounts
All corresponding authors will be provided with a free access link to their article upon publication. The link will be sent via email to the article’s corresponding author who is free to share the link with any co-authors. Please see OUP’s Author Self-Archiving policy for more information regarding how this link may be publicly shared depending on the type of license under which the article has published.
All authors have the option to purchase up to 10 print copies of the issue in which they publish at a 50% discount. Orders should be placed through this order form. Orders must be made within 12 months of the online publication date.
Crossref Funding Data Registry
In order to meet your funding requirements authors are required to name their funding sources, or state if there are none, during the submission process. For further information on this process or to find out more about CHORUS, visit the CHORUS initiative.
