Journal Policy
Journal Policy
Editorial, submission, peer-review, screening, plagiarism, and withdrawal policies of Hasanuddin Law Review
Hasanuddin Law Review is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by the Faculty of Law, Hasanuddin University. The journal is committed to maintaining transparent, rigorous, fair, and internationally recognized editorial standards throughout the submission, peer-review, decision-making, and publication processes.
These policies provide authors, reviewers, editors, and readers with clear information regarding manuscript eligibility, submission requirements, editorial assessment, peer review, plagiarism screening, and withdrawal procedures.
Contents
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1. Journal Philosophy and Scope
2. Who Can Submit?
3. General Submission Rules
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4. Manuscript Preparation
5. Peer Review Process
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6. Desk Rejection Policy
7. Plagiarism Policy
8. Withdrawal Policy
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1. Journal Philosophy and Scope
Journal Philosophy
Hasanuddin Law Review is committed to serving as a scholarly periodical publication in the field of law for the dissemination of original and internationally relevant legal scholarship. The journal promotes critical and comparative legal inquiry and encourages contributions that engage with contemporary legal developments, governance, public policy, civil rights, and legal issues affecting developing and emerging jurisdictions.
Aims and Scope
Manuscripts should demonstrate a clear contribution to legal scholarship and be relevant to the journal's academic orientation. Particular consideration is given to research with cross-border, comparative, international, or broader governance implications.
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2. Who Can Submit?
Submission Eligibility
Hasanuddin Law Review welcomes original scholarly manuscripts from academics, researchers, legal practitioners, policymakers, postgraduate researchers, and other contributors whose work falls within the journal's aims and scope.
Authors must possess the appropriate rights to submit the manuscript and must ensure that the submission does not infringe copyright, confidentiality, privacy, contractual obligations, or other third-party rights.
Submission eligibility is determined by the scholarly merit and relevance of the manuscript, rather than the author's nationality, institutional affiliation, academic rank, professional status, gender, religion, political belief, or other personal characteristics.
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3. General Submission Rules
Originality and Prior Publication
Manuscripts submitted to Hasanuddin Law Review must be original and must not have been previously published in substantially the same form in another journal, book, or other formal scholarly publication. Authors must appropriately disclose any closely related earlier version, working paper, conference paper, preprint, or other publicly available version where relevant.
Concurrent Submission
A manuscript must not be under consideration by another journal at the time of submission. Authors must not submit the same or substantially similar manuscript to another journal until Hasanuddin Law Review has completed its editorial process or formally approved a withdrawal request.
Author Responsibility
By submitting a manuscript, the corresponding author confirms that all listed authors have approved the submission, that authorship has been appropriately assigned, that relevant sources have been acknowledged, and that all necessary permissions, ethical approvals, and disclosures have been obtained.
Authors are responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and completeness of all material contained in their submission.
4. Manuscript Preparation
Formatting Requirements
Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the journal's author guidelines and should demonstrate clear academic organization, appropriate legal analysis, accurate citation, and professional scholarly presentation.
Authors should ensure that manuscripts are submitted in an editable electronic format and that tables, figures, appendices, references, and supplementary materials are complete and clearly identified.
Final Manuscript Preparation
Manuscripts accepted for publication must comply fully with the journal's final formatting, citation, language, and production requirements. Authors are responsible for ensuring that the accepted manuscript is accurate and complete before production.
For detailed requirements, please consult the Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines
5. Peer Review Process
Double-Blind Peer Review
Following initial editorial screening, the Editor-in-Chief may assign a manuscript to an appropriate Editor or Managing Editor for further handling. Manuscripts considered suitable for external review will normally be evaluated by at least two qualified experts in the relevant field of law or related disciplines.
Hasanuddin Law Review applies a double-blind peer-review process, in which the identities of authors and reviewers are concealed from one another. Reviewers are selected on the basis of subject-matter expertise, independence, academic competence, and the absence of relevant conflicts of interest.
Editorial Workflow
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STEP 01
Author Submission
Manuscript submitted through Editorial Manager
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STEP 02
Editorial Review
Scope, quality and similarity screening
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STEP 03
Peer Review
Double-blind review by at least two experts
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STEP 06
Production
Copyediting, proofing and publication
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STEP 05
Final Decision
Final editorial assessment
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STEP 04
Author Revision
Revision and response to reviewers
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Review Timeline
| ● | Initial editorial decision: normally within 14–30 working days after submission. |
| ● | Peer-review process: typically 3–6 months, depending on reviewer availability, manuscript complexity, and revision requirements. |
| ● | Manuscript tracking: authors may monitor the status of their submission through the Editorial Manager (EM) submission system. |
Editorial Decisions
The responsible editor considers reviewer reports, the authors' responses, the scholarly quality of the manuscript, and its relevance to the journal when reaching an editorial decision. The most common decisions include:
| ● | Accept: The manuscript is accepted for publication without substantive revision. |
| ● | Minor Revision: The manuscript is considered publishable subject to limited corrections or clarification. |
| ● | Major Revision: Substantial revision is required before the manuscript can be reconsidered for publication. |
| ● | Revise and Resubmit: The manuscript requires fundamental improvement and may undergo a new round of editorial assessment or peer review following resubmission. |
| ● | Reject: The manuscript will not be considered further for publication in its present submission process. |
The final editorial decision rests with the Editor-in-Chief or the editor formally authorized to make the decision on behalf of the journal.
6. Desk Rejection Policy
Initial Editorial Screening
Hasanuddin Law Review reserves the right to reject manuscripts without external peer review during the initial editorial screening stage when a submission does not meet the journal's fundamental requirements for further consideration.
Desk review enables the editorial team to assess whether the manuscript is sufficiently aligned with the journal's aims and scope, scholarly standards, ethical requirements, and submission criteria before external reviewers are invited.
Grounds for Desk Rejection
| ● | Outside the Journal Scope: The manuscript does not sufficiently align with the aims, scope, or academic orientation of Hasanuddin Law Review. |
| ● | Limited Scholarly Relevance: The submission does not demonstrate sufficient relevance to legal scholarship or the journal's intended readership. |
| ● | Insufficient Originality or Contribution: The manuscript lacks a sufficiently clear research gap, novelty, or substantive contribution to existing legal scholarship. |
| ● | Major Analytical or Methodological Weaknesses: The manuscript contains conceptual, methodological, evidentiary, or analytical deficiencies that are unlikely to be resolved through ordinary revision. |
| ● | Non-Compliance with Submission Requirements: The manuscript is incomplete or materially fails to comply with the journal's author guidelines, required structure, or formatting requirements. |
| ● | Problematic Similarity or Overlap: Similarity screening indicates substantial inappropriate overlap with previously published or submitted material. |
| ● | Ethical or Integrity Concerns: The submission does not comply with applicable ethical standards or raises significant concerns regarding research or publication integrity. |
| ● | Promotional or Commercial Content: The manuscript is primarily promotional, commercially motivated, or otherwise unsuitable for independent scholarly publication. |
A desk rejection is an editorial decision based on the manuscript's suitability, scholarly quality, and compliance with journal requirements. Manuscripts rejected at this stage are not sent for external peer review.
7. Plagiarism Policy
Similarity Screening
Hasanuddin Law Review maintains a strict policy against plagiarism and inappropriate textual, conceptual, or scholarly overlap. Submitted manuscripts may be screened using iThenticate or another recognized similarity-detection system before or during the editorial process.
Similarity reports are interpreted editorially and are not assessed solely on the basis of an overall similarity percentage. Editors may examine the nature, source, extent, concentration, attribution, and scholarly context of identified overlaps when determining whether further action is necessary.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that all words, ideas, legal arguments, data, sources, judicial materials, and other contributions derived from third parties are appropriately acknowledged and cited.
Editorial Action
Where inappropriate overlap, plagiarism, duplicate publication, or other forms of unattributed use are identified, the journal may request clarification or revision, reject the manuscript, discontinue the editorial process, or take other appropriate action in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policy.
If plagiarism or serious unattributed overlap is identified after publication, Hasanuddin Law Review may investigate the matter and issue a correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other appropriate post-publication notice.
8. Withdrawal Policy
Withdrawal Request
Withdrawal refers to the removal of a manuscript from the editorial or publication process before formal publication. Authors who wish to withdraw a manuscript must submit a written request to the editorial office explaining the reason for withdrawal.
Withdrawal requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. The corresponding author should ensure that all co-authors agree to the withdrawal request. Authors are encouraged to submit any request as early as possible to avoid unnecessary use of editorial, reviewer, and production resources.
Important: A manuscript should not be submitted to another journal while a withdrawal request remains pending. Withdrawal becomes effective only after confirmation by the editorial office.
Post-Publication
Once an article has been formally published, withdrawal is no longer the appropriate mechanism. Concerns arising after publication will be addressed through the journal's post-publication procedures, which may include corrections, expressions of concern, or retractions where appropriate.
For further information regarding post-publication corrections, expressions of concern, retractions, and other ethical procedures, please refer directly to the Publication Ethics policy.