Journal Policy

Focus and Scope

West Science Law and Human Rights (WSLH) is an open-access journal that aims to offer an international academic platform for legal research in various governance policies, particularly in developing countries, and West Science Law and Human Rights (WSLH) serves as an interdisciplinary arena for academic discussion. An analysis of human rights issues. West Science Law and Human Rights (WSLH) mainly focus on topics related to:

  • Civil Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Constitutional And Administrative Law
  • Customary Institutional Law
  • Religious Jurisprudence Law
  • International Regime Law
  • Legal Pluralism Governance
  • Labor And Migrant Rights
  • Political Rights
  • Religious Freedom
  • Health Care
  • Minority Rights
  • Land Rights
  • Customary Rights
  • Social Rights
  • Cultural Rights
  • Educational rights, and various additional human rights issues in the region and other sections related to contemporary issues in scholarship law.

Section Policies

Author Guidelines

  1. Topic and Scope: West Science Law and Human Rights accepts research articles, review articles, and opinion articles in the field of law and human rights. Topics that can be raised include, but are not limited to, criminal law, civil law, constitutional law, international law, human rights, and issues related to law and human rights.
  2. Writing Format: Articles submitted must be written in English with the following conditions:
    • Research articles must consist of an abstract, introduction, theoretical framework, research methods, research results, discussion, conclusions, and bibliography.
    • The review article must consist of an abstract, introduction, description of the literature review, analysis, and conclusions, as well as a bibliography.
    • Opinion articles must consist of an abstract, introduction, description of issues, analysis, and conclusions, as well as a bibliography.
    • Articles must be written in Palatino Linotype 10 font, single spacing, 2.5 cm left and right margins, and 3 cm top and bottom margins.
    • The title page must include the title of the article, author's name, affiliation, author's email address, and an abstract of up to 250 words.
    • Figures and tables must be numbered and titled, and accompanied by appropriate sources or information.
    • The bibliography must be prepared according to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) format.
  1. Writing Ethics: Authors are expected to adhere to good writing ethics, including but not limited to not plagiarizing, citing sources correctly, and not duplicating publications.
  2. Review Process: Each submitted article will be processed by editors and reviewers who are competent in the fields of law and human rights. Articles that are accepted will go through an editing process before being published.
  3. Article Submission: Articles can be sent via email to the editorial address of the journal. In the email, the author is expected to include a title page, article, figures and tables (if any), and a bibliography.

Peer Review Process

The Journal uses double-blind peer review, which means that the identities of the reviewer and author are hidden from the reviewer, and vice versa, during the review process. There are at least a maximum of 2 reviewers in each manuscript.

Authors need to ensure that their manuscripts are prepared in a way that does not give away their identity by separating the title page and the body of the manuscript.

The article review process usually takes an average of 1-2 weeks. This review period depends on the duration of the editor and reviewer in reviewing the manuscript.

Publication Frequency

The West Science Law And Human Rights Journal has a regular and periodic schedule of publications. The publication frequency of this journal is four times a year, namely in January, April, July and October.

Open Access Policy

All content published by Jurnal is publicly available for free at no cost to its users or institutions. WSLHR and the authors agree to give all users worldwide access to and download all content and text of articles published by this Journal freely. All users are also provided to make small amounts of hard copies for personal use.

All articles published by WSLHR are freely downloadable in digital format to increase research interest and break barriers for researchers nationally and internationally, especially those with limited access to paid journals and other publications. Our basic principle is that open access will also help authors achieve a high level of openness with their research.

This Journal (e-ISSN: 2985-5535) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Archiving

We encourage research librarians to list these journals among their library's electronic journal collections. The Journal's open-source publishing system is suitable for libraries that allow such libraries to create permanent archives of journals for preservation and restoration purposes.

Manuscript Submission and Publishing

Submission and Publication of Manuscripts

  • Submit Article

The article must be written in Ms. Word format. Images, illustrations, and Charts are included in the Article file. Send article manuscripts directly to OJS. WSLHR will automatically REJECT the manuscript if sent via email or hard copy.

  • Manuscript Publishing

The Editorial Board determines the appropriate manuscript after obtaining recommendations from peer reviewers.

The manuscript's revision is the author's responsibility, and the non-conforming manuscript will be returned by the corresponding author, who corresponds to the corresponding author registered in the system.

Publication Ethics

Three parties must consider WSLHR ethical policies.

  • ETHICAL POLICY FOR AUTHORS

It is entirely the author's responsibility to ensure that every manuscript submitted to WSLHR includes: guaranteed originality, recognized assistance from co-authors and editors, necessary citations, and is entirely free from plagiarism. The author must understand that plagiarism occurs in various forms, including improper paraphrasing, which can lead to misinterpretation of the source. In addition, authors should be careful when deliberately publishing information that may harm the person mentioned in their academic work. This information cannot be made public without the written and express permission of the persons associated with the data.

WSLHR uses a stringent code of conduct on how to spread knowledge. It is always with a deep editorial awareness that all published manuscripts must meet highly qualified academic standards to protect the integrity of the Journal and the author. In addition, as part of a worldwide network of open journals, WSLHR is also committed to providing free editions with high-quality publications by the rules of writing scientific papers.

All authors using doctrinal and desk research should ensure their references provide diverse and balanced information to take a neutral position when making arguments. Authors who use empirical data must provide sufficient and rich information to help them develop analyses and propositions. The author must also state that the manuscript is original and cite all references correctly.

  • ETHICAL POLICY FOR EDITORS

EDITOR In CHIEF determines which articles should or should not be published. Before this publication stage, the Editor in Chief should also be responsible for deciding which submissions to WSLHR should be sent to the reviewer for further assessment and which other submissions should be rejected for not meeting the standards of the draft manuscript.

EDITORS must be accountable and responsible for everything published in the WSLHR. To ensure that editors can achieve all ethical standards, they must operate under a standard double-blind review process to ensure the quality of the manuscript and decide whether it will be accepted or rejected solely based on its originality, quality, and prospects for the dissemination of knowledge to readers. Editors are prohibited from implementing discriminatory policies by prioritizing or discouraging specific authors based on religion, creed, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or personal background.

All editorial board members are responsible for protecting the confidentiality of all authors. They may not disclose all unpublished manuscripts to third parties without the author's explicit consent.

Ethics policies may also require Editors to double-review manuscripts before making a decision. Editors are often asked to communicate with reviewers and writers to clarify and enrich the substance of the manuscript. This communication will not diminish the editor's authority to accept or reject the manuscript.

ETHICAL POLICY FOR REVIEWERS

All reviewers should be aware that they are only mandated to review the substance, not the manuscript's layout or the language's spelling. The copy editor will resolve the design, while spelling and grammar errors will be checked by the copy editor or language corrector.

All reviewers cannot disclose the confidentiality of author information. They are also restricted from disclosing the confidentiality of rejected manuscripts to third parties without the author's explicit consent. They can still explain the review standards and the reasons for the rejection or acceptance of specific submissions anonymously to third parties.

All reviewers may reject an offer from the editorial office to review the manuscript if they think there will be a potential conflict of interest between the reviewer and the author. They may also decline an offer to review a manuscript if they believe their review work will not help the author enrich the manuscript's substance.

Article Processing Charge

Article Shipping and processing costs: IDR 300.000

Authors are free of publication fees for each manuscript published in the Journal. WSLHR also accepts fast-track services at an affordable cost as well. For further information, you can contact the administration.

Plagiarism Check

Plagiarism checks aim to preserve the quality of originality and novelty. Every article submitted to the West Science Law and Human Rights Journal will be checked for plagiarism using Turnitin or plagrim detector before publication, with a maximum number of originality reports of 20%.

Manuscript Language

The West Science Law and Human Rights Journal only accepts manuscripts in English.

West Science Law and Human Rights, licensed under Lisensi Internasional Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).

By submitting articles to West Science Law and Human Rights, the authors guarantee that the articles submitted are their original work and do not violate copyright or other intellectual property rights and agree to the following terms:

  1. The authors retain full copyright to their articles and grant West Science Law and Human Rights exclusive permission to publish and distribute them freely and publicly on the journal's website.
  2. The authors are responsible for the legitimacy of the content conveyed in their articles and are not responsible for any actions taken by readers as a result of reading the articles.
  3. The formal legal aspect of journal publication accessibility refers to Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).