Submitting Manuscripts

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.

Instructions regarding manuscripts

  1. 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.
  2. Manuscripts should normally range from 10,000 to 15,000 words in length, including footnotes.
  3. Articles should include a 200-word (maximum) abstract.
  4. Authors are requested to consult and follow the Journal’s style-sheet.
  5. The Journal encourages authors to refer to research material published not only in English but also in other languages.
  6. EJIL is a peer-reviewed journal. Anonymity is essential to this process. It means not only that the manuscript does not include information that might disclose the author's identity, but also that the manuscript is not available online. Responsibility for anonymity rests with authors. Therefore, before you go to our online submission page, make sure that you have three separate files containing:
    1. a manuscript with no information to identify the author/s (only this document will be sent for peer review);
    2. a title page, which indicates the author’s name, article title and email address
    3. a two-page curriculum vitae for each author. Please note that your CV should not exceed 2 pages.

The online submission process

  1. The EJIL submission evaluation process is completely anonymous.
  2. Click on the link below, which will take you to our Online Submissions programme.
  3. 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.

After submission

  1. All manuscripts received first undergo a careful in-house screening by the Editors-in-Chief and the Associate Editors. Authors are informed within no more than six weeks of the date of submission, unless there are complications, about the in-house screening decision. For those manuscripts which are then sent for peer 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.
  2. 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 published or is in the pipeline, etc., may also influence the final decision.