Announcement

As previously planned, a special issue of the Journal of Legal Studies will be published in English in 2026 (1405 in the Iranian calendar). Professors, students, and researchers are invited to submit their English-language manuscripts through the journal’s online submission system for evaluation, peer review, and publication in this issue.

Announcement

The Quarterly Journal of Legal Studies is pleased to announce that it has received Grade A in the 2024 evaluation (1403 in the Iranian calendar).

The Journal of Legal Studies is an open-access academic journal that employs a closed, double-blind peer-review process. It has been published since 2009 (1388 in the Iranian calendar) by the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Shiraz University and, since 2023 (1402 in the Iranian calendar), under a joint cooperation agreement with the Iranian Association of Constitutional Law. The Journal aims to advance legal scholarship, deepen the study of law within Iran’s legal community, and contribute to enhancing the knowledge and expertise of legal practitioners and legislative officials in the country.

The Journal seeks to promote in-depth scholarly discussion of the various branches of legal studies, including Private Law, Criminal Law and Criminology, International Law, and Public Law, together with their related sub-disciplines. In doing so, it adheres to rigorous academic and professional standards while seeking to give greater attention to emerging dimensions of legal scholarship in response to recent developments.

In pursuit of these objectives, the Journal welcomes submissions from university professors, legal scholars, and postgraduate students in law and related disciplines, provided that their work contributes to the realization of these aims. Submitted manuscripts undergo scientific evaluation and are considered for publication based on their assessment results and compliance with the Journal’s academic and editorial standards.

Important Notice

The Journal of Legal Studies publishes research articles exclusively.

Authors are strongly advised to read the Guide for Authors carefully before submitting a manuscript, paying particular attention to the preliminary and specific requirements for submitted manuscripts, manuscript preparation guidelines, citation guidelines, and other relevant requirements. Authors should register and submit their manuscripts only after ensuring compliance with the requirements set out in the Guide for Authors.

In accordance with the editorial board’s decision to improve the Journal’s standing in national rankings and pursue its future inclusion in international indexing databases, beginning with the Summer 2023 issue (Summer 1402 in the Iranian calendar), only manuscripts that satisfy the academic criteria and strictly comply with all the requirements specified in the Guide for Authors will be admitted to the evaluation process and considered for publication.

The Journal of Legal Studies, while respecting publication ethics, adheres to the principles and guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and complies with the executive regulations implementing the Law on the Prevention of and Response to Academic Misconduct.

Plagiarism

In accordance with the editorial board’s decision, authors are required to obtain a PDF similarity report from the Samim Noor system and upload it to the designated section of the submission system when submitting their manuscripts. The maximum permissible similarity index is 10%. Any manuscript exceeding this threshold will be deemed non-compliant with the Journal’s standards.

Open Access Policy

This journal is an open-access publication.

The Journal of Legal Studies, published by Shiraz University, is an open-access scholarly journal whose articles are available to readers free of charge.

Authors’ Rights and Publication License

Authors retain the copyright to their works.

The Journal uses the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This license permits others to share and redistribute published articles, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author.

For further information about this license, please visit:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Acknowledgments and Funding Disclosure

Note: Including an Acknowledgments section in the manuscript is mandatory. If the submitted manuscript is derived from a research project or has received financial support from any source, authors must include a statement identifying and acknowledging the funding source.

Use and Disclosure of Generative Artificial Intelligence

Although generative artificial intelligence tools can assist authors, human accountability and transparency remain the highest priorities. Under the Journal’s policies, AI cannot be credited as an author, and any use of AI in writing or analysis must be transparently disclosed.

To view a summary of the Journal’s policies on the use of generative AI, please click here.

Article Processing and Publication Fees

In accordance with the guidelines for scholarly journals issued by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and Shiraz University, as well as a resolution adopted by the editorial board, the Journal charges authors fees to cover the costs of preliminary screening, peer review, editing, publication, and related services. The applicable fees are as follows:

A. Initial Evaluation Fee: Following the initial review by the editorial board, if a manuscript is selected for priority consideration in the Journal’s peer-review process, the authors must pay IRR 8,000,000 (800,000 tomans) exclusively through the Journal’s online submission system. Payments made manually or through offline methods will not be accepted.

B. Publication Fee: If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors must pay an additional IRR 4,000,000 (400,000 tomans).