Submissions

Guide for Authors

Terms and Conditions

 First

 Authors guidelines(Regular Articles):

ARLJ  receives submissions with the understanding that the content is original, unpublished material and has not been submitted for publication elsewhere, whether in print or in electronic form. Authors intending to republish articles, or to use previously published material as part of an article, must indicate this intention at the time they accept the invitation to publish or, in the case of unsolicited articles, at the time of submission.

Manuscript Submission

Submission of a manuscript to ARLJ implies that:

1. The work described has not been published before.
2. It is not under consideration for publication anywhere else.
3. The publication of the work has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as  well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any compensation claims.

Online Submission

Please follow the hyperlink “Submit a manuscript” in Word format at: https://ojs.uomosul.edu.iq/index.php/alaw/index

and upload all of your manuscript files following the instructions given on the screen.

Authors submitting to the platform for the first time will be required to create an account to submit their work.

Length Limitations

ARLJ strongly prefers articles under 8,000 words in length, including text, footnotes, and appendices. Length over 10,000 words will weigh significantly against selection, and only in rare cases will we unconditionally accept articles over this word limit.

Statements and Declarations

The following statements should be included under the heading "Statements and Declarations". Please note that submissions that do not include relevant declarations will be returned as incomplete.

Authors must state any direct funding that contributed to the research and this statement will be part of the published article if the manuscript is accepted. Also, the Authors must declare and acknowledge any conflict of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any people, organizations, companies, or institutions connected to the manuscript.

1. The researcher should be committed to the objectivity and scientific approach in research, analysis, and attribution. The research should be linguistically sound, and the references should be written according to the sequence of the research. The list of references should be in Arabic and English. When writing the references for the first time, the first and second names of the author, the title of the research or the book must be underlined, then open parentheses (city ie, place of publication, publisher, press, year), page number. If the book or article is written in the list of references, it is in the same order except the page.

When writing the reference for the second time the author must write the second name, family name, title of the source briefly, and then the page number.

 Second

Ethics in Publishing

The ethical policy of ARLJ is based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines and complies with ARLJ Editorial Board codes of conduct. Readers, authors, reviewers, and editors should follow these ethical policies once working with ARLJ.   The ethical policy of ARLJ is liable to determine which of the typical research papers or articles submitted to the journal should be published. The publishing decision is based on the suggestion of the journal's reviewers and editorial board members. The ethical policy insisted the Editor-in-Chief, may confer with other editors or reviewers in making the decision. The reviewers are necessary to evaluate the research papers based on the submitted content in a confidential manner.  The reviewers also suggest the authors improve the quality of the research paper by their reviewing comments.  Authors should ensure that their submitted research work is original and has not been published elsewhere in any language. Applicable copyright laws and conventions should be followed by the authors.  Any kind of plagiarism constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. For more details Visit the journal link:

https://ojs.uomosul.edu.iq/index.php/alaw/index

THIRD:

Sustainable Development Goals

Al-rafidain of Law Journal is keen to encourage researchers to address topics within the Sustainable Development Goals through a legal approach to the seventeen goals adopted by the United Nations (SDGs). This is achieved by presenting research on topics that seek to enhance and protect natural resources and establish a legal, protective, and transparent framework for them.

Through in-depth legal research, this represents an effective contribution to transforming the Sustainable Development Goals from mere principles and ideas with a highly significant ethical dimension into a legal framework and a real possibility for implementation on the ground.

FOURTH, Peer-Review Process

To sustain the peer review system, authors must participate in the peer review process to evaluate manuscripts from others.  When appropriate, authors are obliged to provide retractions and/or corrections of errors to the editors and the Publisher.  All papers submitted to ARLJ journal will be peer-reviewed for at least one round. The peer review process is conducted in the online manuscript submission and peer-review system, concerning the following:

1. The research is subject to peer review by two reviewers with specialization and scientific titles.

1.  2. If both reviewers accept the research scientifically, the research is granted for publication.

3. If the opinion of both reviewers disagrees, the research is referred to a third or arbitrator, whose opinion is decisive in accepting or rejecting the research.
4. The research will be rejected if the decision of all reviewers is not to be accepted for publication in the journal for scientific reasons.
5. ARLJ  adopts a double-blinded review policy: authors are blind to reviewers, and reviewers are also blind to authors.
6. It is determined that the research is subject to publication based on the opinions of scientific reviewers as well as the opinions of the editorial board.

FIIFTH,

PLEASE DOWNLOAD ALL UNDER DOCUMENT

1. Title Page (Title page Press Here)  
2. Cover letter
3. Template

5.5.Headings

Please note that a maximum of four levels of heading can be used, one for the title and three within the article.

5.6.Abbreviations

Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.