German Yearbook of International Law (GYIL): Call for Papers, General Articles Section [Double-Blind Peer Reviewed; No Fee; Rolling]

The German Yearbook of International Law, founded as the Jahrbuch für Internationales Recht, is edited by the Walther Schücking Institute for International Law at Kiel University and published by Duncker & Humblot. It appears in print and online.

Since its inception in 1948 the Yearbook has sought to make a significant academic contribution to the study and development of international law. It has moved well beyond its origins as a forum for German scholars and is now a highly regarded international forum for innovative scholarship. In 1976 it adopted its current title and began publishing in English to reach the widest international audience, allowing it to inform international readers about research in German academic institutions while presenting international viewpoints to its German audience. An 'online-first' policy has been introduced to make articles available more quickly.

The Yearbook is organised into several sections, and not all of them accept unsolicited work:

• General Articles - open to submissions from the entire academic community and subject to double-blind peer review. Manuscripts may examine a broad range of topics of general interest in international law. This is the section to submit to.
• Forum - two voices on a current topic of general interest; submissions by invitation only
• Focus - dedicated to an issue of particular importance; submissions by invitation only
• Walther Schücking Lecture - the annual lecture, reprinted
• Symposium - materials from conferences and lecture series organised by the Institute; does not appear in every volume
• German Practice - reports and critical comment on German State practice relevant to the development of international law
• Book Reviews - short, opinionated and responsible reviews of the most relevant books

Word counts vary by section and by subject matter, and are intended as guidance rather than strict requirements. Submissions significantly above or below these ranges may be returned for revision. All counts are inclusive of footnotes.

• Forum, Focus and General Articles: 10,000-12,500 words
• German Practice Reports: 1,500-6,000 words
• Book Reviews: 750-1,500 words

Manuscripts for the Forum, Focus and General Articles sections must also include a 100-200 word abstract and 6 to 8 keywords, which are incorporated into the Editors' introduction, published in the online table of contents, and used for indexing.

Before an article is put forward for consideration, authors must confirm that it has been submitted only to the GYIL, that it has not been previously published, and that it is not currently under consideration with another journal or publisher.

Authors submit an anonymised version of the manuscript together with a separate file giving their full name, institutional affiliation or position, and contact details. Where appropriate, authors may be invited to suggest potential peer reviewers whose expertise is relevant to the subject matter.

On a revision and resubmission, authors provide a revised manuscript with track changes enabled, a short document outlining the changes made, and a clean anonymised version of the revised manuscript.

Submissions should be saved in a standard format (Times New Roman or Arial) with unjustified right margins, 1.5 line spacing and no automatic hyphenation, and submitted in MS Word or WordPerfect following the House Style of the GYIL.

All information quoted or relied upon from other sources, published or unpublished, must be fully and correctly cited in footnotes. The Journal publishes articles in British English. The complete GYIL stylesheet is linked below.

The Yearbook does not run a permanently fixed cut-off. In its own words: "The yearly call for paper will specify a deadline for submissions, usually August 31st of the respective year."

At the time this post was prepared no dated call for the current volume was published on the Institute's website, so the section is listed here as open on a rolling basis. Authors working to a particular volume should confirm the current deadline with the Managing Editor before submitting.

Submissions are made by email to the Managing Editor at yearbook@wsi.uni-kiel.de. Enquiries about the German Practice and Book Reviews sections go to their respective coordinators.

No submission, processing or publication fee is stated anywhere in the Yearbook's submission guidelines.

Editors: Andreas von Arnauld, Thomas Kleinlein and Nele Matz-Lück. Honorary Editor: the late Jost Delbrück. Managing Editor: Iryna Bogdanova.

The Advisory Board includes Christine Chinkin, Lori F. Damrosch, Rainer Hofmann, Fred L. Morrison, Eibe H. Riedel, Allan Rosas, Bruno Simma, Daniel Thürer, Christian Tomuschat and Rüdiger Wolfrum.