Indian Journal of Law and Justice (Scopus-Indexed, Peer-Reviewed) — Rolling Submissions

The Indian Journal of Law and Justice (IJLJ) is a peer-reviewed, refereed academic journal published biannually (in March and September) by the Department of Law, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal. Published since 2010, it carries ISSN 0976-3570 and is one of only three generalist Indian law journals indexed in Scopus. As a university-published journal, it charges authors no publication fee. It follows a double-blind peer-review process in which both reviewer and author identities are kept confidential.

• Scopus (confirmed via Scimago, source ID 21101095658; coverage 2019-2024, ongoing; Q4 in Law and in Sociology & Political Science; SJR 0.105)
• UGC-CARE listed
• HeinOnline

IJLJ is a generalist law journal welcoming original scholarship across all branches of law and justice, including constitutional law, human rights, socio-economic rights, public and private law, criminal justice, and interdisciplinary work connecting law with sociology, political science and public policy. Submissions of broad relevance to legal theory, doctrine and policy are encouraged.

The journal invites contributions from academicians, researchers, legal practitioners, post-graduate and research scholars, and students of law. Each submission may have a maximum of one co-author.

• Categories and word limits (exclusive of footnotes): Long Articles 7,000-9,000 words; Short Notes 4,000-6,500 words; Book Reviews 2,000-3,000 words.
• Abstract: not more than 300 words (not counted in the word limit).
• Format: MS Word (.doc/.docx); footnotes in Calibri, size 10, single line spacing.
• Citation style: The Bluebook (20th edition).
• The work must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.
• Plagiarism is checked as per the 2018 UGC norms; submitting AI-generated work as original human scholarship is treated as academic misconduct.
• Peer review: double-blind.

There is no publication fee or Article Processing Charge. The journal states that no payment is charged by the publisher from authors for publication of their articles, making it accessible to Indian scholars without research funding.

Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. Manuscripts (in MS Word) should be emailed to the editorial team at ijljnbu@gmail.com. Please review the official author guidelines before submitting.