Submission Guidelines

Manuscript categories

Research Articles	8,000–12,000 words, inclusive of footnotes. Original, in-depth scholarship that advances legal, policy or governance understanding.
Short Articles & Essays	4,000–6,000 words. Focused arguments on a discrete issue or development.
Policy Analyses & Commentaries	2,000–4,000 words. Timely analysis of a new law, regulation, standard or policy proposal anywhere in the world.
Case Notes & Legislative Comments	2,000–3,500 words. Critical commentary on a judgment, regulatory decision or statute.
Book Reviews	1,500–2,500 words. Reviews of recent books in technology law, policy and governance.

Preparing your manuscript

• Submit in English, as an editable Microsoft Word file (.docx).
• Include an abstract of 200–250 words and 5–7 keywords.
• Use OSCOLA (4th edition) for citations, with footnotes rather than endnotes. Authors from jurisdictions using other styles may submit in a consistent alternative style for review; accepted papers will be converted to OSCOLA.
• Use clear headings (up to three levels), 12-pt font, 1.5 line spacing.
• Remove all identifying information (names, affiliations, acknowledgements, self-revealing citations and document metadata) from the manuscript to allow double-anonymised review.
• Prepare a separate title page with the title, each author’s full name, affiliation, country, email address, ORCID iD (strongly recommended) and a short biographical note of up to 50 words.
• Include a declaration that the work is original, not published or under review elsewhere, and disclosing any funding, conflicts of interest and use of generative AI tools (see our Publication Ethics policy).

How to submit

Email your anonymised manuscript, title page and declaration to jetlg.journal@gmail.com with the subject line “Submission – [Manuscript category] – [Short title]”. You will receive an acknowledgement within seven working days.

What happens next

1. Initial screening by the editors for scope, quality and originality, including a similarity check (typically within 2 weeks).
2. Double-anonymised peer review by at least two independent experts (typically 4–8 weeks).
3. Decision: accept, minor revisions, major revisions or reject, with reviewer comments shared with the author.
4. Revision and final acceptance, followed by copy-editing and proofs.
5. Publication in the next half-yearly issue, with an article page, PDF and full citation metadata.

Fees and copyright

JETLG charges no submission, processing or publication fees. Authors retain copyright and publish under a CC BY 4.0 licence.