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Author Guidelines

General requirements:

  1. The authors are obligated to submit the paper written in Lex localis Article Form with Lex localis Title Page.
  2. The language of the manuscript submitted for consideration for possible publication will be evaluated by our editors to decide if it is of sufficient quality. The English language of the manuscript is strongly recommended to be checked by a specialist in the English language before submission.
  3. At the end of the paper has to be a literature list. All the sources of the list have to be referenced in the article.
  4. For any equations, please embed them using an equation editor (MathType).
  5. Papers should be prepared by means of Microsoft Word.
  6. Please note that we use CrossCheck™ software to screen papers for unoriginal material.
  7. Authors are obligated to submit Lex localis Author's Guarantee Form AND Plagiarism Report.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another press for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in the Microsoft Word format.
  • Each section begins on a separate page: title page, abstract, text, appendix(es), notes, references, biographical paragraph, each table, each figure.
  • Title Page includes all authors’ names, professional titles, departments, institutions, addresses, and e-mail address.
  • Abstract is around 100 words. Keywords are given.
  • All in-text citations are included in the reference list; all references have in-text citations.
  • Reference list follows APA 6th Citation Format.
  • Figures are high resolution, and an electronic version is provided; they appear exactly as they should in the book.
  • Written, signed permission for copyrighted material has been obtained where necessary.
  • The manuscript has been read and corrected by a native speaker.
  • When you make a submission, a Turnitin plagiarism report and a Turnitin AI report are necessary. The similarity index should be lower than 20%. The AI detection index should be low enough to be considered as fully human-written, which means it should be lower than 10%.

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Authors retain copyright and grant the press right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this press.

Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual series for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published by the press (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this press.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

Repository Policy

Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government is following Sherpa/Romeo's policy. The published version is openly accessible and can be located or deposited at:

  • Any repository
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  • Journal Website (refer to Lex localiswebsite)

There is no embargo period for accessing the published full text article. The owner of the copyright is author(s) under the license CC-BY Creative Commons Attribution License.

Author(s) may share, post or deposit the published version under several conditions as follows:

  • Publisher copyright and source must be acknowledged with citation
  • Published source must be acknowledged
  • Must link to publisher version with DOI

The pre-print (submitted version) and post-print (accepted version) are not accessible for open access to maintain the accuracy and consistency of articles across various repositories. Our aim is to avoid confusion among readers and researchers stemming from multiple versions.

 

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