Conference Proceedings
JDJLI welcomes proposals from conference organisers in legal innovation, digital rights, technology regulation, and adjacent fields who wish to publish a curated collection of proceedings articles in the journal.
What we publish
- Curated proceedings collections: selected, peer-reviewed papers from a single workshop, symposium, or conference, gathered as a special section or supplementary issue.
- Extended conference articles: substantially expanded versions of accepted conference talks, with at least 30% new content beyond the original presentation.
- Editorial introductions: short editorials by conference chairs framing the collection's scope, methods, and contribution.
How it works
- Submit a proposal. Conference organisers send a proposal to the editorial office, see Conference Proposal for the required information and template.
- Editorial review. The JDJLI editorial team reviews the proposal for fit with the journal's scope and editorial standards. Outcomes: accept, accept-with-revisions, or decline.
- Article submission. Once a proposal is accepted, individual articles are submitted through the standard JDJLI submission system with a pre-agreed section identifier; each article receives the journal's standard double-blind peer review.
- Publication. Accepted proceedings articles are published open-access under CC BY 4.0 with full DOI metadata, alongside the journal's regular issues.
Editorial standards
- Every article in a proceedings collection is independently peer-reviewed under the journal's standard double-blind process, conference acceptance is not a substitute for journal peer review.
- Articles must be original work, or substantially extended beyond a prior conference paper, with all overlap clearly disclosed at submission.
- Conference organisers acting as guest editors must follow the same conflict-of-interest disclosure rules as JDJLI section editors.
Article processing
Standard JDJLI Article Processing Charges apply per article. Bulk arrangements for full proceedings collections can be discussed at proposal stage; see Waiver Policy for fee-relief options for early-career authors and authors from low-income countries.
