Exclusive submission
GLJ receives submissions with the understanding that the content is original, unpublished material and has not been submitted for publication elsewhere, whether in print or in electronic form. Authors intending to republish articles, or to use previously published material as part of an article, must indicate this intention at the time they accept the invitation to publish or, in the case of unsolicited articles, at the time of submission.
Submission instructions
GLJ now uses ScholarOne Manuscripts, for online manuscript submission and peer review. The system brings with it a whole host of benefits including:
- Quick and easy submission.
- Administration centralised and reduced.
- Significant decrease in peer review times.
All submissions to the journal must be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/glj.
Full instructions and support are available on the site and a user ID and password can be obtained on the first visit. If you require assistance then click the Get Help Now link which appears at the top right corner of every ScholarOne Manuscripts page. If you cannot submit online, please contact the editorial office at submit@germanlawjournal.com.
Submission specifications
In submitting papers authors should observe the following:
- Authors must submit their text as a Microsoft Word file.
- All submitted texts must be written in American English. Texts must be saved in a simple format, i.e. without automatic hyphenation, automatic indexing of section headings, with a consistent script, with an unjustified right margin, and no activated hyperlinks or other macros.
- Any and all information relied upon from other works, both published and unpublished, must be cited in footnotes. By submitting a work to the GLJ, the author guarantees that he or she is solely responsible for the content of the text and citations.
- Authors should name their submission document in the following way: “[Last Name] – Title of article ([first submission or second revised submission])”.
- We expect exclusivity. Thus, the author must confirm on ScholarOne that the paper has not been submitted to or reviewed by another journal at the same time. If the submission has been published before (e.g. in an edited collection) or has been published in a different language, this should also be indicated to the editorial team.
- Authors should include 5 keywords and an abstract on ScholarOne along with their manuscript.
- Internal cross referencing should be to footnotes only (not pages).
- Authors are asked to make sure their typescript is carefully checked and finalised particularly with regard to internal cross referencing and the citation of references. Afterthoughts cannot be incorporated on proofs.
- Authors are encouraged to include an ORCID (see below).
- Papers should adhere to the GLJ style guide (see below).
Any failure to comply with these requirements will result in a void submission, and the submitted piece will be returned to the author without consideration for publication.
GLJ style guide
Authors must follow the style rules outlined in the GLJ Style Guide which can be found here. GLJ reserves the right to restyle any accepted texts for publication according to the GLJ Style Guide. Submission to GLJ indicates the author’s acceptance of the GLJ’s publication rules, style guidelines, and citation formatting.
Citation requirements
1. All footnotes must comply with the GLJ Style Guide. When the Style Guide is silent on rules governing citations, all texts must comply with the latest edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.
2. Authors must supply the full names of authors, texts (i.e. book and/or article name), journal name, additional publication information (i.e. editors, volume number, edition number), case names, court information, and year of publication.
3. Authors must provide specific page numbers for all cited materials. Any citation that does not come from a specific page range within a cited work must be cited as See generally.
4. Subsequent citations to the same source must be signalled by Id. The use of op. cit. or Ibid is not permitted. For example: Id. at 15.
5. Subsequent citations to a previously used source must be signalled by the source author’s last name, followed by supra, note [footnote number of first use], at [pin cite].
6. For specific citation requirements of cases from German courts or other international courts, see the GLJ Style Guide. All American case citations should be cited in accordance with the latest edition of the The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.
Tables, figures and graphics
Please ensure that all tables, figures and graphics are provided in an editable format and are of a suitable quality and resolution to be published. Do not embed these files in the manuscript – they must be supplied in separate files, one file per figure. Please indicate the position of figures, tables and graphics in the text as follows:
Table 1: INSERT TABLE 1 ABOUT HERE
Figures, tables and graphics reproduced from already published work must be accompanied by the permission of the original publisher (or copyright holder, if not the publisher). Full information on how to prepare and supply tables, figures and graphics can be found here and should be followed with care.
ORCID
We require all corresponding authors to identify themselves using ORCID when submitting a manuscript to this journal. ORCID provides a unique identifier for researchers and, through integration with key research workflows such as manuscript submission and grant applications, provides the following benefits:
- Discoverability: ORCID increases the discoverability of your publications, by enabling smarter publisher systems and by helping readers to reliably find work that you have authored.
- Convenience: As more organisations use ORCID, providing your iD or using it to register for services will automatically link activities to your ORCID record, and will enable you to share this information with other systems and platforms you use, saving you re-keying information multiple times.
- Keeping track: Your ORCID record is a neat place to store and (if you choose) share validated information about your research activities and affiliations.
See our ORCID FAQs for more information.
If you don’t already have an iD, you will need to create one if you decide to submit a manuscript to this journal. You can register for one directly from your user account on ScholarOne, or alternatively via https://ORCID.org/register.
If you already have an iD, please use this when submitting your manuscript, either by linking it to your ScholarOne account, or by supplying it during submission using the "Associate your existing ORCID iD" button.
ORCIDs can also be used if authors wish to communicate to readers up-to-date information about how they wish to be addressed or referred to (for example, they wish to include pronouns, additional titles, honorifics, name variations, etc.) alongside their published articles. We encourage authors to make use of the ORCID profile’s “Published Name” field for this purpose. This is entirely optional for authors who wish to communicate such information in connection with their article. Please note that this method is not currently recommended for author name changes: see Cambridge’s author name change policy if you want to change your name on an already published article. See our ORCID FAQs for more information.