The International Journal of Legal Research and Governance Studies follows an open-access publishing approach to promote wider accessibility and dissemination of scholarly research in legal theory, international relations, and global governance.
The journal aims to provide researchers, academicians, legal practitioners, judicial officers, public policy analysts, students, and the global academic community with immediate, barrier-free access to valuable research contributions across diverse legal and governance disciplines.
Published articles are made available through the official journal platform to support global knowledge sharing, interdisciplinary academic collaboration, and further legal research development. Readers can access and use published content for educational, judicial, and research purposes while ensuring appropriate acknowledgment and formal citation of the original work.
The journal encourages the responsible use and distribution of scholarly information while respecting authors’ intellectual contributions and applicable copyright requirements. Authors grant the journal the necessary rights to publish, distribute, and make their accepted articles available through the official journal platform under a Creative Commons framework.
Our open-access model maximizes the impact and reach of published legal and policy research:
Free and unrestricted online access ensures legal studies reach courts, policy bodies, universities, and research institutions worldwide without paywall barriers.
Open-access articles experience increased readership, download rates, and citation frequencies across scholarly databases and judicial literature.
Immediate accessibility allows legislative drafters, judges, public administrators, and legal consultants to apply research directly to contemporary legal challenges.
Authors retain ownership of their intellectual property under standard Creative Commons licensing while granting the journal publishing and distribution rights.
| Creative Commons License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), permitting sharing, copying, and adaptation with proper credit. |
| Author Copyright Ownership | Authors retain copyright without restrictions and grant the journal non-exclusive first-publication rights. |
| Self-Archiving Rights | Authors may deposit pre-prints, post-prints, or published PDF versions in institutional repositories and personal websites immediately upon publication. |
| Permanent Metadata Mapping | Every manuscript is assigned a permanent Crossref Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and formatted for indexing library catalogers. |
Scholarly Commitment: The International Journal of Legal Research and Governance Studies is committed to maintaining transparent and ethical open-access practices by supporting free access to scholarly knowledge, responsible publishing standards, and long-term availability of academic content. The journal believes that open access strengthens global research communication and encourages collaboration among legal scholars and institutions worldwide.