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Why Publish Your Paper with JEL?

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Why publish with JEL?

Quality – The journal has an excellent reputation as an authoritative source of informed analysis for all those who have any dealings in this vital field of legal study

International readership – The journal is read in 127 countries worldwide

Publisher reputation
- Oxford Journals is committed to bringing the highest quality research to the widest possible global audience

Online submission – Get worldwide access to information on your paper’s status – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with the journal’s swift, simple, and secure online submission service - manuscript central

Expert, fast peer review
- Ensures consistently high quality papers as well as clear, useful feedback with an average first decision of 29 days from submission

Access and reach – The journal is included in Westlaw, a well-established legal aggregator

JEL is also covered by various abstracting and indexing services, including: Lexis-Nexis, Social Science Research Network (SSRN), Environmental Periodicals Bibliography, and many more
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Copyright - Authors may use their own material in other publications (provided that the journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and Oxford University Press is notified in writing and in advance) and may upload a pdf of their accepted manuscript to institutional and/or centrally organized repositories
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Environmentally friendly – Oxford Journals do not use ancient forest fibre in their supply chain and the Journal of Environmental Law is printed on FSC paper
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