Instructions to Authors
SCOPE OF THE JOURNAL
ICSID Review is a specialized periodical devoted exclusively to foreign investment law and international investment dispute settlement. It offers legal and business professionals an up-to-date review of the field and includes articles, case comments, and notes on the law and practice relating to foreign investments as well as the procedural and substantive law governing investment dispute resolution.
SUBMISSIONS
All material to be considered for publication in ICSID Review should be submitted in electronic form to ICSID’s Secretary-General, Meg Kinnear.
Format and style
Articles should ideally range from 5,000 to 10,000 words. Notes should in general not exceed 7,500 words and Case Comments should not exceed 2,500 words. ICSID Review authors should follow the style of OSCOLA (4th edition)— please click here for a mini style checklist.
Articles should be accompanied by an abstract of no more than 200 words. Case Comments and Notes do not need abstracts.
ICSID Review accepts submissions in English, French and Spanish. Unfortunately the Journal does not have the resources to provide English language editing services for authors. As such authors are strongly encouraged to carefully revise their manuscripts before submission. If you would like information about one such service please click here. There are other specialist language editing companies that offer similar services and you can also use any of these. Authors are liable for all costs associated with such services.
Disclosures
When submitting material to the ICSID Review for publication, authors must ensure: (1) disclosure of the fact that the author or his/her law firm or employer was involved in an arbitration analyzed in the submission; and (2) that all awards or decisions cited are available in the public domain.
Peer review process
ICSID Review is a peer reviewed journal. The review process is divided in two stages. Manuscripts are first appraised by the Editors-in-Chief. If the subject, quality, and content of the manuscript are apparently appropriate for publication in the Journal, the manuscript is sent out to other members of the Editorial Board or peer-review pool for a detailed review. All evaluations of an author’s submission by peer reviewers are completed on a double-blind basis.
COPYRIGHT
Contributors will retain the copyright in their work. They will, however, be required to grant the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) an exclusive license to publish the article in paper and electronic form, and to confirm that any necessary permissions have been obtained from the copyright owners of any third-party material included in the article. Contributors will be asked to confirm that their work is original and has not been published elsewhere.
Upon receipt of accepted manuscripts at OUP authors will be invited to complete an online licence to publish form.
Please note that by submitting an article for publication you confirm that you are the corresponding/submitting author and that Oxford University Press ("OUP") may retain your email address for the purpose of communicating with you about the article. You agree to notify OUP immediately if your details change. If your article is accepted for publication OUP will contact you using the email address you have used in the registration process. Please note that OUP does not retain copies of rejected articles.
OFFPRINTS
All contributors of published articles will have free online access to their article, to which links can be created from an institutional or firm website. If paper offprints are required, these can be ordered through our 'Author Services' site.
PROOFS
Authors will receive a PDF proof of their article by email, and it is essential that a current email address is supplied with all articles. Proofing instructions will accompany the PDF file but the proof should be checked immediately upon receipt and returned in accordance with covering instructions. Only essential corrections should be made at the proof stage..
