International Journal of
Law and Social Sciences
(IJLS)

The International Journal of Law and Social Sciences (IJLS) maintains strict standards of academic integrity and does not tolerate plagiarism or academic misconduct. Submissions must comply with the journal’s plagiarism policy, and the similarity index, as determined by Turnitin, shall not exceed 10%. Authors may use AI-assisted tools only for limited purposes such as language editing or formatting; however, such tools must not be used for substantive legal analysis, reasoning, or citation generation. AI tools cannot be listed as authors, and the authors remain fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, and integrity of the submitted work. Manuscripts found to contain plagiarism, excessive similarity, or unethical use of AI tools may be rejected at any stage of the editorial process.

• Alliance University levies no charges for the publication of manuscripts if selected for publication by the editorial board after the peer review.
• All authors must declare that they have read and agreed to full contents of the publication and ethical guidelines and take the responsibility of any research misconduct or inappropriate statement of comment in the contents of the submission
• All the submissions should be original, neither previously published nor in consideration for any other publication
• The Editorial Board will follow the peer review policy for sorting, judging and selecting the submissions for publication
• The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject any article found unsuitable for publication. An article may also be rejected if the Board deems that it might harm the political or religious sensitivity of interested readers in any manner
• The Editorial Board reserves the right to disqualify entries on account of plagiarism. The submissions should not infringe the copyright or any other right of a third party, if so, the journal disclaims any responsibility for copyright violation or any other liability whatsoever
• By submitting their work, the authors grant to IJLS an exclusive right to publish and reproduce their work in all media. Such right is to be given with the view of observing the doctrine of fair use under intellectual property rights subject to attribution of the author
• The Editorial Board will consider the authorship and designation mentioned in the cover letter during submission as final and correct, unless otherwise intimated by the author/s. It shall be the responsibility of the Author to intimate the Editorial Board regarding any change in designation during the period in which the paper is being
• Authors shall be responsible for reporting standards, originality of contents and plagiarism, acknowledgment of sources and notification of fundamental errors in published works
• The Editorial Board will consider the authorship and designation mentioned in the cover letter during submission as final and correct, unless otherwise intimated by the author/s. It shall be the responsibility of the Author to intimate the Editorial Board regarding any change in designation during the period in which the paper is being processed. No changes will be entertained after publication.

Timeline for submission: The Journal takes around 52 weeks from the date of submission till publication.

The International Journal of Law and Social Sciences (IJLS) is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and academic integrity. Authors are required to disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest that may influence the research or its interpretation. Editors and reviewers must recuse themselves from handling manuscripts where a conflict of interest exists. Any allegation of research misconduct, including plagiarism, data fabrication, falsification, or unethical authorship practices, will be examined by the Editorial Board in accordance with accepted academic publishing standards. The journal reserves the right to take appropriate editorial action, including rejection, correction, retraction, or issuance of an expression of concern, where ethical violations are identified.