Publishing with the American Journal of Legal History
The American Journal of Legal History was the first English-language journal in the field, and aims to publish outstanding scholarship on all facets and periods of legal history. While retaining its focus on American legal history, it accommodates the enormous broadening of the intellectual horizon of the discipline over the past decade and is particularly interested in contributions of a comparative, international or transnational nature. Book reviews are a regular feature.
There are many reasons to submit your work to the American Journal of Legal History, including a simple submissions process, commitment to fair and inclusive peer review, and robust social media/marketing for your work.
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Excellent Author Experience
When publishing with the American Journal of Legal History your paper will benefit from the support of a diverse, experienced editorial board, which will maximize the international reach of your article. Additionally, the simple, online submissions portal via ScholarOne makes it easy to submit your work.
Our Editors will guide your manuscript through a double-anonymized peer review process with care and efficiency, helping you get your research published as quickly as possible while ensuring that only the highest quality research is published. Once a paper is accepted, the American Journal of Legal History will publish a copyedited, proofed, corrected version of the paper online as soon as it is ready. This will later be included in a paginated issue.
Global Readership
The American Journal of Legal History can connect your ideas with a global audience, to give your research the greatest possible impact.
Content from the American Journal of Legal History may also be featured on our dedicated Twitter channels, @OxfordJournals, and @OUPLaw, along with our dedicated Facebook page.
Range of Content
The American Journal of Legal History publishes four issues per year, comprising original research articles and book reviews.
To explore content published in the journal, discover the latest issue, here.
Open Access
The American Journal of Legal History is a hybrid open access journal and authors may choose to pay an open access fee to make their accepted manuscript freely available online. Learn more about OA and other licensing agreements here. Additionally, you may be able to publish open access in the journal for free as part of your institution’s inclusion in a read and publish agreement with Oxford University Press.
Article Metrics
Article-level metrics, including usage, citations, and Altmetric scores are available for all articles published in the journal, allowing you to understand the reach of your research, and the attention it is receiving online.
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