About the Journal

 

Focus and Scope

Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal is an international, interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed online journal. The main office is based at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine. Maintaining high standards and academic ethics, the journal is published once a year. Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal covers the broad areas of Law and Politics, focusing mainly on Jurisprudence, Constitutional and International Law Issues, Political Theory and Methodology, and European Studies.

Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal creates an international community of authors to set up an open dialogue on the rule of law, theory of argumentation, comparative constitutional law, international human rights, international environmental law, international business law, post-Soviet politics, transitional studies, EU politics and policies, the process of Europeanization, international relations and comparative politics in CEE, and political theory and methodology. With its uniquely broad coverage, the journal offers readers new researches relevant to the field.

Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal provides immediate Open Access to its content on the principle that makes research freely available to the public and supports a great global exchange of knowledge.

Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal is published in English; articles in other languages are not considered for publication.

Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal does not accept articles of low quality, articles published previously, and commercial articles. Advertisements cannot be printed in the journal. The editorial board of Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal may not share the authors’ points of view.

The topics of refereed articles cover two sections:

Law:

Jurisprudence and Constitutional Law

-      Rule of Law

-      Theory of Argumentation

-      Comparative Constitutional Law

 International Law

-      International Human Rights

-      International Environmental Law

-      International Business Law

-      European Law

Politics:

 Political Theory and Methodology

- Ukrainian Politics

- Transitional Studies

- Post-Soviet Studies

- International Relations and Comparative Politics in CEE

 European Studies

- EU Politics and Policies

- Studies in Europeanization

 

Peer Review Process

Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal is a peer-reviewed journal. All articles undergo anonymous double-blind (the author is anonymous to the reviewer, and the reviewer is anonymous to the author) peer review by two independent reviewers e.g. international and Ukrainian.

When an article is submitted, the Editor-in-Chief makes a decision to:

• accept the manuscript without further revision (an acceptance letter is sent to the author and the final manuscript is forwarded for publication);
• resubmission (the author is requested to make substantial revisions to the manuscript and resubmit for a new evaluation);
• accept after revision (the author is requested to revise in accordance with reviewers’ comments and submit the article to the journal);
• reject (no resubmission possible).

 

Publication Frequency

Adhering to high standards and academic ethics, the journal is published once a year.

All manuscripts submitted and prepared according to the guidelines are considered for publication. Approved for publication papers undergo rigorous stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers concerning orthography, punctuation, grammar, references, or requests the author to do. A copy of the edited paper along with the first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the Editor within 2-3 weeks. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. After submission it usually takes 3-6 months before publication.

 

Open Access Policy

Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal adheres to the principles of open science and practices an immediate open access policy to all published content. The journal supports the free, unrestricted, and non-commercial dissemination of scholarly knowledge in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), fostering global exchange of research outputs and contributing to societal progress.

The journal’s editorial policy is also aligned with the Initiative for Open Citations (I4OC), the Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA), and the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information, promoting openness of bibliographic references, abstracts, and research-related information, as well as transparency and accountability in scholarly communication.

The journal permits readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to the full texts of published articles without financial, legal, or technical barriers, provided that proper attribution to the original source is given.

 

Archiving

Full-text files of all archived and current issues of the journal are publicly available on the journal's website, and in the NaUKMA eKMAIR Repository.

 

Publication Fee

Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal does not charge article processing charges and article publication fee. 

 

Self-Archiving Policy

Pre-print

The author may deposit pre-print (the version of the paper before peer review) to any repository with acknowledgement to the Publisher and the Journal ("This is a pre-print of the paper submitted for publication to "Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal" published by National University of Kyiv-Mohyla academy).

Post-print and author’s copy

The author may deposit post-print (the version of the paper after peer-review, with revisions having been made) and author’s copy (typescript of the peer-reviewed final version of the paper) to any repository with acknowledgement of the Publisher and the Journal ("This is an accepted peer-reviewed version of the paper. The published version of the article is available in "Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal" at http://dx.doi.org/[DOI of the article]").

Publisher’s version

The Author may deposit published version of the paper (the publisher-generated PDF file) to any repository and make it publicly available with acknowledgement to the Publisher and the Journal ("This is a published version of the paper, available in "Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal" at http://dx.doi.org/[DOI of the article]")

 

Sources of Support

The Editorial Board expresses sincere gratitude to our partners and benefactors whose support makes the publication of this journal possible:

• Avellum Law Firm
• Everlegal Law Firm
• Saienko-Kharenko Law Firm
• Mr. Lyubomyr Drozdovskyi
• Mr. Mykola Khomenko
• Ms. Halyna Traversa
• Ms. Olha Romanova

We deeply appreciate this contribution, fostering academic research and supporting independent legal scholarship.

 

Journal History

Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal is an international, interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed online journal. Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal covers broad areas of Law, Politics, International Law, and International Relations focusing mainly on Jurisprudence, Constitutional and International Law Issues, Political Theory and Methodology, and Area and European Studies as well as other areas.