Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.-
1. No fees
I acknowledge that the journal charges no submission, evaluation, processing (APC) or publication fees at any stage.
Free of chargeNo APC
2. Originality and exclusivity
The manuscript is original, unpublished and not under evaluation by any other journal; conference papers present substantial revisions and new contributions; any preprint is declared in the submission.
OriginalUnpublishedExclusive
3. APA Style (7th edition)
The text, in-text citations, reference list, tables and figures follow the APA Publication Manual, 7th edition, including legal sources.
APA 7th ed.Legal sources
4. Language
The manuscript is written in Portuguese or English, is linguistically correct and has been professionally proofread.
Portuguese or EnglishProofread
5. Structured abstract and keywords
Structured abstract (maximum 250 words) in the language of the submission and 4 to 6 keywords; articles in Portuguese also include an English abstract and keywords.
≤ 250 words4–6 keywordsEnglish abstract (PT papers)
6. Authorship and ORCID
A maximum of five (5) authors, listed according to actual contribution (CRediT); all authors have an ORCID iD in their OJS profile.
Max. 5 authorsCRediTORCID iD
7. Anonymization
The main file has no author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, funding information or identifying metadata; self-citations are masked; identifying information is only in the separate title page (Supplementary File).
Double-blindNo namesNo self-identifying cites
8. File format
Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx), maximum 2 MB, following the official template on the Submissions page.
.doc / .docx≤ 2 MBOfficial template
9. Letter to the Editor (mandatory)
A Letter to the Editor (maximum one page) was uploaded as a Supplementary File.
Mandatory≤ 1 pageSupplementary File
10. Declarations
Ethics, conflict of interest, funding, data availability and generative AI use declarations are included, as applicable.
EthicsConflicts of interestFundingDataAI use
11. Similarity
The overall similarity index does not exceed 15% (20% for review articles), with less than 3% from any single source.
≤ 15% (20% reviews)< 3% per source
12. Peer review commitment
All authors and co-authors agree to serve as peer reviewers for up to two (2) manuscripts under the double-blind system.
Up to 2 manuscriptsDouble-blind
13. Responsibility
All ideas, analyses and conclusions are the exclusive responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the position of the Editor or the Editorial Board.
Author responsibility
Privacy Statement
JLCR · e-ISSN 2965-3630
Privacy Statement — Journal of Law and Corruption Review (JLCR)
The names, email addresses and other data entered on this journal site are used exclusively for the stated purposes of the journal (user registration, submission, double-blind peer review, editorial communication, publication and indexing) and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party, except as described below.
1Controller
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2Data collected
- Account and authorship data: name, email, affiliation, country, ORCID iD, biography and areas of expertise (for reviewers).
- Submission data: manuscripts, supplementary files, letters to the Editor and editorial correspondence.
- Technical data: IP address, browser information and session cookies required for the system to work.
3Purposes and legal bases
Data are processed to manage accounts, submissions and peer review; to publish and index articles; to meet legal and ethical obligations; and to protect the integrity of the editorial process, including similarity checks. Processing is based on the performance of the service requested by the user, on the legitimate interest in scholarly publishing and on legal compliance, in accordance with Brazilian Law No. 13.709/2018 (LGPD) and, where applicable, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR).
4Peer review confidentiality
The journal uses double-blind review. Reviewers' identities are not disclosed to authors, and authors' identities are not disclosed to reviewers. Manuscripts under review are confidential.
5Published information
Names, affiliations, ORCID iDs, abstracts and the full text of accepted articles are published openly and are deposited in indexing and registration services (such as Crossref, ORCID and academic databases). Because of the scholarly record, published authorship data cannot be removed, but errors can be corrected.
6Sharing
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7Retention
Account data are kept while the account is active. Submission records are kept as long as needed for editorial, audit and legal purposes. Published content remains permanently available.
8Your rights
You may request confirmation of processing, access, correction, anonymization or deletion of unnecessary data, portability, information on sharing, and withdrawal of consent, among other rights provided by the LGPD (art. 18) and, where applicable, the GDPR. You can edit most of your data in your user profile; for other requests, use the journal's Contact page.
9Security
The journal adopts reasonable technical and administrative measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss or misuse.
10Changes
This statement may be updated; the current version is always the one published on this page.
Last updated: October 2026.
