Instructions to Authors
IJLMH welcomes original, unpublished manuscripts from academics, practitioners, students, judicial officers, and independent researchers across the world. Before submitting, please read these guidelines carefully. Manuscripts that do not conform to the prescribed format may be returned to the author without review.
Types of manuscripts accepted
IJLMH accepts the following categories of original, unpublished manuscripts. All manuscripts must fall within the journal's scope of Law, Management, or Humanities.
Formatting requirements
Manuscripts must be submitted in MS Word (.doc) format. PDF submissions are not accepted. Manuscripts submitted by email must be accompanied by a cover letter stating the name(s) of the author(s), institutional affiliation, email address, mobile number, and the title of the manuscript.
The format requirements below apply to the manuscript as submitted. The journal's editorial team will handle final typesetting and layout for publication. Authors are asked not to apply custom page layouts, decorative borders, or non-standard design elements to their submission.
Required sections
Every manuscript submitted to IJLMH must contain the sections listed here, in the order shown. Additional sub-sections may be added within each section as appropriate to the nature of the research.
The Title Page must be separate from the main manuscript body to facilitate double-blind peer review. Author names and institutional affiliations must not appear anywhere in the body of the manuscript submitted for review.
Recommended word limits
Word limits are exclusive of footnotes. Manuscripts must fall within the scope of Law, Management or Humanities.
Citation format
IJLMH follows different citation standards depending on the subject area of the manuscript. Authors must use the format applicable to their discipline. Mixed citation styles within a single manuscript are not accepted.
Law manuscripts must use The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (21st Edition), in the academic (Whitepages) format. All citations must be placed in footnotes — not in-line citations or endnotes. Footnote numbers should appear after punctuation marks.
Management and Humanities manuscripts must use the APA format (7th edition). In-text author-date citations with a consolidated reference list at the end of the manuscript.
All citations must be complete and accurate. Authors are responsible for verifying the accuracy of every citation before submission. The editorial team will not verify citations on behalf of authors.
IJLMH Bluebook Citation Guide Download the complete citation manual — PDF →K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India, (2017) 10 SCC 1, 35.
The Companies Act, No. 18 of 2013, India Code (2013), § 149.
India Const. art. 21.
Upendra Baxi, The Little Done, the Vast Undone, 9 J. Indian L. Inst. 323, 330 (1967).
M.P. Jain, Indian Constitutional Law 412 (8th ed. 2018).
Law Comm'n of India, Report No. 277: Wrongful Prosecution 14 (Aug. 2018), https://lawcommissionofindia.nic.in.
Krishnadas Rajagopal, Supreme Court Upholds Privacy as a Fundamental Right, The Hindu (Aug. 24, 2017), https://www.thehindu.com.
Puttaswamy, (2017) 10 SCC at 37. · Id. at 39. · Jain, supra note 4, at 415.
(Sharma, 2021, p. 45)
Sharma, R. K. (2021). Corporate governance reforms in India. Journal of Business Law, 14(2), 41–58. https://doi.org/xxxxx
Gupta, A. (2019). Management and the law (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
Authorship criteria
Only individuals who have made a substantive intellectual contribution to the manuscript should be listed as authors. The submission of a manuscript to IJLMH constitutes a representation by all named authors that each author satisfies all three of the following criteria.
IJLMH has a zero-tolerance policy towards plagiarism in any form.
All manuscripts submitted to IJLMH are screened for plagiarism as part of the editorial process using Turnitin and/or Drillbit. Manuscripts found to contain plagiarised content — including improper paraphrasing, uncited reproduction of text, self-plagiarism, or contract-written content — will be immediately rejected without further review.
By submitting a manuscript to IJLMH, all authors declare that the manuscript is their own original work, has not been published previously, is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and does not contain any plagiarised content. Providing false declarations constitutes research misconduct.
If plagiarism is discovered after publication, the Editor-in-Chief will convene a committee of two editorial board members to investigate. On confirmation, the manuscript will be immediately retracted and removed from all platforms. IJLMH reserves the right to notify the author's institution.
Submission process
Manuscripts are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year. There is no fixed submission window. Authors may submit via the online submission system or by email.
The manuscript file and the title page must be submitted as separate documents. The body of the manuscript must not contain any author-identifying information — names, affiliations, or acknowledgements that identify the authors must appear only on the separate title page. This is required to maintain the integrity of double-blind peer review.
After submission, the corresponding author will receive a confirmation by email. Initial screening (for format compliance, scope, and plagiarism) is completed within 1–2 working days. Authors will be notified of the outcome at each stage of the review process.
For queries about the submission process, write to submission@ijlmh.com or contact the editorial team via WhatsApp at +91 99778-44055.
Before you submit — checklist
Please verify each of the following before submitting your manuscript. Submissions that fail basic format and eligibility requirements will be returned without peer review.