About the Journal

Law and society at the environmental frontier.

International Journal of Law, Environment & Social Sciences (IJLESS) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal examining the intersection of legal frameworks, environmental governance and social justice.

IJLESS publishes doctrinal and empirical work on regulation, climate litigation, rights-based approaches and the social dimensions of environmental change.

Proceedings
Publication Type
Open Access
CC BY 4.0 License
< 30 Days
Editorial Decision
Peer Reviewed
Quality Assurance
Focus and Scope

IJLESS covers environmental and climate law, human rights and social justice, governance and public policy, corporate accountability, and socio-legal and empirical legal research, with a particular interest in comparative and cross-jurisdictional studies.

1. Core Disciplines
  • Foundational Research: theory and empirical evidence
  • Applied Studies: practice-oriented investigations
  • Methods: measurement, design and analysis
  • Reviews: systematic and critical synthesis
  • Case Studies: context-rich accounts
2. Interdisciplinary Links
  • Cross-field Work: joint contributions across domains
  • Policy & Practice: implications for decision makers
  • Ethics: research and professional integrity
  • Community Impact: beneficiaries and stakeholders
  • Open Scholarship: data, code and preprints
3. Emerging Themes
  • Digital Transformation: technology-enabled change
  • Sustainability: long-term social and environmental value
  • Global Perspectives: comparative and regional studies
  • Early-career Research: first-author and doctoral work
  • Reproducibility: replication and validation
4. Submission Types
  • Original Articles: full-length empirical papers
  • Short Reports: focused findings
  • Proceedings Papers: conference contributions
  • Commentaries: evidence-informed opinion
  • Editorials: scope and agenda setting
Why Publish with IJLESS?
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Rigorous Review Double-blind assessment by subject specialists.
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Prompt Decisions Streamlined workflow with clear timelines.
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Global Discoverability Open access and index registration.
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Permanent Record Archived at article level.
Editorial Policies & Ethics
  • Open Access: IJLESS publishes articles under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license.
  • Publication Ethics: We strictly adhere to the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines regarding plagiarism, patient consent, and data integrity.
  • APC & Withdrawal Policy: Editorial, administrative, and review resources are committed immediately upon manuscript processing. As such, Article Processing Charges (APCs) are strictly non-refundable once the editorial workflow or peer-review process has commenced, should the author(s) request withdrawal due to personal, institutional, or other non-publisher-related reasons.
  • Submission: Manuscripts must be submitted via our Online Submission System. Please review the Author Guidelines before submission.
Indexing & Archiving

Indexed and abstracted in the major international databases for the field. Full records are maintained on the journal publication page.

Contact Editorial Office

Editorial Office, International Journal of Law, Environment & Social Sciences
SOAP Publishing
service@soapubs.com