Editorial Policy

Peer Review Process

Manuscripts, prepared as Microsoft Word files, may be submitted either through the journal's online submission system or by email to iusetsocietas@drept.utm.md, together with the Author Information Form and the Author's Declaration of Originality.

Stage 1 – Editorial assessment. The editorial office checks each manuscript for compliance with the Guidelines for Authors and the journal template, and the Editorial Board then assesses its suitability for the journal.

Stage 2 – Peer review. Manuscripts that pass the initial assessment are sent to two independent reviewers. The journal uses double-blind peer review: reviewers do not know the authors' identities, and authors do not know the reviewers' identities. The editorial office ensures that reviewers are independent of the authors: reviewers may not be affiliated with the same institution as any of the authors and must have no conflict of interest with them.

Manuscripts are evaluated against the following criteria:

  • relevance to the journal's scope;
  • a concise and accurate title;
  • scholarly rigor, methodology and relevance of the content;
  • structure (abstract, keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions, references);
  • clarity, concision and accuracy of the writing and language;
  • significance and value of the research;
  • originality of the results, interpretation and conclusions;
  • quality, relevance and correct formatting of the sources.

Reviewers prepare a report on each manuscript, briefly assessing how well it meets each criterion and giving reasons for their assessment.

Stage 3 – Decision. The final decision on publication is made by the Editor-in-Chief, after consulting the Editorial Board and taking into account the reviewers' reports. The editorial office aims to inform the authors of the outcome of the peer review within 6–8 weeks of receiving the manuscript. Accepted manuscripts are scheduled for the next available issue. The full procedure is described in the Peer Review Process.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice

Ius et Societas is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all reasonable steps to prevent publication malpractice. Authors, reviewers, and editors all share responsibility for upholding these standards.

All authors must sign the Author's Declaration of Originality, available here, and submit it together with the manuscript.

The journal's full Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement is available here.

Research articles authored or co-authored by the Editor-in-Chief, members of the Editorial Board or reviewers of the journal may not exceed 25% of the research articles published in any issue. This rule applies from Volume 1, Issue 2 (2026) onwards. Such manuscripts undergo the same double-blind peer review as all other manuscripts and are handled by an editor who has no conflict of interest.

Plagiarism Policy

All manuscripts submitted to Ius et Societas are checked for plagiarism using SIMU Antiplagiat and Sistemantiplagiat.ro, which detect text copied from other sources without attribution.

Open Access Statement

Ius et Societas is a fully open access journal. All articles are freely available online immediately upon publication, without embargo and without any requirement for readers to register or pay. In accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), users may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, index or link to the full text of articles, and adapt them for any purpose, without prior permission from the publisher or the author, provided that the original work is properly attributed. The journal's content remains permanently and freely available to all.

Copyright and Licensing

Authors retain copyright of their work and grant Ius et Societas the right of first publication. Articles published in Ius et Societas are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which allows anyone to share and adapt them for any purpose, provided that the authors and the original publication in Ius et Societas are properly cited.

Archiving

The journal's content is preserved through the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN), which uses LOCKSS technology. . Details are available in the Archiving Policy.