Journal profile
Journal of Information Rights Policy and Practice
ISSN 2398-5437 · Winchester University Press · United Kingdom
Journal of Information Rights Policy and Practice: fully open access; no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: This journal is currently closed for new submissions. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Information Rights Policy and Practice is published by Winchester University Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Digitalization, Law, and Regulation, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI and Privacy, Security, and Data Protection, together about 43.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Information rights is a rapidly developing area of law and interdisciplinary practice. It embraces areas as diverse as the sharing of sensitive personal information such as medical data through to issues that arise in connection with the development of technology such as the use of wearable tech and also policy concerns such as access to public sector information and the regulation of freedom of expression. Therefore it is an area that embraces both academic debate and developing practical and regulatory issues. The Journal of Information Rights, Policy & Practice aims to encourage interdisciplinary debate of current information rights issues. It aims to be truly interdisciplinary (encouraging for instance articles from a sociological or computer science perspective), rather than focussing on one area of law such as data protection or freedom of information. The Journal will encourage discussion of issues faced by those in policy and practice, for instance regarding the regulation of information sharing. In addition, the journal will both be online and fully open access.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 5 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Digitalization, Law, and RegulationSocial Sciences23.7%
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AISocial Sciences11.8%
- Privacy, Security, and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences7.9%
- Law, Rights, and FreedomsSocial Sciences7.9%
- Criminal Law and EvidenceSocial Sciences7.9%
- Freedom of Expression and DefamationSocial Sciences6.6%
- European Criminal Justice and Data ProtectionSocial Sciences4%
- Legal Rights and Human RightsSocial Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
Indexed in: no record yet.
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 27 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
Article types accepted8, with length limits
- articlesArticles Long form analysis of issues surrounding Information rights.Research articles should be no more than 8,000 words in length. Articles should be 5,000-10…Length not stated
- book reviewn the current books looking for review. Book Reviews should be 700-1,000 words in length and will be reviewed by the editors. Author Guidemain text ≤ 1,000 words
- book reviewsBook reviews Traditional reviews of published works, contact the journal for details on the current books looking for review. Book Reviews should be 700-1,000 w…Length not stated
- case reportreasoning and the consequences of them. Case Reports should be 3,000-5,000 words in length and will be peer reviewed. Policy report Shortermain text ≤ 5,000 words
- case reportsCase reports Reports or reviews on case decisions, looking at the reasoning and the consequences of them. Case Reports should be 3,000-5,000 words in length and…Length not stated
- forward thinking piecesForward thinking pieces Examinations of potential future issues, looking more into hypotheticals than a traditional article would. Forward Thinking Pieces shoul…Length not stated
- policy reportPolicy report Shorter reports of policy changes, aiming to be as current as possible. Policy Reports should be 1,000-2,000 words in length and will be reviewed …Length not stated
- research articlef issues surrounding Information rights.Research articles should be no more than 8,000 words in length. Articles should be 5,000-10,000 words in lengthmain text ≤ 8,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
ORCID required for corresponding author; recommended for co-authors. Model summary
The corresponding author is submitting an ORCID identifier in their author data and co-authors have been recommended to also provide an ORCID, as per the journal policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
OSCOLA referencing style required. Model summary
The journal uses OSCOLA referencing style. Please submit your manuscript with referenced formatted accordingly.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Privacy statement on use of names and emails. Model summary
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Human subjects research must comply with the Declaration of Helsinki. Model summary
Research involving human subjects, human material, or human data, must have been performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors retain copyright; licence is Creative Commons Attribution. Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms. If a submission is rejected or withdrawn prior to publication, all rights return to the author(s): a. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work'…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Authors of articles published remain the copyright holders and grant third parties the right to use, reproduce, and share the article according to the Creative Commons license agreement.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Competing interests must be declared in a short paragraph before the references. Model summary
If any of the authors have any competing interests then these must be declared. A short paragraph should be placed before the references.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Winchester University Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2398-5437
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Information Rights Policy and Practice
How long does peer review take at Journal of Information Rights Policy and Practice?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Information Rights Policy and Practice?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Harvard. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Information Rights Policy and Practice based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Is Journal of Information Rights Policy and Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Information Rights Policy and Practice is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .