Journal profile
Victoria University Law and Justice Journal
ISSN 2203-2908 · Victoria University · Australia
Victoria University Law and Justice Journal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 26 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 not accepting submissions at this time. Source ↗Publisher website ·
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2021 (Volume 10, Issue 1): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Victoria University Law and Justice Journal is published by Victoria University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Judicial and Constitutional Studies, Legal processes and jurisprudence and Legal Rights and Human Rights, together about 29.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
VULJ: Victoria University Law and Justice Journal is the flagship journal of the Victoria Law School. VULJ is a generalist student-run law publication, under the supervision of an academic managing editor. VULJ aims to promote high-quality legal scholarship to all users of the law including academics, practitioners and students. The articles featured in VULJ are generally shorter and more topical than in traditional legal publications.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences11.1%
- Legal processes and jurisprudenceSocial Sciences10.3%
- Legal Rights and Human RightsSocial Sciences7.9%
- Administrative Law and GovernanceSocial Sciences7.1%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences6.4%
- Legal Systems and Judicial ProcessesSocial Sciences6.4%
- Commonwealth, Australian Politics and FederalismSocial Sciences6.4%
- International Law and Human RightsSocial Sciences4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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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
DOAJLetPub
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
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 91 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 15 |
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 26 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 100–125 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- ACS
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: 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's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors are able to enter into separate, additio…
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.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
All articles featured in VULJ are anonymously peer reviewed. Reviewers include domestic and international experts in a given area of law.
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
- Victoria University
- Country or region
- Australia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2203-2908
- Print ISSN
- 2202-7912
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 1 (2021)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Victoria University Law and Justice Journal
How long does peer review take at Victoria University Law and Justice Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 26 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 Victoria University Law and Justice Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 100–125 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: ACS. 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.
Which databases index Victoria University Law and Justice Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Victoria University Law and Justice Journal is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Victoria University Law and Justice Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Victoria University Law and Justice Journal is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .