About the Journal

 

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Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal

Advances in Public Law and Crime

PLICE

Advances in Public Law and Crime (PLICE) is a scholarly journal dedicated to publishing high-quality research in public law, criminal law, legal policy, justice studies, governance, law enforcement, human rights, and interdisciplinary socio-legal studies.

E-ISSN
3064-5875
Online / Electronic
P-ISSN
3064-6057
Print Media
DOI Prefix
10.69725
Digital Object Identifier
Access Model
Gold Open Access
Free scholarly access

Journal Information

Journal Title Advances in Public Law and Crime
Initials PLICE
Publication Frequency Quarterly / Four issues per year
Editor-in-Chief Dr. Chitra Imelda, M.H.
Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Department of Government Science, Universitas Tamansiswa Palembang, Indonesia.
Editor-in-Chief ORCID 0009-0004-1979-360X
Editor-in-Chief Scholar Google Scholar Profile
Publisher PT. Inovasi Analisis Data
Publisher ORCID 0009-0009-8066-0853
Accreditation In Process Portal SINTA
Data Access Open Access Gold

Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Chitra Imelda

Dr. Chitra Imelda, M.H.

Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Department of Government Science, Universitas Tamansiswa Palembang, Indonesia.

Academic Fields: Law, Social and Political Sciences, and Education.

Focus and Scope

Advances in Public Law and Crime (PLICE) publishes original research articles, conceptual papers, case analyses, and empirical legal studies that contribute to the advancement of public law, criminal law, and justice-oriented legal scholarship. The journal welcomes manuscripts with strong legal reasoning, theoretical novelty, methodological clarity, and practical relevance for legal institutions, public policy, governance, and society.

The journal particularly encourages research in the areas of public law, criminal law, constitutional law, administrative law, criminal justice, legal reform, human rights, governance, anti-corruption studies, law enforcement, cybercrime, restorative justice, criminology, victimology, comparative law, and socio-legal studies. PLICE prioritizes scholarship that connects legal theory with contemporary legal problems and public responsibility.

Public Law Criminal Law Legal Policy Justice Studies Governance Human Rights Law Enforcement Socio-Legal Studies

Publication Quality Indicators

Initial Screening
Applied to all submissions
Peer Review
Double-blind peer review
Reviewers
Minimum two reviewers
Ethics Check
Similarity and integrity review

Peer Review Process

  1. Initial Editorial Screening: The editorial team evaluates journal scope, originality, manuscript structure, legal relevance, and basic academic quality.
  2. Similarity and Ethical Assessment: Manuscripts are reviewed for similarity, citation integrity, authorship responsibility, and ethical compliance.
  3. Double-Blind Peer Review: Eligible manuscripts are assigned to independent reviewers with relevant legal or socio-legal expertise.
  4. Editorial Decision: Decisions are made based on reviewer recommendations, editorial judgment, legal reasoning, originality, and contribution to the field.
  5. Revision and Final Quality Control: Accepted manuscripts proceed through revision, copyediting, layout editing, metadata checking, and publication.

Open Access Policy

PLICE provides immediate open access to published content to support the global exchange of legal knowledge. Articles are freely available for reading, downloading, citation, and academic dissemination.

Publication Ethics

PLICE upholds ethical standards in authorship, peer review, editorial decision-making, conflict of interest disclosure, plagiarism prevention, citation practice, correction, and retraction procedures.

Digital Preservation

PLICE supports sustainable digital archiving and metadata quality to ensure that published articles remain accessible, discoverable, and preserved for future academic use.

Editorial Philosophy

PLICE values academic quality, ethical publishing, and public contribution as the foundation of scholarly dissemination. The journal’s primary commitment is to publish legal research that advances justice, strengthens public law, develops criminal law discourse, and contributes meaningfully to legal reform, governance accountability, human rights protection, and public responsibility.

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