The Statelessness & Citizenship Review (SCR) (ISSN: 2652-1814) is a collaborative academic publication of the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness (PMCS) at Melbourne Law School and the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion (ISI). Established in 2018, SCR is the first journal exclusively dedicated to advancing the understanding of statelessness and related citizenship phenomena and challenges, meeting the growing demand for intellectual exchange among researchers in the emerging field of statelessness studies. The Editors-in-Chief are Prof. Hélène Lambert (PMCS) and Dr. Laura van Waas (ISI). The SCR is supported by an Editorial Team comprising Managing Editors, specialised Editors for the Critique and Commentary, Case-law and Book review sections, and a Production Manager. The SCR is also supported by a distinguished Editorial Board and is managed and published by Melbourne Law School.
Aims & Scope
The Statelessness & Citizenship Review (SCR) is an online, peer-reviewed, open-access and interdisciplinary journal, published twice a year. As an interdisciplinary journal, the SCR welcomes submissions that make novel and substantial contributions to the fields of statelessness and citizenship, including submissions that engage with law, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, political science, public administration, economics, health as well as submissions with empirical contributions. We have two submission deadlines per year: 1 April and 1 October. The SCR welcomes submissions in the form of articles, case notes, book reviews as well as critique & comment pieces and reflection pieces from scholars and practitioners. Occasionally, we will call for submissions on a dedicated topic for a special issue or a symposium with Guest Editor(s) within the broader themes of statelessness and citizenship.
If you are interested in submitting a piece please visit the Information For Authors. The word limit is 10,000-12,000 words for Articles (including footnotes); 2000-2,700 words for both Critiques and Comments (including footnotes) and Case Notes (including footnotes); 2,000-2,500 for Book Reviews (including footnotes).
Peer Review Process
The Statelessness & Citizenship Review (SCR) follows a double-blind peer review process for articles. The author(s) names are anonymous to the reviewers and the reviewers’ identity is not disclosed to the authors throughout the peer review.
The Editors will first assess whether a submission is suitable for peer review. If suitable, the submission will be anonymised and forwarded for peer review to at least two appropriate referees. In light of the referees’ reports, the Editors will inform the author of their decision regarding publication of the submitted work. The submission may be accepted for publication, conditionally accepted subject to amendments, requiring further development with an option to resubmit, or rejected.
Peer reviews adhere to the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers.
Editorial Process
After the peer review process, the final decision regarding publication and classification of a submission rests with the Editors. The Editors reserve the right to reconsider this decision at any stage throughout the publication process.
Authors should comply with the Statelessness & Citizenship Review (SCR) AI Policy and Author Style Guide and should ensure accuracy of the manuscript, including references. The SCR does not have the capacity to provide detailed copy-editing or reformatting services. Submissions that depart significantly from the Style Guide will be returned to the author for revision. Authors will receive an edited version of the submission for approval before publication.
Publication Schedule
The Statelessness & Citizenship Review (SCR) is published twice every year.
Open Access Policy
The Statelessness & Citizenship Review (SCR) is an open-access journal. There are no fees for authors or readers.
The SCR operates under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction of submissions in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third-party material in submissions are included under the Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material.
Authors retain copyright of submissions. The aim of this policy is to ensure that emerging research on statelessness and citizenship is available and accessible to everyone.
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