About the Journal
SIGn Jurnal Hukum is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published by CV. Social Politic Genius (SIGn). The journal publishes original research and scholarly analyses across the field of law and welcomes doctrinal, normative, conceptual, comparative, empirical, socio-legal, and interdisciplinary contributions addressing contemporary legal problems, legal institutions, regulation, justice systems, rights, governance, economic and social relations, technological change, environmental challenges, and transnational legal developments.
The journal places substantive quality, methodological consistency, academic integrity, accuracy and traceability of legal authorities and other sources, and editorial transparency at the core of its scholarly publication process.
Journal Identity and Publisher
SIGn Jurnal Hukum is published by CV. Social Politic Genius (SIGn) as a medium for scholarly communication and dissemination in the field of law.
The journal considers articles that demonstrate relevance to its scholarly scope, clarity of the legal problem or research objective, novelty, scholarly contribution, and consistency among the theoretical or conceptual framework, methodology, legal authorities or other evidence, analysis, and conclusions.
Information on the journal's editorial structure is available on the Editorial Team page, while information on reviewers is available on the Reviewer Team page.
Scholarly Scope and Academic Orientation
The journal is oriented toward advancing legal scholarship through doctrinal, normative, conceptual, comparative, empirical, socio-legal, and interdisciplinary approaches. Articles may examine the development, interpretation, implementation, enforcement, and transformation of law across public and private law, criminal justice, constitutional and administrative law, human rights, economic and business law, international and transnational law, environmental law, law and technology, dispute resolution, legal institutions, legal education, and other contemporary fields of legal inquiry.
Interdisciplinary research involving politics, economics, technology, health, environment, sociology, religion, or other related fields is considered when the legal problem, legal framework, legal authorities or materials, legal reasoning, and contribution to legal scholarship remain substantive components of the research.
The journal's scholarly orientation, disciplinary boundaries, and areas of study are presented in greater detail in Aims & Scope.
Publication Profile
SIGn Jurnal Hukum publishes two issues per year, covering the following publication periods:
- April–September; and
- October–March.
Articles are published after completing the applicable stages of editorial screening, peer review, revision, editorial decision, copyediting, proofreading, translation, production, and publication finalization.
The submission and publication stages are described further in Submission & Publication Procedure.
Information on charges applicable to article processing and publication is provided on the Article Processing Charge page.
Editorial and Peer Review Model
Manuscripts that meet the initial requirements undergo scholarly evaluation through double-blind peer review. The identities of authors and reviewers are not disclosed to one another during the review process.
Reviewers evaluate the manuscript's legal substance, methodology, scholarly contribution, consistency of legal reasoning and argumentation, use of legal authorities or other evidence, and quality of presentation. Review results form part of the editor's consideration in determining appropriate editorial actions and decisions.
The review mechanism is described in Peer Review Process, while reviewer responsibilities are set out in Reviewer Guidelines.
Bibliographic Identity and Digital Infrastructure
SIGn Jurnal Hukum has the following bibliographic identifiers:
DOIs serve as persistent digital identifiers that support article identification, traceability, metadata management, citation linking, and connectivity within the scholarly publishing ecosystem.
Provisions concerning long-term preservation, archival continuity, repository deposit, and author self-archiving are described in Archiving & Digital Preservation and Repository & Self-Archiving Policy.
Accreditation and Recognition
SIGn Jurnal Hukum is accredited at Sinta 4 pursuant to the Decision of the Director General of Higher Education, Research, and Technology (Diktiristek) Number 177/E/KPT/2024 on the Accreditation Ranking of Scientific Journals for Period II of 2024, issued on 15 October 2024.
Information on this accreditation achievement is available in the announcement SIGn Jurnal Hukum Achieves Sinta 4 Accreditation.
Indexing, Abstracting, and Scholarly Visibility
SIGn Jurnal Hukum is covered by various indexing and abstracting services that support the traceability, discoverability, dissemination, and visibility of its scholarly articles.
Information on the journal's indexing and abstracting services is available on the Indexing & Abstracting page.
Open Access, Licensing, and Publication Integrity
All articles are published under an open-access model and may be accessed without subscription or access charges. Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits reuse subject to the applicable attribution requirements.
The journal maintains policies addressing publication ethics, conflicts of interest, plagiarism and manuscript similarity, the use of artificial intelligence and automated tools, authorship and contributorship, corrections, retractions and withdrawals, and complaints and appeals.
Related provisions are available in Open Access Policy, Copyright & Licensing, Publication Ethics & Malpractice, Conflict of Interest, Plagiarism & Similarity Screening, AI & Automated Tools Policy, Authorship & Contributorship, Corrections, Retractions, & Withdrawals, and Complaints & Appeals.
