Review policy

Review Process

«Ehrlich's Journal» publishes only those materials that have successfully passed the review process. All materials submitted to the «Ehrlich's Journal» are reviewed. It is carried out by independent reviewers. The names of the reviewers and authors are hidden from each other.

The material sent to the «Ehrlich's Journal» primarily should correspond to the thematic and technical requirements. If the material does not correspond to requirements of the Journal, it is being immediately returned to the author to make corrections. Reviewing and publishing of manuscripts are as prompt as possible. Reviewers are proposed to give an answer within 2 weeks.

Reviewing involves collaboration with experts in specific (narrow) field, who are qualified and able to provide an objective review.

The final decision on paper is made by the Editorial Board and Editor-in-Chief.

Foreign members of the Editorial Board of Ehrlich’s Journal are not responsible for papers that are published in Ukrainian.

On the basis of the decision, which was adopted with taking into account the received reviews, the authors are sent an email, containing an overall assessment of the manuscript and the final decision in relation to an acceptance to the publication or rejection of the manuscript.

Instructions for Reviewers                            

Evaluation involves two stages: a preliminary overview and a detailed review.

Validity and authenticity of the results – are key aspects that should be noted in the review (The Review Form added).

Preliminary review of the manuscript gives an opportunity to the reviewer to investigate the overall value of the material and should contain the answer to the questions:

  • Is the scientific issue, chosen by the author, relevant?
  • Are the purpose and objective of the research properly formulated?
  • Do the style and the logics of rendering correlate with the scientific nature of the material?
  • Are the references to the relevant literature on the issue, present?

Detailed review of the manuscript based on an expanded study of the manuscript and includes the following items:

  • Does the author personally contribute to solving the designated issue?
  • Are the innovative and creative approaches being used in the research?
  • Are the achieved results clearly presented?
  • Does the work include significant results?
  • Do the achieved results have a theoretical value?
  • Do the achieved results have a practical value?
  • Can the manuscript be considered as a valuable contribution to the sphere?

The reviewer is also suggested to present comments to the paper and to suggest mandatory and recommended amendments.

Finally, the reviewer is asked to present the conclusion:

  1. Recommend the manuscript to be published.
  2. Recommend the manuscript to be published after appropriate amendments and improvements.
  3. Reject manuscript.

List of Reviewers

Ehrlich's Journal gratefully acknowledge the following reviewer sfor their assistance with peer review of papers. Their comments and suggestions were of great value for improving the quality of our Journal.

Evgeniy Alisov, Doctor of Science (Law), Director of the Investigation and Forensic Science Institute, Yaroslav the Wise National Law University, Ukraine.

Dmytro Andreev, Doctor of Science(Law), Professor, Director of the Educational and Scientific Institute of the National Academy of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

Olga Balynska, Doctor of Science (Law), Professor, Vice-Rector of Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

Viacheslav Blihar, Doctor of Science (Philosophy), Professor, Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, Head of the Department of Philosophy and Political Science, Ukraine.

Darius Bolzanas, Doctor of Law Sciences, Private law institute, Mykolas Romerys University, Lithuania.

Danilo Panzeri Carlotti, University of São Paulo (USP), researcher at USP and INSPER, Phd in Law and student in computer science at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Roger Cotterrell, FBA, LLD, Anniversary Professor of Legal Theory, Queen Mary University of London, UK.

Krzysztof J. Kaleta, assistant Professor at Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Katarzyna Julia Kowalska, Dean's Representative for Internships, Coordinator of the Warsaw Section of Centre for Promotion of Polish Legal Research, Faculty of Law and Administration, Warsaw University, Poland.

Krzysztof Koźmiński, doctor of law, assistant professor, Faculty of Law and Administration (University of Warsaw), Poland.

Beata Kucia-Guściora, Ph.D., dr hab., Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance and Finance Law of Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland.

Jacek Kurczewski, Prof. dr hab., head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of Customs and Law of Institut of Applied Social Sciences, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Anders Leopold, Doctorate, lecturer at University of Kassel, Judge at Higher Social Court (Hamburg), Germany.

Marcos Augusto Maliska, Prof., Dr., Professor of the Master's Program in Law UniBrasil - University Center Curitiba-PR, Brazil.

Rashad Yusif Mammadov, Associate professor of the department Civil Law Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs police Azerbaijan Republic, PhD in law, police Colonel Lieutenant, Azerbaijan.

Lidia Moskvych, Doctor of Science (Law), Head of the Department of Judicial and Prosecutorial Activities, Yaroslav the Wise National Law University, Ukraine.

Natalia Onyschenko, Doctor of Science (Law), Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Science, Head of the Department of State Theory and Law, Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Olena Orlyuk, Doctor of Science (Law), Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Director of the Intellectual Property Research Institute of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Natalia Parkhomenko, Doctor of Science (Law), Professor, Scientific Secretary of the Institute of State and Law. VM Koretsky of the NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Mateusz Pękala, Ph. D. in sociology of law, Jesuit University in Cracow (Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie), acjunct in The Institute of Political Science and Administration, Poland.

Alyona Romanova, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Theory and Philosophy of Law, Institute of Law and Psychology of Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine.

Hans-Joachim Schramm, Prof., Dr. Substitute professor at the University of Wismar, Co-research director at the Ostinstitut, Wismar, Germany.

Stepan Slyvka, Doctor of Science (Law), Professor, Head of the Department of Theory, History and Philosophy of Law, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine.

Oleksiy Stovba, Doctor of Science (Law), advocate at Kharkiv Regional Bar Association, Ukraine.

Antonina Tokarska, Doctor of Science(Law), Professor, Professor of the Department of Theory and Philosophy of Law, Educational Research Institute of Law and Psychology, Ukraine.

Irina Vegera, Dean of the faculty of law, Polotsk State University, Belarus.

Mark Ramseyer, Professor of Law, Harvard, BA, AM, JD, USA.

Marcin Romanowicz, doctor in law (legal sciences), assistant professor at the Department of Legal Philosophy and Science of the State, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Jan Rudnicki, Assistant professor, Department of European Legal Tradition, Supervisor, Center For Promotion of Polish Legal Research Faculty of Law and Administration, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Dalia Vasarienė, PhD, Associate professor, Mykolas Romero’s Law school, Institute of Private Law, Lithuania.

Victoria Vovk, Doctor of Science (Law), Professor, Department of Philosophy of Law and Legal Logic, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Ukraine.

Patryk Wawrzyński, Post-Doc in Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Interdisciplinary Centre for Modern Technologies, Poland.

Petro Zakharchenko, Doctor of Science (Law), Professor, Professor of the Department of History of Law and State Law Faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University, Ukraine.