Yaqeen Journal of Legal Studies

The journal is published under the supervision of the University of Duhok – College of Law, and has obtained approval from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the Kurdistan Region pursuant to Ministerial Order No. (10406) dated 20 June 2022. University Order No. (6722) was issued in the same year. Final approval was granted after the journal was evaluated by the Research and Development Directorate of the Ministry under Ministerial Order No. (16408) dated 28/8/2023. The first volume, Issue Zero, was published in its first year in 2022.

All articles published in the journal are assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to ensure ease of access and permanent citation of scholarly content. The journal’s main DOI is: 10.56599/yaqeenjournal. The journal also carries an International Standard Serial Number for print (P-ISSN: 2789-4533) and an electronic International Standard Serial Number (E-ISSN: 3005-6640), which enhances its credibility and dissemination in international scientific databases and indexes.

Open Access Policy

Yaqeen Journal of Legal Studies is a peer-reviewed academic scientific journal with open access. All its articles are freely available for reading and downloading, and research is published without any submission or publication fees (Free of Charge / No Article Processing Charges). Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits reuse, distribution, and adaptation for scientific, commercial, and non-commercial purposes, provided that proper attribution to the original source is given. The journal adopts a Double-Blind Peer Review system to ensure integrity, objectivity, and high quality of the published scholarly content.

Journal Peer Review Procedures

The journal receives scientific research in Arabic, English, and Kurdish, and is published semi-annually with two issues per year according to a regular publication schedule. The journal strictly adheres to internationally recognized publication ethics and academic integrity policies. All submitted manuscripts undergo plagiarism screening prior to publication using globally recognized plagiarism detection systems such as CrossCheck (iThenticate) and Turnitin. Manuscripts with an overall similarity index exceeding 20% are not accepted, excluding reference lists, legal texts, and properly documented quotations. This policy aligns with standards of scientific originality and the requirements of international databases. Yaqeen Journal of Legal Studies is a member of CrossRef and CrossRef services, including CrossCheck. All submitted manuscripts are screened for plagiarism, including plagiarism from previously published texts or results, as well as self-plagiarism, which refers to the repetition of substantial portions of authors’ previously published work without proper citation. Plagiarism in any form is not permitted and is handled in accordance with the journal’s strict academic integrity policies.

Publication Fees

All manuscripts are submitted and managed exclusively online through the Open Journal Systems (OJS), which allows transparent and efficient tracking of the review, revision, acceptance, and publication stages, while ensuring confidentiality and protecting authors’ intellectual property rights.

Conflict of Interest Statement

All authors must include a declaration of no conflict of interest on the title page of the manuscript. This statement is subject to review by the editorial board and will be published within the article. Conflicts of interest refer to matters that could be perceived as exerting undue influence on the content of the research or its publication. These include, but are not limited to, financial, professional, contractual, or personal relationships that may affect the credibility of the study. If a manuscript has multiple authors, the submission must include conflict of interest disclosures related to all contributing authors.

Criteria for Manuscript Acceptance