Submissions

Author Guidelines

A guide for authors when submitting articles to the

Eurasian Journal of International Law

The editorial board of the Journal asks the authors to familiarize themselves with the rules (the editorial policy of the Journal containing general information about the Journal, the procedure for reviewing articles, publication ethics) in order to comply with them when preparing papers sent to the journal.

1. Sending an article to the editorial office means the consent of the author (the maximum number of authors is 3 people) to the right of the Publisher – L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, to publish the article in the journal and republish it in any foreign language.

No more than 1 publication from the same author in the same issue of the journal is allowed. The author(s) is responsible for the content of the article.

2. An article is submitted to the editorial office (via the Open Journal System (OJS)) in Word format (A4 page, portrait orientation, margins on all sides - 20 mm. Font: type – Times New Roman, size (size) – 14);

MRNTI http://grnti.ru / - first line, on the left; initials and surname of the author(s) - centered alignment, italics; full name of the organization, city, country (if the authors work in different organizations, you must put the same icon next to the surname of the author and the corresponding organization; E-mail of the author(s) – italics in parentheses; the title of the article is centered in bold). The style file can be downloaded from the magazine's website. The authors need to submit two versions of the manuscript, one of which should not contain information about the authors (full name, place of work, information about the authors), since an anonymized text is required for conducting a double-blind review. The author(s) must also provide a cover letter (the cover letter template is attached on the journal's website). The article files must be numbered and named with the first 4-5 words of the article title (for example: 1. On the methodology of teaching international law – a file with the authors; 2. On the methodology of teaching international law – file without authors).

3. The length of the article should not exceed 16 pages (from 6 pages). The calculation of the volume of the article does not include an abstract, keywords, a list of references, a reference, information about the author in Kazakh, Russian and English. Works exceeding the specified volume are accepted for publication in exceptional cases by a special decision of the editorial board of the journal.
4. The text of the work begins with the MRNTI rubricator (International rubricator of scientific and technical information; determined by the link http://grnti.ru /), followed by full name (full surname, first name, patronymic of the author(s), academic degree, academic title, position, place of work, city, country, ORCID of the author(s); e-mail of all authors (including the main author), title of the article, abstract, keywords.

An abstract is a summary of a research article and is used to help the reader quickly understand the essence of the article. The volume is not less than 150 and not more than 200 words in Kazakh, Russian and English. The structure of the abstract includes the following points:

• Introductory remarks on the topic of the study.
• The purpose, main directions and ideas of scientific research.
• A brief description of the scientific and practical significance of the work.
• A brief description of the research methodology.
• Main results and analysis, conclusions of the research work.
• The value of the research (the contribution of this work to the relevant field of knowledge).
• The practical significance of the results of the work.

Keywords (no more than 7 words or phrases) should reflect the main content of the article; determine the subject area of the study; occur in the text of the article. Keywords are separated from each other by a comma.

The authors of the journal must adhere to the following rules on the structure of the article in accordance with the headings:

The article should have the following structure (the first three paragraphs are in Kazakh, English, Russian):

1. Title and information about the author(s) – full name, academic degree, academic title, position, place of work, city, country, ORCID of the author(s); e-mail of all authors of publications (including indicating the main author).
2. Abstract (150-250 words).
3. Keywords (8-10 words).
4. Introduction.
5. Materials and methods.
6. Results and discussion.
7. Information about financing (if available) (Acknowledgements).
8. The list of references and the availability of References – a transliterated list of references (transliteration is carried out on the website: http://translit-online.ru).

For foreign authors who have sent articles in English or Russian, the translation of the title of the article, information about the authors, Abstract, Keywords into Kazakh is carried out by the Editorial Board of the journal.

The Introduction consists of the following main elements:

The rationale for choosing a topic; the relevance of the topic or problem. In justifying the choice of a topic based on the description of the experience of predecessors, it is reported that there is a problematic situation (the absence of any research, the appearance of a new object, etc.). The relevance of the topic is determined by the general interest in the study of this object, but the lack of comprehensive answers to existing questions, it is proved by the theoretical or practical significance of the topic.

Definition of the object, subject, goals, objectives, methods, approaches, hypotheses and the meaning of the work. The purpose of the research is related to the proof of the thesis, that is, the presentation of the subject of research in the aspect chosen by the author.

The Materials and methods section should consist of a description of the materials, as well as a complete description of the methods used.

The scientific methodology should include:

- research question(s);

- proposed hypothesis (thesis);

- stages of the study;

- research methods.

The characteristic or description of the research material includes its presentation in qualitative and quantitative terms. The characteristics of the material (international legal acts, LRA, state program documents, official statistics, works of scientists, etc.) are one of the factors determining the reliability of the conclusions and research methods.

This section indicates, if this was the case, the use of artificial intelligence (ChatGPT) when working on an article.

Results and Discussion is one of the most important sections of the article. The section provides an analysis and discussion of the results of the study. The conclusions based on the results obtained during the study are presented, the main essence is revealed. It is necessary to analyze the results of the work and discuss the relevant results in comparison with previous works, analyses and conclusions.

Conclusion – generalization and summing up of the work at this stage; confirmation of the truth of the statement put forward by the author, and the author's conclusion about the change in scientific knowledge, taking into account the results obtained. Conclusions should not be abstract, they should be used to summarize the results of research in a particular scientific field, with a description of proposals or opportunities for further work.

The structure of the conclusion should contain the following questions: What are the goals and methods of the study? What results have been obtained? What are the conclusions? What are the prospects and opportunities for the implementation and application of the results?

The Literature review section should cover fundamental and new works on the subject of study by domestic and foreign authors, analysis of these works from the point of view of their scientific contribution, as well as gaps in the study.

It is UNACCEPTABLE to have many links unrelated to the work, or inappropriate judgments about the author's own achievements, links to previous works by the author.

If at least one of these requirements is not met, the article will not be accepted for consideration.

5. Tables are included directly in the text of the work. They should be numbered and accompanied by a reference to them in the text of the work. Drawings and graphs should be presented in one of the standard formats: PS, PDF, TIFF, GIF, JPEG, BMP, PCX. Bitmaps must be executed with a resolution of 600 dpi. All details should be clearly conveyed in the drawings.
6. The list of references should contain only those sources (numbered in the order of citation or in the order of the English alphabet) to which there are references in the text of the work. References to unpublished works are not allowed. The list of references should consist of more than 7 sources.

The list of references should contain at least 50% of the sources published in the last 10 years. The quality and quantity of the sources referenced indicate the relevance of the article. Therefore, authors are advised to follow the following instructions:

The permissible number of publications of authors and co-authors of an article in the list of references should not exceed 20% of the total number.

7. Design of the bibliography

From the second issue of the EAJIL in 2025, it is recommended to use Harvard Referencing Style when compiling a bibliography.

When using the Harvard Referencing Style, the list of references is formed in alphabetical order. Numbering is not provided. The bibliographic list must reflect all books, articles, dissertations and other scientific works cited in the article. The list is placed at the end of the paper. The author's name, year of publication, title, place of publication and publisher are indicated. Chapters in books, titles of articles are highlighted with English “quotation marks”.

In-text citations. When using the Harvard Citation System, in-text citations provide important information about the source within the body of your letter. Each citation includes the author's last name, year of publication, and page number, typically enclosed in parentheses. For example, a standard citation might look like (Jones, 2024) or (Jones, 2024, p. 23) when referring to a specific page.

Indication of the author(s). The author's surname and then, after a comma, his initials are indicated. References to more than one work by the same author are presented in chronological order. When referring to works by an author published in the same year, the works should be distinguished by adding Latin letters (a, b, c), etc. to the year of publication (Jackson, A., 2024a: 12), (Jackson, A., 2024b: 75-76).

If the article was prepared by two authors, their surnames are separated by the conjunction "and". If there are three authors, then the first and second are separated by a comma, the second and third by the conjunction “and”. When there are more than three authors, the first three are indicated, separated by commas, followed by: et al. (et al.): (Jackson, A., Doe, A., Brown et al., 2022).

References to international legal acts, domestic regulatory legal acts, state programs, etc. are formatted as end references as they are cited.

The title of the cited publication is highlighted in italics.

References to books should contain:

Author's last name, initials, comma; (year of publication in brackets) - comma; book title - in italics; edition number (if citing the second or subsequent edition) - comma; publisher (printing house) - comma; city of publication - period.

Example: Smith, J., (2021), Introduction to Sociology. 2nd ed., Routledge, London.

Internet sources: If the source is cited electronically, then at the end it is necessary to indicate: the full URL at the time of access (available at:).

Example: World Health Organization (2023). Global health trends, WHO, [https://www.who.int/]. Accessed: 10 October 2023.

References to book chapters. The following are indicated: Last name, First name, (year), “Chapter title”, Last name, First name, Editors, Book title in italics [Translation of book title], Edition number, publisher, city, country, chapter page numbers.

Structure of references to journal articles: last name and initials; (year of publication in brackets); article title - in italics; journal issue, journal title; article page numbers.

Example: Doe, A. (2019). “Exploring Modern Art”, №4 (12), Art Journal, pp. 34-50.

Link to electronic journals: last name, first name, year of publication, “Article title in quotation marks”, journal title in italics, volume no. or issue number such-and-such, article page numbers, available at: full URL at the time of access.

Duplicate the list of references (sources used) with a transliterated list of references (References) to the article.

After References, it is necessary to indicate information on each of the authors (name and surname, academic degree, academic title, position, place of work, city, country, e-mail, ORCID) - in Kazakh, Russian and English).

See more about Harvard style:

In English: http://www.citethisforme.com/harvard-referencing

https://librarydevelopment.group.shef.ac.uk/Assets/pdfs/referencing/harvard.pdf

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/ua/media/4332/library-qrg-harvard-referencing.pdf  

In Russian: https://lib.herzen.spb.ru/media/manual/harvard_style.pdf

https://geo.tsu.ru/content/faculty/structure/chair/tourism/Фотогалерея/standart_Harvard.pdf