JoLIE publishes invited editions and special issues coordinated by guest editors with recognized expertise in the relevant field.

Guest editors are responsible for coordinating the editorial process of the invited edition, including the initial assessment of submissions and the coordination of the peer-review process. All editorial decisions must take into account the independent evaluations provided by external reviewers. Guest editors may consult with the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial team at any stage of the process.

Guest editors must disclose any actual or potential conflicts of interest relating to submitted manuscripts, authors, or reviewers. Where a conflict exists, the manuscript must be handled by the Editor-in-Chief or another editor who has no relevant conflict of interest.

Invited editions and special issues are governed by the same editorial policies, ethical standards, and peer-review procedures as regular issues of the journal. Guest editors are required to comply with JoLIE"s Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement, including its requirements concerning research integrity, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, plagiarism and inappropriate textual overlap, copyright, and the responsible use of generative AI and AI-assisted tools.

All submitted manuscripts must be treated as confidential documents. Guest editors and editorial staff must not disclose information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, editorial advisers, or the publisher, as appropriate. Unpublished material disclosed in a submission must not be used in a guest editor’s or editor’s own research without the explicit written consent of the author(s).

The journal may issue a public call for papers for special issues, specifying scope, timeline, and guest editors.

The Editor-in-Chief retains overall responsibility and final authority for editorial decisions concerning invited editions and special issues. Guest editors must not make decisions on manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest.