Prospective authors are required to ensure that submissions meet the journal's guidelines listed below.

Articles submitted to the journal should have the following structure:

- an abstract of between 300 and 350 words and key words (up to 20), describing the content and main notions in the article;

- an introduction, in which the author outlines the problem examined, the article's major purpose, thesis and/or main argument related to the problem, and the relationship with theoretical or policy issues; the parts of the general problem not solved earlier are emphasized and the research purpose is formulated ;

- a body, in which the author assesses the latest research and publications on the problem, demonstrates the research that supports the author's arguments, proposes ways of solution to the problem with full reasoning the scientific findings received;

- a conclusion in which the author states prospects for future research.

Authors are strongly recommended to use section headings for particular sections of articles. Articles should be organized according to the following requirements: font 14 Times New Roman and uniform 2 centimeter/1 inch margin each (left, right, top and bottom), one-and-a-half spacing, between 14 and 25 pages (5000 words minimum, excluding footnotes). Articles may be submitted in Ukrainian and / or English. Figures and tables should be complete according to the text and integrated into its body, with headings and numbering. Formulas should be typed in conventional symbols with numbers in parentheses. To build graphs and charts, it is necessary to use Chart Wizard (Insert/Chart Menu, because a file must contain the original data associated with a figure for future translation be possible).

The strength of the article's research will be also assessed according to the number and quality of references cited: substantive citations are expected. Complete references to sources used should be as numbered footnotes and listed at the bottom of pages. Please ensure that the footnotes correspond to the reference in the text. References to ALL names of scientists cited in the article's text and sources of statistical data are obligatory. Bibliographies (References) at the end of the article are obligatory, but should not be considered as a substitute for the footnotes. Bibliographies listed must be arranged in alphabetical order.

If a study involves human participants (e.g., surveys, interviews, experiments), or the use of personal, confidential, or proprietary data, the author(s) must ensure compliance with applicable legislation of Ukraine, including data protection and privacy regulations, GDPR in particular, as well as relevant ethical standards in social science research. Where required, such research must be approved by a competent body (e.g., an institutional ethics committee or other authorized authority). The manuscript should clearly indicate whether ethical approval was obtained (including the name of the approving body, approval number, and date, where applicable). For studies involving human participants, authors must confirm that participation was voluntary and based on informed consent, and that data were collected and processed in accordance with applicable data protection requirements. If ethical approval was not required due to the nature of the study (e.g., use of publicly available, fully anonymized, or aggregated data), this should be explicitly stated and justified in the manuscript. The journal reserves the right to request supporting documentation and to reject manuscripts that do not comply with these requirements.

Beyond these guidelines, the editors of the journal reserve the right to edit accepted articles on behalf of the author for adherence to the journal's format and style, clarity and grammar.

The authors should submit a cover letter in addition to the electronic version of the article. The author's full name should be indicated only in the cover letter. Do not save the article's electronic file under the author's name (as all articles undergo a process of anonymous peer-review).

Author takes the whole responsibility for the facts, statements and results in the articles, as well as the correctness and accuracy of references and citations. Authors are encouraged to check the "Publication Ethics" section for issues such as permitted scope of use of AI tools, Open Access policy, Archiving policy etc. 

Editorial Screening and Manuscript Rejection Criteria

All manuscripts submitted to the Journal of International Economic Policy are subject to an initial editorial screening before being sent for external peer review. The purpose of this screening is to assess the manuscript’s relevance to the journal’s scope, compliance with essential submission requirements, originality, and adherence to research integrity and publication ethics standards.

1. Initial Editorial Screening

A manuscript may be rejected without external peer review if it:

•falls outside the scope of the Journal of International Economic Policy and does not make a substantive contribution to the study of international economic issues or foreign economic policy;

•does not contain a meaningful international or cross-border economic dimension where such a dimension is essential to the journal's scope;

•has been previously published or is simultaneously under consideration by another journal;

•contains plagiarism, substantial unattributed textual or conceptual overlap, or other serious concerns regarding originality or research integrity;

•contains substantial overlap with the author's previously published work that is not appropriately disclosed or cited;

•raises serious concerns regarding authorship, data integrity, research ethics, conflicts of interest, or other publication-ethics matters;

•does not meet the journal's eligibility requirements concerning author affiliations. In particular, in line with the policy of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the journal does not consider manuscripts submitted by authors affiliated with institutions located in the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus, or manuscripts declaring such institutional affiliations;

•is so incomplete or deficient in its presentation that meaningful peer review is not possible.

The Editorial Board may also return a manuscript to the authors for correction before peer review where the deficiencies are primarily technical or editorial in nature, including substantial non-compliance with the journal's Style Guide or Manual for Authors and Reviewers, incomplete bibliographic information, missing required manuscript elements, or other correctable formal deficiencies.

Minor formatting, language, or presentation issues do not normally constitute grounds for rejection and may be addressed during the editorial process.

2. Peer Review and Editorial Rejection

Manuscripts that pass the initial editorial screening are subjected to a confidential and anonymous peer-review process.

Following peer review, a manuscript may be rejected where the editors and/or reviewers determine that it does not meet the journal's standards of scholarly quality. Grounds for rejection may include, but are not limited to:

•insufficient originality or a limited scientific contribution;

•an unclear, inadequately formulated, or insufficiently justified research problem or research question;

•inadequate engagement with relevant theoretical and empirical literature;

•methodological deficiencies that materially undermine the validity or reliability of the research findings;

•inadequate, inappropriate, or insufficient empirical evidence or data;

•substantial weaknesses in the structure, logic, argumentation, or presentation of the manuscript that prevent a coherent scholarly contribution;

•failure to adequately address substantive concerns raised during peer review or revision;

•an overall level of scholarly quality that does not meet the publication standards of the journal.

A negative decision is not necessarily based on a single deficiency. The final editorial decision may take into account the overall quality, originality, methodological soundness, contribution, relevance, and potential impact of the manuscript, as well as the substantive recommendations and comments of the reviewers.

The Editorial Board reserves the right to make the final publication decision based on the manuscript, the peer-review reports, the authors' responses and revisions, and the journal's editorial and ethical standards. Peer-review recommendations are an important component of the decision-making process but do not, by themselves, constitute an automatic acceptance or rejection.

The journal aims to inform authors of the editorial decision as soon as reasonably possible, normally within one month of submission regarding whether the manuscript is accepted for further consideration, returned for correction, sent for revision, or rejected.