Author Fees

Nusantara Criminal Law Journal: Jurnal Hukum Pidana (NCLJ) is committed to promoting the broad dissemination of criminal law scholarship through a fully open-access publishing model. To support academic inclusivity and encourage contributions from scholars, researchers, legal practitioners, and criminal justice professionals worldwide, the journal does not impose any fees at any stage of the publication process.

Article Submission Fee

USD 0.00

Authors are not required to pay any submission fee when submitting manuscripts to NCLJ. All submitted manuscripts are processed, screened, and evaluated through the journal’s editorial and double-blind peer-review procedures without charge.

Article Processing Charges (APCs)

USD 0.00

NCLJ does not charge any Article Processing Charges (APCs), publication fees, editorial processing fees, peer-review fees, article handling fees, or page charges. Authors whose manuscripts are accepted for publication are not required to make any payment before or after publication.

Open Access Policy

All articles published in Nusantara Criminal Law Journal are freely and permanently accessible to readers worldwide. Academics, researchers, students, judges, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, legal practitioners, policymakers, and members of the public may access, read, download, copy, and share the full text of published articles without subscription fees or access restrictions.

By eliminating financial barriers for both authors and readers, NCLJ seeks to advance criminal law scholarship, encourage academic exchange, and support the dissemination of research in criminal law, criminal procedure, criminology, victimology, criminal justice reform, penal policy, and related fields.

Commitment to Free Academic Publishing

Nusantara Criminal Law Journal firmly believes that access to high-quality legal scholarship should not be limited by financial considerations. Accordingly, the journal maintains a fully open-access and no-fee publishing policy, ensuring that both publication and access remain free of charge for all users.

Through this commitment, NCLJ aims to contribute to the development of criminal law, strengthen criminal justice reform, promote evidence-based legal policymaking, and foster broader participation in scholarly communication at both national and international levels.