About the Journal

JOURNAL INFORMATION

Publisher
University of Maribor Press
Slomškov trg 15, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
E-mail: zalozba@um.si
http://press.um.si; http://journals.um.si

Co-publisher
University of Maribor, Faculty of Law, Slovenia
and
Institute for Economic Analysis of Law, University of Maribor, Faculty of Law, Slovenia.

Principal Contact
red. prof. dr. Matjaž Tratnik
University of Maribor, Faculty of Law
Mladinska ulica 9
SI-2000 Maribor
Phone: (+386) (0)2 250 42 43
E-mail: matjaz.tratnik@um.si

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Publishing Frequency: 2 issues per year; full text versions of the papers are available free of cost in Acrobat portable document format (pdf).

Abstracting/Indexing:
Web of Science - Emerging Sources Citation Index (articles are indexed starting with Vol. 7, Iss. 1, 2015)
ScienceOpen
DKUM (Digital Library of University of Maribor)
ScienceOpen
Dimensions
dLib.si (Digital Library Slovenia)
UlrichsWeb
COBISS (Co-operative Online Bibliographic System and Services)

Print ISSN: 1855-7147
Online ISSN: 1855-7155

Electronic version of journal LeXonomica is freely available in full text on our website https://journals.um.si/index.php/lexonomica/

Published articles are also freely accessible (via search: "LeXonomica") in the repository Digital Library of Slovenia - dLib.si and in the trusted repository DKUM (Digital Library of University of Maribor).

The journal is published in an electonic edition (Online ISSN: 1855-7155). Up to and including Vol 16 No 2 2024, the journal was also published in print (Print ISSN: 1855-7147).

This publication is financially supported by ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency.

Regarding Research data management (notes for authors) - see below and in the section "INFORMATION - for authors"

Consistent citation of research data and other research results in the list of references at the end of articles is required - see sections "Submissions" and "INFORMATION - for authors"

Copyright

© University of Maribor, University Press

/ Univerza v Mariboru, Univerzitetna založba

Text © Authors, 2025

This journal is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.

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Focus and Scope

Lexonomica is an international journal for the study of the law and economics. The journal publishes articles which contribute to the better understanding and practice of law and economics and which are of interest to scholars, policy analysts, policymakers and practitioners. The focus of the journal is on the critical analysis of developments in law and economics throughout the world.

Peer Review Process

The Editors of Lexonomica welcome initial approaches from prospective authors. Acceptance of articles is subject to an anonymous refereeing process. Articles submitted to Lexonomica should be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publications at the same time. If another version of the article is under consideration by another publication, or has been, or will be published elsewhere, authors should clearly indicate this at the time of submission.

Publication Frequency

Lexonomica is published twice a year (in June and December).

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Lexonomica

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

For all parties involved in the act of publishing (the author, the journal editor(s), the peer reviewer and the publisher) it is necessary to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior. The ethics statements for Lexonomica are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Editor Responsibilities

Accountability

The editor of a peer-reviewed journal is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published, and, moreover, is accountable for everything published in the journal. In making these decisions, the editor may be guided by the policies of the journal’s editorial board as well as by legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor may confer with other editors or reviewers when making publication decisions. The editor should maintain the integrity of the academic record, preclude business needs from compromising intellectual and ethical standards, and always be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.

Fairness

The editor should evaluate manuscripts for intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the author(s). The editor will not disclose any information about a manuscript under consideration to anyone other than the author(s), reviewers and potential reviewers, and in some instances the editorial board members, as appropriate.

Confidentiality

The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure, conflicts of interest, and other issues

The editor will be guided by COPE’s Guidelines for Retracting Articles when considering retracting, issuing expressions of concern about, and issuing corrections pertaining to articles that have been published in Lexonomica. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. The editor is committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. The editor should seek to ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process. Editors should recuse themselves (i.e. should ask a co-editor, associate editor or other member of the editorial board instead to review and consider) from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions connected to the papers. Editors should require all contributors to disclose relevant competing interests and publish corrections if competing interests are revealed after publication. If needed, other appropriate action should be taken, such as the publication of a retraction or expression of concern.

Involvement and cooperation in investigations

Editors should guard the integrity of the published record by issuing corrections and retractions when needed and pursuing suspected or alleged research and publication misconduct. Editors should pursue reviewer and editorial misconduct. An editor should take reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper.

Reviewer Responsibilities

Contribution to editorial decisions

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through the editorial communication with the author, may also assist the author in improving the manuscript.

Promptness

Any invited referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its timely review will be impossible should immediately notify the editor so that alternative reviewers can be contacted.

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except if authorized by the editor.

Standards of objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inacceptable. Referees should express their views clearly with appropriate supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published data of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and conflict of interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider evaluating manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the submission.

Author Responsibilities

Reporting standards Authors reporting results of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the manuscript. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Originality and Plagiarism

The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication

An author should not in general publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Parallel submission of the same manuscript to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgement of sources

Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should also cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work. The authors should follow the APA In-text Citation Style for quotations and references. Consistent citation of research data and other research results in the list of references at the end of articles is required.

Authorship of a manuscript

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be named in an Acknowledgement section. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors (according to the above definition) and no inappropriate co-authors are included in the author list of the manuscript, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Hazards and human or animal subjects

If the work involves chemicals, procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the authors must clearly identify these in the manuscript.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or their interpretation in the manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal’s editor or publisher and cooperate with them to either retract the paper or to publish an appropriate erratum.

Publisher’s Confirmation

In cases of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication or plagiarism the publisher, in close collaboration with the editors, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question. This includes the prompt publication of an erratum or, in the most severe cases, the complete retraction of the affected work.

Research data management (Notes for authors)

Lexonomica supports open access to research data, which form the basis of modern scientific research.

About research data

Research data are data obtained through various methods to understand, test or confirm hypotheses and draw conclusions, and are generated or processed during research. It can be in various formats: notes, interviews, photographs, transcripts, numerical research data, software code, etc. If data is not recorded/stored in digital form, it is advisable to consider whether this material can be digitized to facilitate its storage in a data repository. A data repository enables storage and access to different types of data (e.g. research data, public sector data, etc.) and associated documentation.

The availability of data increases the transparency and verifiability of research results and improves their usability in future studies, thereby increasing the investment in already collected data. Data sharing can also promote the professional development of researchers by increasing the visibility of their work and facilitating collaboration with new partners.

Policy on the mandatory citation of research data

According to the Decree on the implementation of scientific research work in accordance with the principles of open science, the journal co-funder (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) requires the editorial board to provide open access to the research data used in the article prior to publication. The data must be prepared according to the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable).

Exceptions to open access to research data

If data cannot be fully shared for legal, ethical or other valid reasons, the authors must provide justification – for example, in cases involving the protection of personal data (see the EU General Data Protection Regulation , material containing trade secrets or other commercially sensitive information regulated by legislation, or data involving security risks. The regulation defines open access to research data and other results from co-funded research according to the principle “as open as possible, as closed as necessary”.

List of trusted repositories

Authors must deposit research data in trusted data repositories, archives or centers that provide appropriate access arrangements. The trusted repositories recommended by the journal’s co-funder are listed here.

The editorial board recommends that Slovenian researchers deposit their research data in trusted national repositories, such as:

Authors can also search for a suitable repository using tools such as https://fairsharing.org or https://www.re3data.org.

We recommend using the Creative Commons licenses CC BY 4.0 or CC0 1.0 (or equivalent) when publishing research data.

Citation of research data

Authors must cite all data sources appropriately – in accordance with the repository’s instructions and the journal’s citation style (APA Style) – or explain in the data availability statement if the data has not been digitized or has not been published due to other restrictions (e.g. Personal Data Protection Act (ZVOP-2), Copyright and Related Rights Act (ZASP)). A link to the published research data (e.g. DOI) must be provided in the reference list of the article and, if applicable, in a footnote.

Responsibilities of authors, editors and reviewers

The data must be available to the editors and reviewers at the time of submission of the manuscript and to the public at the latest when the article is published. An embargo on data access is only permitted in exceptional cases and must be accompanied by appropriate embargo conditions and a reasoned explanation. It is the editor’s responsibility to assess whether the article is based on research data (either the author’s own data or third-party data). If the editor determines that such data exists and has not been properly cited, he or she must ask the author to revise the article. The same applies to the journal's reviewers.

Additional information

For further clarification, authors can contact the data steward at their institution or the journal’s editorial office (matjaz.tratnik@um.si) or contact relevant support institutions for research data management.