World Tax Journal

Publishing comprehensive scientific research in international, comparative and regional taxation.

Editors and Publisher

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr Pasquale Pistone, Academic Chairman, IBFD, the Netherlands

Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr João Félix Pinto Nogueira, Deputy Academic Chairman, IBFD, the Netherlands 

Managing Editor
Dr Ivan Lazarov, Senior Associate, IBFD, the Netherlands

Editorial Coordinator
Cristian San Felipe Maestre, Project Coordinator, IBFD, the Netherlands

Publisher
Sophie Witteveen, IBFD, the Netherlands 

Editorial Board

Prof. Lorraine Eden, Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University, United States

Prof. Dr Juliane Kokott, Professor, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union, Germany/Luxembourg

Prof. Jinyan Li, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada

Prof. Mauricio Plazas Vega, Professor, Del Rosario University, Colombia

Prof. Jennifer Roeleveld, Professor Emeritus, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Prof. Dr Christoph Spengel, Professor, University of Mannheim, Germany

Prof. Miranda Stewart, Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia

Prof. Dr Attiya Waris, Professor, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Prof. Dr Martin Zagler, Professor, UPO University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy; WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria

Submission Guidelines and Review Process

• Original submissions should be sent to the Managing Editor.
• Submitted articles should be original unpublished works that demonstrate depth of research. The manuscript is evaluated based on impact/innovation, scientific analysis and methodology. Submissions concerning a single jurisdiction are not accepted, unless the submission demonstrates equal or similar application to other jurisdictions or is of clear relevance to an international audience.
• Manuscripts should be between 10,000 and 22,000 words. Editorial discretion may be applied to the manuscript length. The submitted manuscript should be in English, anonymized,  include an abstract of approximately 150 words, and a table of contents. If possible, keywords and JEL codes should be provided. Citations should follow the house style and the Style and Spelling Guidelines.
• All submissions will be run through plagiarism check software in accordance with the Plagiarism Policy.  
• Manuscripts passing editorial view, including any further internal review, are subjected to double-blind peer review by at least two external peer reviewers. 

Ethics and disclosures

The WTJ subscribes to the publishing industry best practices and guidance provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), as detailed in the IBFD Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement, as well as supports efforts to eliminate plagiarism.

Information on copyright transfer, self-archiving and the use and reproduction of the final work may be found under Authors & Contributors.