Abstract:

As a unique model of running journals， the “Students-run journals” model is

beneficial to innovate the ideas of running journals and promote the development of academic

journals. Taking Harvard Law Review，

Yale Law Journal， and Stanford Law Review as examples，

we studied their appointment and division of editors based on specialization， column set， and

the soliciting and reviewing of contributions. The results show that the main characteristics of

the “Students-run journals” model include being led by students， independent operation， tight

organization， complete system， and democracy. When adopting the “Students-run journals”

model， it is necessary to establish a rigorous selection mechanism of student editors， clarify

the work division of student editors， standardize the requirements of soliciting manuscripts of

journals， improve the system of reviewing manuscripts of journals， realize the union of journals

run by students， and develop the characteristics of journals.

Key words:

Students-run journals Law reviews Academic journals Column setting

Peer review

CLC Number: 

• G237