Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy
 

Statement of Purposes

Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy (AJWH) of the Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law and Policy (ACWH), College of Law, National Taiwan University, is published at the initiative of Dr. Chang-fa Lo, the former Dean of the College of Law, National Taiwan University. The AJWH is published semiannually, one in March and the other one in September. It purports to provide a deep understanding, close examination and constructive debates of law and policy on trade practices and health systems in the region of Asia, as well as the multi-disciplinary relationship between trade and public health, and the relationship between the multilateral trade regimes and the international health systems. The ultimate aims of the AJWH are to provide profound and constructive perception on the practices directly and/or indirectly related to the World Trade Organization, as well as the international health organizations, and in the same way, to contribute to the development of these practices. The AJWH has been indexed in Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) since 2008.

The AJWH invites the submission of manuscripts from the legal, political, economic, health and inter-disciplinary perspectives on the issues relevant to the World Trade Organization and the international health regimes. All manuscripts will subject to the external review process and the approval of the Senior Committee Members and the Committee Members, so as to ensure high standards and quality of the materials. The AJWH also welcomes book-reviews, notes and student notes.

The AJWH presents itself as academic and practicing references for trade- and/or health-related scholars, practitioners, and policy makers, and hence it welcomes the subscription of readers from the legal, economic, political, health, policy-making or multi-disciplinary backgrounds.

Speeches, articles, book reviews, notes and students' notes in the AJWH do not reflect the views of the members of the Editorial Committee of the AJWH.

Editorial Committee

Senior Committee Members	Committee Members
Mitsuo Matsushita	Jau-yuan Hwang
Manickam Supperamaniam	Shin-yi Peng
David P. Fidler	Meredith Kolsky Lewis
Rolf H. Weber	Mark Wu
Gregg Bloche	Jaemin Lee
Tsai-yu Lin	Pei-kan Yang
	Chuan-feng Wu
	Alex Yueh-ping Yang

Review Process

All manuscripts will subject to the review process of the Senior Committee Members and the Committee Members, so as to ensure high standards and quality of the materials.

In the first stage, there is a peer review system, in which the reviewer will deliver the comment and recommendation regarding whether the submitted paper is suitable to be published. The AJWH also welcomes the submission of reviews on published books, and notes and student notes. Acceptance of these manuscripts is also subject to the decision of these committees. The Committee Members are composed of international trade and/or health experts and each manuscript is randomly distributed to two of these reviewers. By following, the final acceptance of the submitted manuscripts is subject to the decision of the Senior Committee Members which is composed of five distinguished scholars and/or experts. The whole procedure is estimated about 4-8 weeks after receiving your submission.

The AJWH will not guarantee publication in a particular issue. Manuscripts that are accepted for publication will be placed in the inventory and be published at the earliest possible issue. Relevance to the current issue is also taken into consideration. Once a manuscript is accepted for publication in the AJWH, publication of the same manuscript or any part of it elsewhere must obtain the consent from the Editorial Committee.
 

Subscription Information

Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy (AJWH) is co-published by the National Taiwan University Press and the Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law and Policy, College of Law, National Taiwan University. It receives no funding and relies exclusively on subscriptions and sponsor contributions.

The AJWH publishes two issues each year. The subscription rate per year, including postage, is as follows:

 

Taiwan	NT$1,500
Europe, USA & Canada	US$55
Asia & Oceania	US$50

It’s available to pay by check in US dollars and handing fees of US$45.
It’s also available to pay by remittance through banks and handing fees of US$30.

Orders for subscriptions should be addressed to:

Distributor:

Angle Publishing Co.
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Subscription rates: NT＄700 / single copy

For all subscriptions in North America and Canada, please contact:

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The AJWH does not provide individual article reprints.

Submission Policy

1. Members of the Editorial Board determine the submission policy of the AJWH.
2. The legal citation must be based on the latest edition of the Bluebook, i.e. Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (Columbia Law Review  Ass’n et al. eds., 21st ed. 2020).
3. The total number of words in the content of an article for submission should be between 4000 to 10000 words (Maximum).
4. Book reviews should be as concise as possible, with a clear presentation of the subject matter. They should range in length from 1000 to 3000 words. It is advisable to provide advanced notice of intention to undertake a review.
5. Notes should be concise which should range in length from 3000 to 5000 words.
6. Authors who submit articles to the AJWH must provide abstracts and keywords.
7. An abstract should not be more than one page. Authors who submit manuscripts to the AJWH must provide full reference.
8. The submission of the manuscripts must be submitted in electronic form (preferably Microsoft Word files), and be written at font size 12, single-spaced. The title of a manuscript should be attached in the same file.
9. Authors must submit their names, names of co-authors (if applicable), titles of papers, phones, faxes, email addresses, address to which correspondence should be sent, their present positions, short biographies and acknowledgements in a separate electronic file (preferably Microsoft Word files). Short biographies should not exceed 100 words.
10. We suggest authors to avoid Latin words in their manuscripts as not all readers understand Latin.
11. We do not accept manuscripts simultaneously submitted to another journal.
12. Alternatively, they may save the manuscripts on discs and mail them to the following address:wtocenter@ntu.edu.tw and ajwhntu@ntu.edu.tw. 

The AJWH welcomes submissions of manuscripts throughout the year; authors to those manuscripts must email them as attachment to
Editorial Board
Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy
Asian Center for WTO & International Health Law and Policy
College of Law, National Taiwan University
No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Manuscripts that are submitted for the purpose of the AJWH will not be returned to the authors. All manuscripts are subject to the anonymous review of the Senior Committee Members and the Committee Members. The Editorial Committee of the AJWH will notify the authors of the acceptance of their manuscripts by the Senior Committee Members and the Committee Members, and then it will be working closely with those authors to achieve the high quality of the submitted materials.