Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Dedicated to advancing scholarly inquiry into the English language from diverse linguistic perspectives, the journal welcomes original, high-quality research that contributes theoretically or empirically to our understanding of English.

We invite submissions across all major areas of linguistics and encourage researchers to submit original papers with strong theoretical foundations and practical relevance. We welcome manuscripts that provide novel perspectives, thorough analyses, and meaningful advancements in the field. All submissions will be subject to a stringent peer-review process to uphold our commitment to academic excellence.

The journal focuses on the English language (as L1, L2, EFL, or lingua franca) in the following core areas:
  • Theoretical Linguistics: Syntax, phonology, morphology, semantics, pragmatics, and interface studies.
  • Sociolinguistics & Varieties of English: Dialectology, World Englishes, language variation, change, identity, and ideology.
  • Corpus Linguistics & Computational Approaches: Data-driven studies on English usage, discourse analysis, NLP applications, and multimodal/digital communication.
  • Applied Linguistics: Second language acquisition, TESOL/TEFL, pedagogical approaches, language policy, and linguistically-oriented translation/interpreting studies. (Note: Translation submissions must apply linguistic frameworks; purely literary criticism is out of scope.)
  • Historical Linguistics: Evolution of English, philology, diachronic studies, and historical pragmatics.
  • Cognitive & Psycholinguistics: Language processing, acquisition, mental representation, and bilingual/multilingual cognition.

 

Section Policies

Articles

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Peer Review Process

The journal employs a double-blind peer-review system, ensuring that the identities of both authors and reviewers remain confidential throughout the process. Each submission undergoes a rigorous evaluation by three experts: two external reviewers and one editorial board member. This approach promotes objectivity, fairness, and scholarly integrity, while minimizing bias and potential conflicts of interest. Final decisions—acceptance or rejection—are based on reviewers’ recommendations. In cases of divergent opinions, the Editor-in-Chief carefully assesses all feedback and either makes a balanced decision or initiates a second round of peer review to ensure thorough and impartial evaluation.

 

Publication Frequency

Semiannual, published 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.

 

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

 

Indexes

CNKI

DTU Library

ERA

EuroPub

Google Scholar

LOCKSS

 
 
PKP Open Archives Harvester

RePEc

ROAD

Scilit

Worldcat

 

Publish a Special Issue

In order to better serve the needs of the academic community, we welcome collaborations with other institutions to publish special issues. If you are interested in publishing a special issue with our journal, please send your inquiry and proposal to elr@sciedupress.com.

Before embarking on a special issue with our journal, please take note of the following points:

  • Special issues should be focused on a specific research topic, conference, or closely related area of research.
  • Articles accepted for publication in special issues will undergo the same rigorous review process as regular issues.
  • You are welcome to recommend appropriate researchers to act as guest editors and reviewers.
  • To ensure timely publication, please discuss your proposal with us at least five months in advance.
  • An article processing charge (APC) will be charged for each article.
  • We will provide you with a number of printed journals, with a maximum of two copies of each article.
  • We also offer a free e-journal in PDF format if required.

We are committed to facilitating the dissemination of high-quality research and knowledge through special issues. We look forward to working with you to bring your research to a wider audience. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any queries or concerns.

 

Copyright Policy

Copyrights for articles are retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. Authors have rights to reuse, republish, archive, and distribute their own articles after publication. The journal/publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work.


This journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.