Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

International Journal of Linguistics (IJL) is an international, double-anonymized peer-reviewed, open-access journal published bimonthly by Macrothink Institute. The journal publishes original research in theoretical, descriptive, and applied linguistics, including language structure, meaning, use, and change.

Aims

International Journal of Linguistics aims to advance international dialogue in linguistic research and encourage collaboration across theoretical, descriptive, empirical, and applied approaches. Through the dissemination of rigorous scholarship, the journal seeks to deepen understanding of human language and its role in cognition, communication, culture, and society. The journal provides an international forum for linguists, language researchers, and scholars from related disciplines to investigate how languages are organized, acquired, used, interpreted, and transformed across different communities and contexts.

Focus and Scope

The journal welcomes theoretical, empirical, descriptive, and interdisciplinary research addressing diverse aspects of human language, including but not limited to:
• Phonetics and phonology
• Morphology and syntax
• Semantics and pragmatics
• Discourse and sociolinguistics
• Language variation and change
• Applied linguistics and language acquisition
• Formal and theoretical linguistic frameworks
• Descriptive and corpus linguistics
• Psycholinguistic and cognitive approaches
• Multilingualism and contact linguistics

 

Section Policies

Articles

Checked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed
 

Peer Review Process

We use a double-blind system for peer review; both reviewers’ and authors’ identities remain anonymous. The paper will be reviewed by at least two experts: one editorial staff member and at least one external reviewer. The review process may take 4 to 10 weeks.

 

Publication Frequency

Bimonthly, published in February, April, June, August, October 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...

 

Index/List/Archive

ANVUR

CNKI Scholar

ERA

Gale's Academic Databases

Google Scholar

IBZ Online

J-Gate

Linguistics Abstracts Online

LOCKSS

NewJour

Norwegian Centre for Research Data

PKP Open Archives Harvester

SHERPA/RoMEO

The Standard Periodical Directory

Worldcat

 


 

GenAI Usage Policy

Authors must disclose any involvement of GenAI tools in writing, analysis, or data processing within their manuscripts. This disclosure should include specific details about the GenAI tools, algorithms, or models utilized.

All content generated with AI tools must undergo thorough author review and editing to ensure quality, accuracy.

Authors should clearly specify the tasks performed by GenAI tools and their impact on the research and writing process. This includes detailing where and how GenAI was utilized in the creation of the manuscript.

 

Special Issue Proposals

To foster academic collaboration and advance scholarly research, we welcome special issue proposals from scholars, researchers, and academic or research institutions. Those interested in organizing a special issue are invited to submit their inquiries and proposals to the journal’s editorial office via email: ijl@macrothink.org