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| LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS Introduction |
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| LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS (ISBN 1606-822X) was first published in 2000. The journal publishes a single volume yearly containing four issues. On average each issue has seven or eight articles or about 200,000 words and welcomes the submission of papers on all aspects of language and linguistic research. Information pertaining to this publication is briefly introduced below. |
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| I. Aim and scope |
| LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS is an international academic journal focusing on theoretical language and linguistic study of East Asia and Pacific regions, thus compassing (inter alia) Sino-Tibetan, Austronesian, Austroasiatic and Altaic. |
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| II. Frequency |
| Four issues per year (January, April, July, and October). |
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| III. Manuscripts |
- The journal primarily publishes research papers; however, book reviews, comments and responses on specific subjects that are outlined within the aim and scope of the journal are also welcome.
- The journal in general accepts papers for publication; if there is a special topic, the editor-in-chief may make a "call for papers".
- Manuscripts should be submitted by electronic file in Chinese (not to exceed 25,000 words) or in English (single-spaced and within 30 pages). The format of the manuscript is not limited in the first submission. Authors should provide one electronic file copy (PDF is acceptable) to: editor@gate.sinica.edu.tw
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| IV. Editing Affairs: |
| The editor-in-chief can decide to accept a paper (manuscript) or not on the basis of reviewers・ opinions. If there is difficulty in deciding the paper, then the editor-in-chief can consult the opinions of the Editorial Board. Each manuscript will be reviewed by at least two reviewers. The flow chart for manuscript processing is nine staged:
(I). Manuscripts received, (II) the search for reviewers, submission for review, (III) Review, (IV) Revision, (V) Second Review (Second review after revision according to the reviewers' opinions), (VI) Additional Review (For those difficult or controversial manuscripts needing three or more reviewers.), (VII) Final review (The Editor-in-Chief makes the final decision based upon the reviewers・ or Editorial Board・s opinions, (VIII) Typesetting, and finally (IX) Printing.
It takes about 2 months for the procedure of soliciting reviewers and submission for reviewing in general; however, it actually needs about 4 months. If every manuscript is reviewed and revised one time, the procedure will takes 125 days on average.
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| V. Reviewers: |
| The journal invites domestic and international scholars within the specialty and greater scholastic public as appointed reviewers and responsible for reviewing manuscripts in their various aspects. Reviewers are not paid but will get free copies of this journal and related publications. |
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| VI. Review Content: |
| The manuscript is categorized (classified) within five levels, superior, good, ordinary, bad, inferior, according to the following review criteria: (I) the level of originality of the ideas, (II) the level of contribution, (III) the level of sufficiency of the material, and (IV) the level of rigor in argumentation. Basically, if the level of average review comments is below ordinary, the manuscript is not recommended for acceptance. For those manuscripts that have problems in writing mechanics (too many misspelled words or grammar), the manuscripts will be returned to the authors without any review. |
| The review results are categorized as: (A) highly recommended, can be published without modification, (B) recommended, can be published after revision based upon the reviewers・ suggestions, (C) barely recommended, revise according to the reviewers・ suggestions, then send back to be re-reviewed by editor-in-chief or other reviewers, or (D) not recommended and unsuitable for publication. (A) and (B) are at the similar category; (C) and (D) are at the similar category. If two reviewers・ comments belong to (A) and (B) for a paper, the editor-in-chief can decide to accept it directly, or if two reviewers・ comments belong to (C) and (D) for a paper, the editor-in-chief can decide not to accept it. If the reviewers・ comments cross the two different categories, the paper should be re-reviewed again or reviewed by the third person. |
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| VII. Manuscript handling procedure |
- Manuscript submission: The format of the manuscript is not limited in the first submission. Authors should provide one electronic file copy (PDF is acceptable) to: editor@gate.sinica.edu.tw
- Revision: For those provisionally accepted manuscripts, the journal will provide the reviewers・ revising suggestions to the author who can follow the format of this journal and revise according to the reviewer・s suggestions. For the sake of confidentiality, the reviewers・ comments, if not relevant to the revision or not indicated by the reviewers, will not be provided to the author.
- Publishing: The revised manuscript will be published after final review. The priority (order) of publishing will be decided by the time order of the final review. When a paper is published formally, the abstract of the paper will be put on the web.
- Procedures for rejected manuscripts: The paper editions of the manuscripts will not be returned. Because it will not be published, revision suggestions will not be provided. For confidentiality, if not indicated by the reviewers, the reviewers・ comments will not be provided.
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| VIII. Achievements |
| LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS has been included in the A&HCI citation indexes (Arts & Humanities Citation Index), LLBA (Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts), MLA International Bibliography and MLA Directory of Periodicals, and SSCI (Social Sciences Citation Index). |
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