About the Journal
Eurasian Journal of Language Teaching and Linguistic Studies (EAJLTLS) is a professional, double blind peer-reviewed international journal that aims to involve scholars not only from Turkey, but also from all international academic and professional community. The journal provides a platform for different theoretical and thematic approaches to linguistics and language teaching.
We accept only manuscripts written in English. The editors seek manuscripts that:
- develop theoretical, conceptual, or methodological approaches to language and linguistics,
- present results of empirical research that advance the understanding of language and linguistics,
- explore innovative policies and programs and describe and evaluate strategies for future action, and
- analyze issues of current interest.
Authors are always welcome to submit their manuscripts for publication consideration. The journal is published biannually.
Eurasian Journal of Language Teaching and Linguistic Studies (EAJLTLS) has signed an agreement with AkiNik Publications that will be engaged in the business of printing, sales and subscriptions to various libraries for our journal across the world.
Editorial Policies for EAJLTLS
Focus and Scope
EAJLTLS is a professional, double blind peer-reviewed international journal that aims to involve scholars from around the world. The journal provides a platform for different theoretical and thematic approaches to linguistics and language teaching.
We accept only manuscripts written in English. The editors seek manuscripts that:
- develop theoretical, conceptual, or methodological approaches to language and linguistics,
- present results of empirical research that advance the understanding of language and linguistics,
- explore innovative policies and programs and describe and evaluate strategies for future action, and
- analyze issues of current interest.
Authors are always welcome to submit their manuscripts for publication consideration. They may submit your manuscripts online or send their manuscripts to the editor.
Section Policies
Articles
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Open Submissions |
Indexed
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Double-blind Reviewed |
Peer Review Process
- Peer review is the evaluation of manuscripts submitted to EAJLTLS by experts in related fields. Peer–review enables authors to receive critical feedback from experts on individual manuscripts.
- Reviewers evaluate the submitted manuscripts in an objective manner. They express their opinions clearly and support their comments.
- All submitted manuscript is kept confidential. Reviewers are not allowed to share or disclose unpublished information in a manuscript.
- Reviewers of EAJLTLS avoid evaluating manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest. They contact editors if there is any conflict of interest that could affect their evaluation of a manuscript. In those cases, they can reject reviewing the manuscript.
- Reviewers can recommend to author/s any related work that is not cited.
We use a double-blind system for peer review: The identities of both reviewers and authors remain anonymous. Each submitted manuscript is peer reviewed by at least two experts. In some rare cases, we may start a third round of peer review according to the recommendations from editors and reviewers.
Recruitment for Reviewers
Participation in the double-blind review process is absolutely essential to the success and reputation of the journal. Reviewers and editors determine which works are of quality and significance. Due to our extensive readership, the research and scholarship selected by our reviewers will ultimately have an impact on literacy in national and international classrooms.
If you are interested in becoming a reviewer for EAJLTLS, please contact us at eajltls@gmail.com
Publication Frequency
EAJLTLS is published biannually: 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.
Indexing & Abstracting
- EBSCO Essentials
- EBSCOHost
- Sudoc
- Türk Eğitim İndeksi
Publication ethics
EAJLTLS is committed to the highest ethical standards. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ (COPE), International Standards for Authors (https://publicationethics.org/resources/international-standards-for-editors-and-authors).If you have any questions or concerns about an ethical issue, please contact the Journal Editor at eajltls@gmail.com
Authors’ Responsibilities
Before submitting an article, authors should ensure that they satisfy the following criteria.
- Authors must claim, that the submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor). If authors decide to submit their manuscript to another journal, they must withdraw their paper from EAJLTLS.
- The corresponding author will ensure that all contributing co-authors have approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission for publication. Only authors who have made a significant contribution to the submitted study will be included.
- Authors must ensure that their manuscript is original and provide a list of references for the material that is taken from other sources.
- Authors must acknowledge their funding for the submitted manuscript. They must state all sources of financial support they received and the role of the funder.
- Authors must carefully read the copyright statement and accept responsibility for releasing necessary information during the submission process.
- Authors should ensure that their data belong to them. If authors do not own the data, they must state that they have permission to use it.
- Authors should ensure that they conform to all research ethics guidelines, especially if human or animal subjects are involved in their research. They should ensure that they obtained proof of consent from participants in their research.
- Authors must state any potential conflict of interest on submission of their manuscript.
- Authors are obliged to participate in a peer review process of their submitted manuscript. They should respond to all the comments and any recommendations of reviewers before the given deadline.
- All contributing authors have a responsibility to inform the Editor of EAJLTLS immediately, if any error or mistake occurs after the submission of a manuscript or after the publication of a manuscript.
Reviewers’ Responsibilities
- Reviewers should keep the review process confidential.
- Reviewers should inform the Journal Editor, if they suspect any potential competing interest.
- Reviewers should evaluate all manuscripts objectively and professionally during the review process.
Editors’ Responsibilities
- Editors should ensure that the manuscripts conform to the ethical policies of their journal.
- Editors should not discriminate against authors on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, national origin, and sexual orientation.
- Editors should address authors’ complaints and keep any documents related with the complaints.
- Editors should ensure that the manuscripts are reviewed in a confidential manner.
- Editors should ensure that authors and reviewers are properly advised regarding the review process as well as publication ethics and policies.
- Editors will handle any misconduct that occurs during the submission process. If Editors become aware of that research misconduct or the use of fraudulent data has occurred, studies will not be eligible for publication. Editors will not encourage such misconduct. Editors will issue a retraction notice, if there is any evidence that the findings are unreliable due to error or misconduct; if the manuscript has been published elsewhere without any permission; if the manuscript involves plagiarism, and if the manuscript involves unethical research.
- Editors will request a correction, if a contributing author is omitted or an author who has not contributed to the manuscript is included in the author list. If an error or mistake is identified in a manuscript, corrections will be made immediately after Editors and all authors agree on the corrections. When necessary, Editors welcome and publish any retractions, corrections, and clarifications submitted by the authors.
Plagiarism Policy
Every manuscript submitted for publication in EAJLTLS will be checked for plagiarism using the Turnitin or Ithenticate program. If plagiarism is detected by the editors or peer reviewers, the editor will inform the author/s immediately, asking the author/s to rewrite the text or provide any necessary citations. If the author/s has plagiarized at least more than 20 % of the original source, the manuscript will not be eligible for review and publication.
Submission and/or Publication Fee
There is no submission and/or publication fee for the manuscripts published in EAJLTLS. As the publication language of the journal is English, the authors of the manuscripts that have been accepted to publish must have their manuscripts proofread after all editorial, and peer review processes have been completed.
Studies that require the approval of the Ethics Committee are as follows:
All kinds of research carried out with qualitative or quantitative approaches that require data collection from the participants using survey, interview, focus group work, observation, experiment, interview techniques, Use of humans and animals (including material/data) for experimental or other scientific purposes, Clinical studies on humans research, Research on animals, Retrospective studies in accordance with the personal data protection law. Also, in case reports, it is necessary to state that an "informed consent form" has been received. To obtain permission from the owners for the use of scales, surveys, photographs belonging to others and to indicate that It should be stated that copyright regulations are complied with for the intellectual and artistic works used.
Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication
The authors must guarantee:
(1) that the article has not been published elsewhere;
(2) it is not being considered for publication elsewhere; and
(3) that it has been submitted with the full knowledge and approval of the institution or organization given as the affiliation of the authors. The submission of multi-authored manuscripts implies the consent of each of the authors.
If data from the article is used, partially or entirely, in other research articles, or the data and results represent only part of a bigger research project described in multiple publications, these must be clearly presented to the editor.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest
All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.
Examples of potential conflicts of interest that should be disclosed include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest stage possible.
Fundamental errors in published works
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author's obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly.
Article template and Ethics Committee Approval
