About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Acta Linguistica Asiatica is a journal devoted to the study of East Asian languages—among which Chinese, Japanese and Korean are of the main focus—, their translation, and teaching.
ALA is an interdisciplinary scholarly journal that accepts research papers, survey papers, technical notes, and other submissions concerning the following fields:
- East Asian linguistics,
- translation studies,
- the teaching of East Asian languages,
- book reviews on representative works, etc.
ALA's articles are mainly written in English, Slovene articles with English abstracts are also accepted.
ALA encourages the interlinking of different linguistic disciplines, fosters dialogue among different theoretical orientations and their practical application, proposes new approaches to existing research themes, draws attention to relevant questions, and informs about recent findings and events in the above areas.
ALA used to be published three times a year until 2014. Since then it produces the winter and the summer issue.
The articles of Acta Linguistica Asiatica are indexed/reviewed in the following databases/resources:
- CNKI
- COBISS.si
- dLib.si
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- ERIH Plus
- Sherpa Romeo
- EuroPub
- Google Scholar
- MLA International Bibliography
- Open J-Gate
- Scopus
Peer Review Process
All articles are double-blind peer-reviewed.
The Journal Editor accepts submissions on a continuous basis. The editorial process takes approx. 5 months, varying with the reviewers' availabilities and the article inflow.
Publication Frequency
Acta Linguistica Asiatica is published twice a year and generally follows the below time framework:
Winter issue (January):
- Call for papers: February 1
- Submission deadline: April 15
Summer issue (July):
- Call for papers: September 1
- Submission deadline: October 30
Open Access Policy
This is a diamond open-access journal which means that all content is freely available online without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. The journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public promotes a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Article Processing Charges
The journal Acta Linguistica Asiatica does not charge authors or any third party for publication. Both submission and processing of manuscripts, and publication of articles are free of charge. There are no fees for publishing materials. There are no: "article processing charges" (APCs), "article submission charges", "membership fees" or "language editing fees". We do not charge authors for having colour photos or extra pages in their articles. There are no hidden costs whatsoever.
Abstracting & Indexing (A&I) databases
The articles of Acta Linguistica Asiatica are indexed/reviewed in the following databases/resources:
- CNKI
- COBISS.si
- dLib.si
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- ERIH Plus
- EuroPub
- Google Scholar
- MLA International Bibliography
- Open J-Gate
- Scopus
Sponsors
Journal Acta Linguistica Asiatica is supported by:
Sources of Support
Journal Acta Linguistica Asiatica is supported by:
Journal History
The journal was established as Asian and African Studies (Azijske in afriške študije, AAŠ) in the year 1997, devoted to questions on Asian and African linguistics, cultures, and societies. To be able to focus more exclusively on questions pertaining to language, the editorial committee has decided to split the journal into two publications in 2010, AAŠ continuing as a journal devoted to culture and society of Asia and Africa, and Acta Linguistica Asiatica (ALA) as a new journal devoted to linguistics (questions of languages) in Asia.
