Submission

Welcome to the submission page of the European Journal of Language and Literature Studies (EJLS). We appreciate your interest in publishing with us. Please follow the instructions below to submit your manuscript.

1. Before You Submit

Before proceeding with your submission, ensure that your manuscript meets the following requirements:

  • Format: The manuscript is prepared as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx); PDF files are not accepted.
  • Guidelines: The manuscript follows the Author Guidelines.
  • Scope: The manuscript has a language or literary question at its centre (see Aims & Scope).
  • Originality: The manuscript is original, unpublished and not under consideration by another journal.
  • Ethical compliance: Research involving human participants has ethical approval, and all authors consent to the submission.

2. Submission Form

To submit your manuscript, please complete the online submission form. The form collects the following information:

  • Author details: Full name, affiliation (department, institution, city, country), email address and ORCID iD of every author, and contact information for the corresponding author.
  • Manuscript details: Title, abstract, keywords and article type (Research Article, Critical / Theoretical Essay, Review Article, or Other with its specific label).
  • File upload: The manuscript as a Word document, formatted according to the journal’s guidelines.

3. Submission Checklist

Before submitting, please ensure that:

  • The manuscript is complete and includes all sections required for its article type (see the Author Guidelines).
  • All references follow APA (7th edition) or MLA (9th edition) style, consistently.
  • The manuscript keeps to the length for its article type (normally 4,000–8,000 words for articles, essays and reviews, including references; up to 4,000 words for the Other types).
  • Any third-party material (for example images, long quotations, datasets) has the permissions needed for publication.
  • The declarations (conflict of interest, data availability where applicable, use of generative AI) are included before the references.
  • The ORCID iD of each author is given where available.

4. After Submission

  • Confirmation email: You will receive a confirmation email upon successful submission. If you do not receive it within 24 hours, please contact the editorial office at [email protected].
  • Peer review: Your manuscript will be reviewed double-blind by at least two independent reviewers. See the Peer Review Process.
  • Notification of decision: You will be notified of the editorial decision once the review process is complete. Possible outcomes are acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection.

5. Article Processing and Publishing Fee (APC)

A fee of £950 is charged for processing and publishing each accepted article. It is invoiced only after formal acceptance; no fee is charged for submission or review. Payment instructions are provided with the invoice.

6. Open Access Policy

EJLS is published under the CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International) license. Authors keep the copyright of their work and grant the journal the right of first publication. Under this license:

  • The full text of published articles is freely available to everyone, immediately on publication.
  • Anyone may share and adapt the work for any purpose, including commercial use, provided appropriate credit is given to the author(s) and to the original publication in the journal.

For more information, visit: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

7. Contact Information

For any inquiries or assistance with the submission process, please contact the journal at [email protected] or the editorial office at [email protected]. If the online form does not work for you, you may send the manuscript as an attachment to [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your submission and to contributing to the advancement of knowledge in language and literature.

European Journal of Language and Literature Studies (EJLS) · ISSN 2411-9598 (Print), ISSN 2411-4103 (Online) · Journal e-mail: [email protected]
Publisher: Revistia Research and Publishing (UK Company No. 13067873), Office 1, Forest House Business Centre, 8 Gainsborough Road, London, E11 1HT, United Kingdom · [email protected] · +44 330 027 1458
Last updated 6 October 2026