About the Journal

The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL is a refereed scholarly publication dedicated to the dissemination of research, knowledge, theoretical perspectives, methodological developments, and professional expertise across the broad field of applied linguistics.

The journal provides an international forum for researchers, language educators, teacher educators, practitioners, and scholars interested in language, language learning, language teaching, and their applications in educational and social contexts. Although the journal welcomes high-quality contributions from across the field of applied linguistics, particular preference is given to research relating to second language acquisition, foreign language pedagogy, language teacher education, and classroom innovation.

The journal seeks to promote meaningful interaction between theory, empirical research, and professional practice. It welcomes research that contributes to a deeper understanding of contemporary issues in language education and applied linguistics and encourages scholarship with both theoretical significance and practical relevance.

Aims and Scope

The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL publishes scholarly work in areas including second and foreign language acquisition, English language teaching and TEFL, foreign language pedagogy, language teacher education, classroom-based research, pedagogical innovation, language assessment and testing, curriculum development, materials development, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, multilingualism, technology-enhanced language learning, AI-supported language education, English for Academic Purposes, English for Specific Purposes, language policy and planning, intercultural communication, and research methodology in applied linguistics.

The journal welcomes qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods, corpus-based, classroom-based, theoretical, conceptual, systematic review, bibliometric, and other methodologically appropriate studies that make a clear contribution to applied linguistics or language education.

International Scholarly Orientation

The journal welcomes submissions from researchers and practitioners worldwide and encourages scholarship representing diverse linguistic, cultural, institutional, and educational contexts. It aims to facilitate international academic exchange and promote research that contributes to the advancement of language teaching, language learning, and applied linguistic scholarship.

Peer Review

The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL follows a single-blind peer-review process. Manuscripts that successfully pass the initial editorial assessment are sent to suitably qualified reviewers for independent scholarly evaluation.

Reviewers assess manuscripts according to their originality, relevance, methodological quality, theoretical contribution, clarity, academic rigour, and contribution to the field. The final decision regarding publication is made by the journal's editorial team after consideration of the reviewers' recommendations.

Review and Publication Timeline

Submitted manuscripts normally undergo an initial editorial assessment within approximately 7 days.

Manuscripts considered suitable for external review are then entered into the single-blind peer-review process. The journal normally aims to complete the peer-review process within approximately 3 months, although the actual period may vary depending on reviewer availability, manuscript complexity, and the number of revision rounds required.

Once a manuscript has been accepted and has completed editorial processing, typesetting, and proofreading, it is published in the current running issue.

Publication Frequency

The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL is a biannual journal and publishes two issues each year.

The journal has traditionally published its issues in May and November. Under the running-issue publication model, accepted articles may be published online within the current issue after completion of the required production procedures rather than waiting for the entire issue to be completed.

Diamond Open Access

The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL operates as a diamond open access journal.

All published articles are freely and permanently available online to readers without subscription or access charges. Authors are not required to pay Article Processing Charges (APCs), submission fees, peer-review fees, acceptance fees, publication fees, or other mandatory charges for standard publication.

There are no hidden publication fees.

The journal's diamond open access model is intended to remove financial barriers for both authors and readers and to support equitable access to scholarly knowledge.

Copyright and Licensing

Authors retain copyright in their published work.

Articles published in The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

The CC BY 4.0 license permits readers and other users to copy, share, distribute, reproduce, adapt, remix, transform, and build upon published material in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author or authors and source, a link to the license is provided, and any changes made are clearly indicated.

Reference Style

The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL follows APA style for in-text citations and reference lists.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that references are accurate, complete, traceable, relevant to the claims they support, and consistently formatted before submission. DOIs should be included where available.

Abstracting and Indexing

The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL (ISSN 2192-1032) has established international visibility through major scholarly databases and discovery services.

The journal is indexed or represented in:

  • Scopus

  • EBSCO Education Research Complete

  • ProQuest Linguistics Collection

  • ProQuest Linguistics Database

  • Gale Academic OneFile

The journal has also historically been listed in the Index Copernicus International Journals Master List and received an Index Copernicus Value of 78.66 for 2017. This value represents a historical journal metric and should not be interpreted as the journal's current annual Index Copernicus score.

Digital Publication and Archiving

The journal is committed to ensuring the accessibility, discoverability, and long-term preservation of its scholarly content.

Published articles and bibliographic metadata are maintained through the journal's electronic publishing system. Authors are also permitted to archive and distribute their published articles through institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal academic websites, and other legitimate scholarly platforms in accordance with the CC BY 4.0 license.

Publication Ethics

The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL is committed to high standards of publication ethics, research integrity, editorial independence, responsible authorship, transparent peer review, and preservation of the scholarly record.

Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to act professionally, responsibly, and ethically throughout the publication process. The journal's ethical practices are informed by internationally recognised principles of scholarly publishing, including relevant guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The journal does not tolerate plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, duplicate publication, inappropriate authorship, citation manipulation, peer-review manipulation, undisclosed conflicts of interest, or other forms of research and publication misconduct.

Editorial Mission

Through rigorous peer review, diamond open access, international scholarly participation, and a strong emphasis on research with theoretical and practical significance, The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL seeks to contribute to the continuing development of applied linguistics and language education.

The journal aims to support the responsible and unrestricted dissemination of scholarly knowledge while providing an international platform for research that advances understanding of language learning, language teaching, teacher development, and innovation in educational practice.