Number of Volumes 15
Number of Issues 34
Number of Articles 383
Number of Contributors 683
Article View 291,931
PDF Download 290,517
View Per Article 762.22
PDF Download Per Article 758.53
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Number of Submissions 1,843
Rejected Submissions 1,187
Reject Rate 64
Accepted Submissions 419
Acceptance Rate 23
Time to Accept (Days) 151
Number of Indexing Databases 8
Number of Reviewers 203

Journal of Linguistic and Rhetorical Studies is an open-access quarterly journal founded by Semnan University in 2010. As the name suggests, the journal basically focuses on linguistic and rhetorical studies and accepts original articles, short communications, and letters to the editor. In 2017, this journal was awarded scientific-research accreditation by the Scientific Publications Commission of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran). In 2021, the publishing frequency of the journal was rescheduled to quarterly.

 Journal Language:  Persian (Abstract: English & Persian)

Journal Frequency: Quarterly (since 2021)

Director-in-Charge: Ghodratollah Khayatian

Editor-in-Chief: Ali Mohammad Moazzeni

Manager: Ali Borhani

The last quartile and impact factor in the Islamic world science citation database (ISC), respectively: Q1 and 0.417.

 Evaluation rank in the system of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran): A

Type of peer review: Double-blind peer-review: Authors and the reviewers remain anonymous throughout the process.

Time of initial review: Less than 10 days

Average review time: 2-5 months by at least two anonymous referees

Article Acceptance Rate: 22 Percent

Journal Languages: Persian (abstract: English & Persian)-English

Publication type: Electronic – printed

Access type: Open Access; Free of charge (full text)

Aims and Scope:

The main goal of the journal is to provide a scientific resource by supporting and publishing new and ground-breaking research in the areas of linguistic and rhetorical studies, which mainly rely on analytical and/or comparative approaches. 

Articles are given priority for publication, once they are not merely descriptive and offer insight into contemporary or classical texts from novel rhetorical and linguistic perspectives.

Studies focusing on "Language" may include topics such as grammar, vocabulary, phonetics, phonology, and language history, which includes various types of Persian texts including ancient, contemporary, formal, literary, colloquial as well as Iranian and local dialects.

Studies focusing on "Rhetoric" may explore both old and new topics and theories in classical and contemporary Persian poetry and prose texts.

The journal also publishes articles that compare Persian texts with texts from other languages and literary tradition in the field of "language" or "rhetoric."

This journal Respect for the codes of ethics in publications,  is subject to the codes of the Committee on Ethics in Publishing (COPE) and follows the executive regulations of the law on preventing and dealing with fraud in scientific works.

The journal is published in cooperation with the Scientific Association of Research and Correction of Iranian Manuscript

A quick response is possible through the email below.

rhetorical@semnan.ac.ir

Postal address: Semnan - Kilometer 5 of Damghan Road - Semnan University - Faculty of Humanities - Office of Journal of Linguistic and Rhetorical Studies

Publication fees (article processing charges or APCs): The amount is 6,000,000 Rials, half of which is received when the article is accepted, and the remaining amount is received from the authors at the time of publishing or when the article is ready for press. Please, click on the article code and connect to electronic banking to pay the mentioned amount to the dedicated income account of Semnan University.

Submitting the Conflict of Interest and Commitment Form is mandatory when submitting the manuscript.

 

Current Issue: Volume 15, Issue 36, July 2024 

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