About Journal

The Journal of Linguistic and Rhetorical Studies is an open-access academic journal published quarterly. Established in 2010 by Semnan University, the journal focuses on topics related to linguistic and rhetorical studies. It accepts original research articles, short communications, and letters to the editor in these fields. In 2017, the journal was granted scientific-research accreditation by the Commission for Scientific Journals of the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology. Since 2021, the journal's publication schedule has been updated to a quarterly format.


Open Access Policy and Copyright

Journal of Linguistic and Rhetorical Studies is a fully open-access journal, meaning all articles are available on the Web to all users immediately upon publication. In this journal and Under open access license, authors retain unrestricted ownership of the copyright for their content under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0). Licensees may copy, distribute, display, and make derivative works only if they cite the original published article. The authors are the copyright holders in this journal and retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions.

 
Copyright Statement

Authors retain full ownership and rights to their works without any restrictions.


Financial Policies

  1. Article Processing Charges (APC):

    A total of 6,000,000 IRR is charged for publication, which covers peer review and printing costs:

    • Upon article acceptance: 3,000,000 IRR
    • At the time of publication or preparation for publication: 3,000,000 IRR
      Payments are made through the electronic banking portal to the dedicated income account of Semnan University.

     

  2. Subscription Fees:
    As an open-access electronic journal, no subscription fees are charged to readers or users.


Publication Schedule

The journal is published quarterly, releasing four issues per year. All published articles, from the journal's inception to the present, are freely accessible on the journal's official website.