Journal profile
Babylonia
ISSN 1420-0007 · eISSN 2673-6454 · Association Babylonia Switzerland · Switzerland
Babylonia: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 97 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Babylonia is published by Association Babylonia Switzerland. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Linguistic Education and Pedagogy, EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning and Second Language Learning and Teaching, together about 51% of its articles. Its main subfields are Language and Linguistics and Linguistics and Language. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published three times per year in open access, Babylonia is the Swiss Journal of Language Education. With its multilingual and multicultural focus, this journal is a valuable resource for all those professionally involved in language learning, teaching and didactics. Babylonia is published with the support of: Federal Office of Culture Repubblica e Cantone Ticino / Aiuto federale per la lingua e la cultura italiana Zurich University of Teacher Education (DOI referencing) Vaud University of Teacher Education (Teaching Tasters) Institutional partners: Institute of Multilingualism CeDiLE Articles published in Babylonia are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License. Our Newsletter Babylonia sends 3 to 6 Newsletters in a year. Our Newsletters provide an overview of the newest issues; they also inform you about conferences or news in the area of Second Language Learning/Teaching, Multilingualism and Language Policies. Feel free to subscribe to our mailinglist.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Linguistic Education and PedagogyArts and Humanities19.2%
- EFL/ESL Teaching and LearningArts and Humanities17.5%
- Second Language Learning and TeachingArts and Humanities14.3%
- Multilingual Education and PolicySocial Sciences12.1%
- French Language Learning MethodsSocial Sciences7.3%
- Linguistic and Sociocultural StudiesSocial Sciences6%
- Second Language Acquisition and LearningPsychology2.5%
- Education and experiences of immigrants and refugeesSocial Sciences1.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,338 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 632 | 632 | 30 |
| 2025 | 97 | 97 | 26 |
| 2024 | 55 | 55 | 41 |
| 2023 | 53 | 53 | 38 |
| 2022 | 71 | 71 | 23 |
| 2021 | 66 | 66 | 24 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Editorial review, Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Highlights
- Required
Article types accepted2
- articlesGuidelines for ArticlesLength not stated
- teaching tastersGuidelines for Teaching TastersLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 International License Model summary
When submitting an article, authors certify that the text submitted belongs to them, that it has not been published elsewhere (in part or in full) and that it is free of rights. They also undertake not to infringe upon the rights of any third parties. The articles are protected by copyright. However, republishing is generally acceptable as long as (1) the author and the editorial staff of BABYLONI…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Association Babylonia Switzerland
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- Italian, French, Romansh, English, German
- ISSN
- 1420-0007
- Electronic ISSN
- 2673-6454
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Babylonia
How long does peer review take at Babylonia?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Babylonia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Babylonia is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Babylonia open access, and what is the APC?
Babylonia is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .